Amberley, Rose Cottage 1925 (ref. 77583) | This attractive cottage, with its Gothic window frames, is situated close to Minchinhampton Common, although it is much
less easy to see this today, since trees now cover the horizon. The cottage is celebrated as the house where Mrs Craik wrote
John Halifax, Gentleman in 1856.
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Brimscombe, Walls Quarry 1901 (ref. 47363) | On the left is the main London railway line and, still further to the left, the Thames and Severn Canal. The buildings on the
hill are the upper part of Brimscombe village, with Walls Quarry and Burleigh to the right. With the exception of the nearer
dwellings, all the houses we see here are of Cotswold stone.
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Brimscombe, the Valley 1900 (ref. 45590) | This picture should more properly be captioned 'The Bourne from Besbury.' In the foreground lies Wimberley Mill,
run in 1900 by the Critchley family as a pin factory. Hidden beyond it is the Thames and Severn Canal, and then
the railway. Behind the viaduct on the left is Bourne Mill, formerly used by H S Hack to produce walking sticks.
Brimscombe Port is in the distance.
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Brimscombe, the Valley 1900 (ref. 45741) | Butter Row School, in the foreground, stands detached some distance from the community it served. It closed more than
a generation ago. Thrupp clings to the hillside on the left. The Chalford Valley, with former woollen cloth mills every few
hundred yards along its length, extends through Brimscombe into the distance. Brimscombe Church, Walls Quarry and
the hill leading to Burleigh are top right.
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Chalford, the Vale 1890 (ref. 25167) | The viaduct on the left carries
the railway as it descends
from Sapperton Tunnel. Part
of Chalford Baptist Tabernacle
is on the right. In the distance
is Rack Hill, which acquired its
name from the racks on which
cloth was pegged out to dry.
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Chalford, the Golden Valley 1910 (ref. 62709) | This viewpoint on
Coppice Hill is a
favourite spot for
photographing
Chalford. The paths
on the right of the
picture are those
along which bread
delivery was made by
panniered donkey.
On the left is Chalford
Station and, just
below it, the Thames
and Severn Canal.
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Chalford, on the Canal 1910 (ref. 62711) | When this picture was
taken, the canal had only
recently undergone a
restoration programme. Of
the two pubs shown here,
The New Red Lion (centre)
survives. The Bell Inn (left)
is now a private house.
The retaining wall on the
right was part of Chalford
Station yard. The careful
posing of the children adds
considerably to the appeal
of the photograph.
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Cranham, Prinknash Abbey, the Laity Chapel c1960 (ref. C179033) | The monks needed to extend and develop the old buildings at Prinknash. Soon after their arrival in 1928 the transept shown
here was added to the chapel. W Heath Robinson, whose son was a monk at the abbey, painted a cartoon of the restoration
work. In 1939, however, the foundation stone of a new monastery across the valley was laid, although the monks also continued
to occupy the Old Grange. The crypt of the new abbey was consecrated in 1972. Incense-making has taken place at Prinknash
for many years, and a Bird Park helps to attract visitors. The celebrated Prinknash Pottery has recently closed, sad to say.
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Frocester, the Village from Frocester Hill c1960 (ref. F147003) | The second Roman villa referred to earlier lies beneath the furthermost of the large fields in the foreground, known
as Great Stanborough. In the far distance, across the Severn, is May Hill, with its distinctive pine copse. Today, the M5
bisects the agricultural land in the middle distance. Several of the oaks have succumbed to age or disease: the one on
the left lies shattered in pieces.
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Horsley, 1907 (ref. 53127) | Horsley is one of the
ancient parishes from
which Nailsworth was
formed in the 1890s, the
others being Avening
and Minchinhampton.
Horsley is approached
from the north by
the main road from
Nailsworth, middle
right, and by a steep
lane leading from the
attractive hamlet of
Washpool, bottom right,
where the remains of
the sheep-dipping tank,
which gave it its name,
may still be seen.
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Minchinhampton, Church interior 1901 (ref. 47352) | The inside of the church looks rather different today. The nave walls have been plastered and whitewashed and the chancel
ceiling embellished. Most obviously, a rood screen, erected in memory of Harold Woollcombe-Boyce, who died on active
service during the Great War, now spans the chancel arch.
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Minchinhampton, the Church, the Rose Window 1901 (ref. 47353) | The south transept is a survival from the medieval church, which was so drastically altered during the 19th century. The
tracery of the rose window is of an intricate design, and its Victorian glass is especially attractive when seen, lit from within,
from the market square on winter evenings. The arched tombs beneath the window date from the 14th century.
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Nailsworth, Longfords Lake 1910 (ref. 62688) | Longfords Lake was created in 1806 as a reservoir to feed the large nearby cloth mill run by the
Playne family. Originally 15 acres in extent, it is now much silted up. The bill for the original
construction of the dam was £945.
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Nailsworth, 1900 (ref. 45594) | Here Nailsworth is seen from the 'W', the zigzag hill road linking it to Box village. By 1900 the 'Pepperpot Church' has
been replaced by St George's as we know it today. Apart from fairly extensive modern building development, which
has considerably altered this aspect of the town, the other point of interest in the picture lies in the tin church on the
left, erected in the vicarage grounds to serve the parish while St George's was under construction. The tin church was
subsequently removed.
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Nailsworth, Longfords Lake 1904 (ref. 53117) | The lake, privately
owned, was justly
renowned for its beauty,
especially in autumn.
Three boathouses existed
along its banks, of which
the chalet type, seen here,
is the most interesting
example. Longfords
Lake was noted during
Victorian times for
its trout fishing, but
unfortunately roach were
introduced and pike had
then to be brought in to
control them, which did
little for the trout fishing.
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Nailsworth, General View 1900 (ref. 45595) | Viewed from
Watledge, the
Railway Hotel is
shown clearly in
the centre of the
picture, with C W
Jones' coal office
behind the chimney
to the right. Beyond
the hotel building
is Day's Mill, with St
George's church a
little back to the left.
The cottage in the
foreground shows
an unusual method
of loft ventilation.
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Rodborough, the Bear Inn 1910 (ref. 62687) | The Bear is recorded
as a public house and
stagecoach inn as early as
1751, positioned along the
then route from Stroud
via Minchinhampton to
Cirencester. The long,
striped building to the
left was formerly the
headquarters of the Stroud
Golf Club, which played
on the 9-hole Rodborough
Common Course.
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Rodborough, Fort 1900 (ref. 45737) | The entrance gates to the
Fort from Rodborough
Common are hardly ever
seen open these days. The
core of the building was
erected by George Hawker
in the 1760s. It had no water
supply until 1790. It was
rebuilt on a grander scale by
Alexander Holcombe in 1868.
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Rodborough, the Village c1960 (ref. R311006) | The access to Butter
Row Lane has now
been improved by the
demolition of the rather
odd-shaped building
on the right. The shop
opposite it, then the post
office, has also gone.
The Prince Albert (left),
served in 1960 by Stroud
Brewery, remains little
changed. The Prince
Albert first appears
in the trade directory
of 1914, when James
Lawson was its landlord.
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Rodborough, the Fort 1890 (ref. 25162A) | On the slopes below the
Fort, known in Edwardian
times as Fort St George
and run as a guest
house and tearoom, the
depressions in the hillside
are largely the result of
surface quarrying. Pictures
of the Fort are dateable by
reference to the pine trees
that now front it, entirely
absent in this early view.
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