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STROUD , a See also:market See also:town in the Stroud See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Gloucestershire, See also:England, See also:IO2 m. W. by N. of See also:London. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 9153. It is served by the See also:Great Western railway and a See also:branch of the See also:west-and-See also:north See also:line of the Midland. It lies on the steep flank of a narrow and picturesque valley and traversed by the See also:Thames and See also:Severn and the Stroudwater canals, which unite at Wallbridge See also:close by. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence is See also:modern excepting the See also:tower and See also:spire. The Elizabethan town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall and the school of See also:science and See also:art, commemorating See also:Queen See also:Victoria, are noteworthy. Stroud is the See also:principal seat of the west of England See also:cloth manufacture, the See also:industry extending to Stonehouse and other places in the vicinity. Stroud has also See also:silk-See also:mills, dyeworks, breweries, foundries, and a manufacture of umbrellas and walking-sticks.
There is no See also:evidence of the existence of Stroud before the See also:Conquest, and in 1087 it was still See also:part of the See also:manor of See also:Bisley, from which it was separated in the reign of See also:Edward II. It became a centre of the cloth See also:trade in the Tudor See also:period, and in 1607 See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, See also:Lord See also:Danvers, lord of the manor, obtained a See also:charter from See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I., authorizing a weekly market. During the 18th See also:century the commercial importance of the town increased, though, owing to its distance from any of the great high-roads and to the localization of the clothing trade in scattered factories near See also:water See also:power, it was never a great centre of See also:population. By the Reform See also:Act of 1832 Stroud became a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough and returned two members to See also:parliament until 1885, when it was merged in the Stroud division of Gloucestershire. The manufacture of very See also:fine broadcloth and of See also:scarlet-dyed cloth
has been carried on in the Stroud valley for centuries, the town being a distributing centre only, until the See also:adoption of See also:steam power and the erection of cloth factories in the town about 183o led to considerable growth. See also:Pin-making was introduced in 1835, See also:carpet-See also:weaving and See also:iron-See also:founding before 185o. Markets on See also:Friday and Saturday are held under the grants of 1607 and 1832.
See Victoria See also:County See also:History: Gloucestershire; P. H. See also:Fisher, Notes and Recollections of Stroud (1871) ; T. D. Fosbrooke, Gloucestershire Records (18o7).
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