Stroudie Central Bookshop

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The Stroudie Central bookshop has a number of books related to Stroud and its five valleys. I receive a small sales commission on any sales. That in turn helps me support local coffee shops…

Book prices are as of April 2022. Hardback, paperback and Kindle copies are usually different prices. The Buy Now button takes you to the appropriate Amazon page.

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Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel – The bestselling Victorian mystery series (Railway Detective): 18

slaughter in the sapperton tunnel book
£5.99
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Artisan Stroud – Clare Honeyfield

Artisan Stroud Book
£16.68
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Stroud (illustrated) – Rupert Russell

Stroud i book
£13.99
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Stroud Short Stories

57 stories by the cream of local authors.

Stroud Short Stories
£10
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Dulcima – Film on DVD / Blu-ray

Filmed around Minchinhampton, Avening and Tetbury with John Mills and Carol White. A great film set in the Stroud countryside.

Film called Dulcima
£6.79
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Stroud and the Five Valleys From Old Photographs

Stroud and the Five Valleys From Old Photographs book
£10.72
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James Smart of Chalford: Working Life on the Cotswolds Canals and Linked Waterways

James Smart of Chalford book
£19.98
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Stroud Valleys in the Great War

The Stroud Valleys in the Great War
£12.59
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The Gloucestershire Woollen Mills by Jennifer Tann

An old book but lots of information on all the local mills.

Gloucestershire Wollen Mills book
£7.99
Gloucestershire wollen mills book

Wool and Water – Jennifer Tann

I have a copy of this and it has everything you need to know about the old mills in the area and how the cloth industry operated. Recommended reading.

gloucestershire woollen industry and its mills
£13.45
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Labour and the Poor Volume V: The Manufacturing Districts (5) (The Morning Chronicle’s Labour and the Poor)

Nothing to do with Stroud, but it looks like an interesting social insight into early manufacturing.

Labour and the Poor book
£17.99
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Chalford to Sapperton

Chalford to Sapperton
£5.39
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Nailsworth and the Stroud Branch

This is a really good book about the Nailsworth to Stroud branch line. The books old and probably out of print but copies are still available. High price due to its rarity but it’s full of interesting information and photos you won’t find anywhere else.

Nailsworth and the Stroud Branch book
£28.79
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Gloucester and Sharpness Canal – An Illustrated History

A good book, I have a copy. It’s full of information about the building of the Sharpness canal that connects the port at Sharpness to Gloucester docks.

Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Book
£26.99
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The Gloucester & Sharpness Canal Through Time

The Gloucester & Sharpness Canal Through Time
£11.99
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With the cost of living going through the roof you might be having thoughts of self sufficiency, so here’s a few to consider.

The The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers

By John Seymour with a forward by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

The The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers
£16.99
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Practical Self-sufficiency: The complete guide to sustainable living today

By Dick Strawbridge

Practical Self-sufficiency: The complete guide to sustainable living today - book
£17.21
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The Future of Energy: The 2021 guide to the energy transition – renewable energy, energy technology, sustainability, hydrogen and more

By John Armstrong

The Future of Energy: The 2021 guide to the energy transition - renewable energy, energy technology, sustainability, hydrogen and more - book
£9.69
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Tricorn House is often in the news so here are some books on Brutalist Architecture

Brutalist London

Brutal London Book
£11.99
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Finding Brutalism: A Photographic Survey of Post-War British Architecture

Finding Brutalism: A Photographic Survey of Post-War British Architecture Book
£32
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Brutalism (Britains Heritage)

Brutalism (Britains Heritage) book
£7.37
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If you’re exploring the area you might want a map or two.

Stroud Tetbury and Malmesbury OS Map – 168

Stroud OS map 168
£7.99
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Gloucester Cheltenham and Stroud OS Map – 179

Stroud OS map 179
£7.99
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