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Contents
Welcome to Issue 10
The history of the willow tree: 1921-2021 by Vicki Walker
Restoration of two 18th century milestones in Stonehouse by Jim Dickson
John Giffard’s Stonehouse, 1299 by Janet Hudson. cloth, crafts, houses, land, manor, money, rent
Henry Winston of Standish: 1561-1611 by Shirley Dicker. Standish Church, monument
Queen Victoria’s Jubilee celebrations by Linda Collazo. 1887, 1897, Doverow Hill
Cracking the Nutshell by Hugh Conway-Jones. Nutshell Bridge, Nutshell Cottage, Nutshell House, Stroudwater Navigation, Stroudwater Company
The railway bridge by Stonehouse Ocean by Jim Dickson. Cotswold Canals Connected, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Midland Railway
Shafts near the Ocean Jubilee Bridge by Hugh Conway-Jones. water drainage, Midland railway, mud tip, sewage works, Stroudwater canal,
Growing up in Stonehouse by Rosemary Cave (née Coombes) edited by Vicki Walker. 1940s, 1950s,1960s, Bethel church, Doverow Avenue, maisonettes, Sperry gyroscope, Stonehouse Primary School, Stonehouse Secondary Modern School,
Stonehouse Paper & Bag Mills by Vicki Walker. Bridgend, Lower Mills
Stonehouse History Group Report 2021 – 2022
Events 2021 – 2022