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Stroud è un distretto non metropolitano del Regno Unito nella contea inglese del Gloucestershire. Il suo capoluogo è la città omonima . Fu costituito il 1º aprile 1974 in ottemperanza al Local Government Act 1972 in seguito a fusione dei distretti urbani di Nailsworth e Stroud i distretti rurali di Dursley e Stroud e parte dei ...
Stroud è una cittadina di 12 690 abitanti del Gloucestershire, in Inghilterra.
- Etymology
- History
- Demography
- Character and Amenities
- Business
- Farmers' Market
- Education
- Transport
- Literature
- Culture
Stroud was named La Strode in a document of 1221, though most early records use the spelling Stroud. The Old English name Strōd refers to a "marshy land overgrown with brushwood". Although the name is now pronounced to rhyme with "proud", its original pronunciation survives in the Kent town of Strood, which has the same etymology.
Stroud is known for its involvement in the Industrial Revolution. It was a cloth town: woollen mills were powered by the small rivers which flow through the five valleys, and supplied from Cotswold sheep which grazed on the hills above. Particularly noteworthy was the production of military uniforms in the colour Stroudwater Scarlet. Stroud became ...
At the 2001 UK census, Stroud civil parish had a total population of 12,690.For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. Ethnically, the population is predominantly white (98.2%).20.6% of the population were under the age of 16 and 8.3% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the people of the urban area was 39.5. 92.6% of residents described their...
Stroud has a significant artistic community that dates back to the early 20th century. Jasper Conran called Stroud "the Covent Garden of the Cotswolds"; the Daily Telegraph has referred to it as "the artistic equivalent of bookish Hay-on-Wye"; while the London Evening Standard likened the town to "Notting Hill with wellies".The town has a large and...
There is still a small textile industry (the green baize cloth used to cover snooker tables and the cloth covering championship tennis balls is made here), but today the town functions primarily as a centre for light engineering and small-scale manufacturing, and a provider of services for the surrounding villages. Stroud is a Fairtrade Town. The S...
A farmers' market, launched by Jasper Conran and Isabella Blow on 3 July 1999, takes place every Saturday at the Cornhill market. It was nominated for the national Farmers' Market of the Year in 2001 and won it in 2007 and 2013. It also won the Cotswold Life magazine award for the best farmers' market in Gloucestershire in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010...
History
"There was a school at Stroud in 1576 but the schoolmaster, who did not have a licence and failed to teach the catechism, was then dismissed..."
Primary schools
There are six primary schools in the town: 1. Uplands Community Primary School 2. Callowell Primary School 3. Gastrells Community Primary School 4. Rosary Catholic Primary School 5. Severn View Academy 6. Stroud Valley Community School Schools in surrounding areas include 1. Rodborough Community Primary school 2. St Matthew's School (Cainscross) 3. Cashes Green Primary school (Cainscross) 4. Foxmoor Primary School (Cainscross) 5. Whiteshill Community Primary school 6. Randwick CE Primary scho...
Secondary schools
There are three secondary schools in Stroud. Archway Schoolis a County Council maintained comprehensive school offering an 11-to-18 education for children in Stroud, Rodborough and Cainscross. There are also two state-funded selective schools, Marling School and Stroud High School. These former grant-maintained and foundation schools became academies in 2011. Both schools can trace their history back to the founding of Marling School in 1889 and Stroud High School which was founded in 1904 as...
There are multiple bus routes around Stroud, and to nearby towns as well as Gloucester, many of which are operated by Stagecoach West. The town is also served by Great Western Railway trains from Stroud railway station, with frequent services toGloucester, Cheltenham, Swindon, Reading and London Paddington. The railway link was established in 1845....
Novelists Sue Limb, Jilly Cooper and Katie Fforde, children's authors Jamila Gavin, John Dougherty Cindy Jefferies and Clive Dale, poet Jenny Joseph, and The Guardian's food critic Matthew Fort have followed in the footsteps of the Rev. W. Awdry, and W. H. Daviesand made the Stroud area their home. Two of its most famous sons are the authors Laurie...
Stroud is home to the Bardic Chair of Hawkwood, an annual competition held at Hawkwood College in May to select that year's Bard who then has the responsibility to promote the bardic arts in the Stroud area. The folk-rock music group The Outcast Bandcome from Stroud, and also regularly headline the Stroud Fringe Festival.
Stroud District is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. The district is named after its largest town of Stroud. The council is based at Ebley Mill in Cainscross. The district also includes the towns of Berkeley, Dursley, Nailsworth, Stonehouse and Wotton-under-Edge, along with numerous villages and surrounding ...
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Stroud è un distretto non metropolitano del Regno Unito nella contea inglese del Gloucestershire. Il suo capoluogo è la città omonima.
Stroud is a hilly town in Gloucestershire, well stocked with historic buildings form its heyday as a wool and weaving town. Stroud stands at the bottom of the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills at the meeting point of the Five Valleys. The town is noted for its steep streets and cafe culture. [1] .
