Stroudie Central Bookshop

Secret Stroud

With tales of remarkable characters, unusual events and tucked-away or disappeared historical buildings and locations, Secret Stroud will appeal to all those with an interest in the history of this Gloucestershire town.
By David Elder.

£14.34

The vernacular architecture and buildings of Stroud and Chalford

By Nigel McCullagh Patterson. This is a great book full of information about the local old buildings and how they were constructed. There’s lots of photos of the local buildings, attic rooms and their beams, cellars, stone window frames and the geology of the area. It’s sort of essential reading if old buildings are your thing.

It details most of the old buildings of interest in Chalford and Stroud along with why the Stroud Preservation Trust was formed. It was published in 2007. The photos are all in black and white, but given the time most of them would have been taken it’s not surprising.

For the price, it’s good value.

£14.95

The Gloucestershire Woollen Mills by Jennifer Tann

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

£14.13 – Used prices are probably less.

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.

£16.33

Some Drama..

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

£2.19

Artisan Stroud – Clare Honeyfield

£11.46

Stroud (illustrated) – Rupert Russell

£12.50

Stroud Short Stories

57 stories by the cream of local authors.

£12

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.

£10.86

Stroud and the Five Valleys From Old Photographs

£15.99

James Smart of Chalford: Working Life on the Cotswolds Canals and Linked Waterways

£11.38

Stroud Valleys in the Great War

£12.93

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.

£17.99

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 used copies are still available. The books full of interesting information and photos you won’t find anywhere else.

£9.98 (used)

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.

£26.99

The Gloucester & Sharpness Canal Through Time

£10.87