Finding out about the history behind some of the symbols on the Millennium Stone
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For an overview of the history of Stonehouse visit British History Online or see the book A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10, Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1972.
- Payment of a rose per annum, 1348
- Use of rose emblem at Stonehouse Court
- Horticultural Society
- Souvenir china
- Mayoral chain
- Adoption of symbol for Stonehouse
Brickworks
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp276-284
- Why was the brick industry good in Stonehouse?
- Decline of cloth industry
- Edward Jenner Davies https://stonehousehistorygroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Journal-issue-5-4th-May-2015.pdf
- Arthur Anderson
- Stonehouse Brick and Tile Works
Canal and the Ocean
Stroudwater Canal History
- Why the canal was needed
- Who built it
- When was it opened
- What was it used for
- Why The Ocean?
- What happened to it?
The cloth mills (pick one such as Bond’s Mill or Beard’s Mill or R S Davies cloth manufacturers at Upper and Lower Mills Bridgend)
https://www.stroudtextiletrust.org.uk/history-background-to-local-wool-industry
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp276-284
- Domesday mills what did they produce?
- Why cloth?
- Why Stonehouse?
- Who were the clothiers?
- What were the processes?
- Who were the workers?
- What happened to the industry
Stonehouse Paper & Bag Mill (Lower Mills)
https://www.stonehousepaper.co.uk/
- What is the history of the building?
- When was the paper bag factory started?
- Who started it?
- What sort of things did it produce?
- Who worked there?
- What happened to it?
Dudbridge donkey (Nailsworth branch line)
https://stonehousehistorygroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Journal-Issue-2-5Dec12-2nd-edition-Feb-2020web.pdf
- History of railways
- Why was the Nailsworth line opened?
- What was the “Dudbridge Donkey”?
- Where did it go?
- What did it carry?
- When did it close?
- Where was the first cinema?
- Who opened it?
- What happened to it?
- Where was the “new” cinema?
- What films did it show?
- Who went there?
- When did it close?
Engineering industry (Hoffmann’s and Sperry’s etc)
https://stonehousehistorygroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Journal-Issue-1-May-2012-3rd-edition-Feb-2020-web.pdf
- What brought engineering to Stonehouse?
- What did they make?
- Who worked there?
- How did they develop?
- What happened to them?
Severn Valley Fruit Co (The Jam factory)
- Who started this and why?
- Where was it?
- What did they make?
- Who worked there?
- When did it close?
Vineyards in Stonehouse
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Stonehouse newt pond
If anyone has any more information about the newt pond we would be glad to hear it.