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Uley, The Street
When I spent my holidays in Uley during the mid 1950s, open drains ran at the edge of the street, for dirty water (not sewage) draining from the houses adjoining the road!
I recall the Post Office, Mr Phillp's grocery store (by the bus stop) and Bruton's Garage, at the junction with South Street.
Ken Cook
A memory of Uley contributed by Ken Cook
My first fish!
With a borrowed rod, I caught my first fish in Stouts Hill Pond.
The fish took my hook quite deeply and after dis-gorging the hook, we assumed that the fish was dead and my friend Reg Thomas took the fish home to Dursley to feed it to the family cat!
On arriving home, Reg discovered that the fish was still alive and while it swam around in a fish tank for a few days, it did eventually die. Sad.
Ken Cook
A memory of Uley contributed by Ken Cook
Tilley family in Uley
My great gran lived in Woodstock Cottage which was built by her husband. Her name was Emily Eliza Baker and she married a Albert John Tilley. They had 2 children, Edith Mary (my gran) and Daisy Helen. Edith married a Thomas Charles Yeomans and Daisy married a Samuel Workman. I am very interested in my family tree which goes back to 1752. A Joseph Tilley born in 1752 in Uley who married a Elizabeth Osborne from Gloucestershire. They got married at St Giles Church, Uley on the 9th Feb 1772. If anybody has any other information or would like to contact me then please do.
A memory of Uley contributed by JULIE HEAP
My Family from Uley, a long time ago
I visited Uley last year because I am finding out about my family history and I found out that my Gt Gt Grandmother was born in Uley in the year 1833 so it is a long time ago.
Her name was Hannah Heath and she worked in the cloth mill but I found that when the work ran out she moved to Bristol, married and had 8 children among which was my Grandad.
I spent an enjoyable time going round St Giles' church and also the churchyard. I went across the road and drank a small glass of the beer and then came home to Bristol where all her family have lived ever since but while I was there I thought ...read more here
A memory of Uley contributed by Mollie Elliott
Extracts From Wortley & Gloucestershire books
Sidney B Park was a
successful businessman;
in Edwardian days he
owned two drapery shops
in Stroud. However, on
26 October 1917 his only
son, Herbert, was killed
in France, and in 1927 the
Park family gave land to
create a public garden in
his memory. Sidney and his
wife, Ellen, are buried in
Stroud Cemetery.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".
Here we are looking down
the High Street, with Smith’s
chemist’s shop – still at
this period with only one
large window – on the right.
Below it is Withey’s grocery
store, long-established even
in 1910. When the building
changed hands a few years
ago, a large number of
early grocery orders was
discovered in an attic.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".
Here we can see a portion
of the gardens of Bank
House in the days before
they became accessible
to the public. Note the
thatched summerhouse. A
photograph exists, taken
from the same position
in the 1870s, showing Mr
W Cheriton, a member
of the church choir,
balancing on one leg on
the very top of the spire,
during renovation work!
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".
The church exterior is of
Bisley stone, while that
used for the interior walls,
most of the pulpit and the
base of the font, comes
from Painswick.
The floor tiles are from
Herefordshire. A few
early monuments survive
from the former church,
notably a fine 17th-century
memorial commemorating
the Stephens family of
Lypiatt. There are several
good Victorian
stained-glass windows.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".