WebIndustrial Heritage. The Industrial Revolution played a big part in shaping the Stroud District and the South Cotswolds. The cloth producers of the District reached their heyday amidst … WebStroudwater Textile Trust. 540 likes · 1 talking about this. Promoting a lively textile culture where the heritage of the past meets contemporary textile art. Stroudwater Textile Trust.
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WebStroud is well-known for its industrial heritage and visitors can spot the former textile mills along the valleys. Attractions in Stroud include former working mills open for guided tours at certain times of year. Wimbledon tennis ball cloth and championship snooker baize are still made here today. Webstroud (straʊd) n. a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians. [1670–80; perhaps after Stroud, town in … small fish in shark bay
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WebStroud lies south of Gloucester, between the two larger Gloucestershire constituencies of The Cotswolds and Forest of Dean. Its east climbs the Cotswold Hills but Stroud is both smaller and more industrialised than east and west neighbours. WebSpring is finally here! We are hoping to open both the Weaving Shed at Gigg Mill and the Dunkirk Mill Museum on the 22/23 May!! Check out this beautiful spring weave by Jane Ford WebThe Stroudwater Textile Trust was founded in 1999 to link the past and present of textiles in the Five Valleys [41] and to manage the opening of several mills in which historic textile machinery, including a working waterwheel, has been restored and is demonstrated. small fish logo