Stuart Butler – Page 35 – Radical Stroud

Bunyan, Blake, Wordsworth and Forest Green

Blake, Bunyan, Wordsworth and Forest Green

And lo, it came to pass that when the Forest Green fans sang
‘Stand up for the Forest Green’,
All fans throughout the ground and stands,
Stood up.
And when the Forest Green fans sang
‘Sit down for the Forest Green’,
All fans throughout the ground and stands,
Sat down.
Truly, this was a paradisal state of beatitude:
An epiphany where all was a New Lawn of harmony,
Where all division and dissent disappeared
In a blissful unification of opposites,
Where lion stood up with lamb,
And where lamb sat down with lion,
In a self-governing collective of joy;

And when the final whistle blew,
The public address system filled the valleys and hills
With Jerusalem and its effulgent message,
And the football poets and the People’s Republic of Stroud
Did walk upon the mountains green,
In Forest Green,
Far above the dark satanic mills of old Stroud-water –

But even in the midst of heaven, there is temptation,
For it is an arduous path of the pilgrim to the football league:
Past the Wicket Gate, the Slough of Despond,
The Hill of Difficulty, the Valley of Humiliation,
The Shining Light, the River of Death,
The Delectable Mountain,
Vanity Fair,
Half Man Half Biscuit
(For verily, these are the constituent parts of Tranmere Rovers),
If we are to reach the Celestial City,

Where there will be happiness in the by and by,
And quorn pie in the sky,
And we will walk with Wordsworth on Westminster Bridge,
And through the lanes and paths of Nailsworth,
Horsley, Forest Green, Shortwood and Newmarket:

For ‘Earth’ will not have
‘Anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty.’

Details on a performative, celebratory, historical walk to follow if triumphant at Wembley.

Rowcroft Railway Bridge

The Wall beneath Rowcroft Railway Bridge

I love the railway bridge over Rowcroft in Stroud,
I love the way it continues the lengthy viaduct that straddles the A46,
I love that Dirty Old Town industrial revolution-
Collectivist working class feeling,
When dreaming underneath the arches,
And I love travelling over the bridge and viaduct too,
Whether it’s to Paddington or Cheltenham,
And I love walking the Up-platform,
To gaze down at the edgelands below,
The rebarbative railing and the obligatory supermarket trolley,
The litter, the detritus, the security signage …
But I have to confess,
When I walk under Rowcroft railway bridge,
Whether to or from Stroud town,
I usually scurry through,
Tbh,
Trying to avoid the congregations of pigeons,
And consequent widespread excrement,
As well as the fag smoke, vaping and sputum –
I usually keep my eyes to the ground,
Trying to keep my shoes clean,
And am oblivious of anything above or beyond the pavement.

The Wall beneath Rowcroft Railway Bridge

But yesterday,
What with that first day of spring type feeling,
I glanced up towards the sky,
And noticed,
For the very first time,
A solitary old stone wall,
Just two stones thick
(One stone at the top),
At an angle of some 45 degrees,
Rising from the ground right up to the arch of the viaduct
Adjacent to the Rowcroft bridge.

Is it really possible that Brunel’s Great Western Railway,
‘The Permanent Way’,
Running all the way from Paddington to Cheltenham Spa,
Through engineering marvels such as Hanwell Viaduct,
Sonning Cutting, over the Thames,
Swindon Railway Works,
Sapperton Tunnel,
Is at one point,
Finely balanced with even-steven tension,
Upon a mouldering solitary old stone wall in Stroud
(Seemingly impermanent),
In a sort of oxymoronic embrace of fragility and stability?
What else is the wall for?
Merely to gratuitously divide empty space?

Question:
What would happen if the wall was taken away?

Emigration from Stroudwater in the 1830s and 40s: Prologue

Emigration from Stroudwater in the 1830s and 40s

Foreword

My emigrant’s passage started in Bisley

Along a snowdropped Sunday footpath to the church;

The service had just ended –

I sauntered in through the open door,

And there to my surprise, in a glass case,

Lay a nineteenth century list of parish accounts,

With an italicised card:

‘cost to the Parish of Bisley of ‘emigrating’ 68 persons from the parish’,

Together with a bible open to the fronts-piece:

‘The Bible which was presented by the Reverend Thomas Keble who was the Vicar of Bisley when they and 66 others emigrated to Sydney, Australia in August 1837 [The Bible has been rebound].

Two other information cards lay partially hidden beneath the bible, I could pick out a few words, however:

‘hoped they might have a more prosperous life. They were equipped with clothes, transport and food to Bristol and Thomas Keble also presented each family with a Bible and a Prayer Book.’

Emigration from Stroudwater in the 1830s and 40s

Foreword

My emigrant’s passage started in Bisley

Along a snowdropped Sunday footpath to the church;

The service had just ended –

I sauntered in through the open door,

And there to my surprise, in a glass case,

Lay a nineteenth century list of parish accounts,

With an italicised card:

‘cost to the Parish of Bisley of ‘emigrating’ 68 persons from the parish’,

Together with a bible open to the fronts-piece:

‘The Bible which was presented by the Reverend Thomas Keble who was the Vicar of Bisley when they and 66 others emigrated to Sydney, Australia in August 1837 [The Bible has been rebound].

Two other information cards lay partially hidden beneath the bible, I could pick out a few words, however:

‘hoped they might have a more prosperous life. They were equipped with clothes, transport and food to Bristol and Thomas Keble also presented each family with a Bible and a Prayer Book.’

Prologue the First: Mr Ricardo

EMIGRATION

CONSIDERED AS A MEANS OF RELIEF

IN THE PRESENT DISTRESSED

CONDITION OF THE POOR

IN THIS

NEIGHBOURHOOD

BY DAVID RICARDO, ESQ.

STROUD:

PRINTED BY J.P. BRISLEY

1838.

Price One Penny each, or Five Shillings per Hundred.

EMIGRATION

The distress of the Poor at all times forms a strong claim upon our sympathy and compassion – and though in some cases it may be brought on by their own idleness and improvidence, and therefore require the application of strong measures to check its growth … like a parent who chastises his child … But in the present condition of the Poor in this Neighbourhood … we have to encounter all the difficulties of a failing trade, and our inability to substitute any other means of independent labour … their patience and resignation is urging on their more influential neighbours to make efforts to assist them.

The question is, – what is the best means of affording them effectual relief? …In the first instance, a Subscription was proposed, and the Rev. Thos. Keble, with that spirit of kindness and benevolence which characterize all his proceedings … raised a considerable sum among his own immediate friends; but it is quite clear that a sum of money thus raised could never be sufficiently large to meet the emergency of the case – and besides, it would only meet half the evil, for the question is, not to provide the poor with bread by the hand of Private Charity, but to devise some means by which they may earn it for themselves.

This proved to be the case – the Funds raised were found to be inadequate … shortly after, the first attempt was made to introduce a more sound and effectual system of Relief. A ship was sent to Bristol, and a portion of the unemployed Labourers were invited to go to another country … but from an indisposition to engage in anything new, and from a general misapprehension … this attempt did not meet with all the success it deserved; still, some families availed themselves of the offer, and the accounts they have sent home of their prosperous condition in New South Wales have tended to dispel the natural prejudices which all must feel against a country of which they know nothing. All parties agree to the relief occasioned by the departure of the few that went – and if at any future time Emigration should be conducted on a larger scale, we must still look back to this first Attempt, as the step from which all our further efforts have sprung.

About this time, Her Majesty at the suggestion of the House of Commons sent down a Commissioner to enquire into the distressed state of the Neighbourhood, and to see if any means could be devised to alleviate it. The Commissioner came down, and gave the fullest and most patient attention to the subject: he enquired of all classes … and the result was … with our failing Trade … the only means likely to give us real relief, was Emigration …

application was again made to Government to facilitate Emigration … but the engagements already formed prevented them from giving us a ship this year – however,–they showed their good will by requesting Mr. Marshall, the private Agent of the Colonial Government to come down, who has offered a passage to 205 persons; they hold out to us the hope of further and more effectual assistance next year, and there is every reason to hope, that Emigration may be carried on to a larger extent.

The following is a brief account of the nature of the assistance offered by Government …The expense of the Passage of a man and his wife to Sydney … is £35, but this sum is not raised by a Tax on us, but is supplied by the Funds, which the Colonial Government has raised by the Sale of Lands in Australia. It is of importance to bear this in mind … the Colonial Government very reasonably claims the right to itself of refusing to convey persons who would not be serviceable to them – the Government tells us, “all that you have to do for your Emigrants is to provide them with proper clothes and to put them on board the Ship …”

The quantity of Clothing required for each Passenger is, besides a Bible and if possible a Prayer Book, 12 shirts or shifts, 2 flannel petticoats (for females,) 12 pair of dark stockings, 3 towels, and such other articles of dress as are essential to cleanliness, health, and comfort; also a knife and fork, table and tea-spoons, peter or tin plate, tin pots, comb, soap, &c.

These articles are very expensive … it will often happen that a man may sell all his household goods, and yet not be able to raise a fund sufficient to provide them: if no fund were raised to assist … the poor man must linger on here … while the outlay of 30s. would convey him to a land of plenty …

The means of providing the Funds … are by a Rate upon the Parish. By a recent law, Parishes are allowed to borrow any Sum not exceeding half the Rates of the Parish for the purpose of Emigration, and to repay it in five years … this Neighbourhood is but one vast Family, and if we were to take away a portion of the more active and put them in a situation to fend for themselves, the bread that supported them is still left behind, and will be divided among those who remain … in the shape of an increase of Wages …

No! These are not the evils of Emigration … Expense … Clothing …Landlord … Tenant. A thousand other little interested considerations cross our thoughts and influence our minds, while we overlook the real and great objection to sending our Emigrants abroad – the sending them to a place where there is no Church Establishment regularly formed, and where they will often be placed in situations such, that they will not have the opportunity of having the blessed truths of the Gospel brought home to them. – But the eye of the Lord is in every place … if in the conscientious discharge of the duties committed to us, we should provide some of our neighbours with the means of going to New South Wales, I feel convinced that He will follow them there; – we shall in the mean time be looking upon that Country as the Land of our relations and friends … it must be our unceasing endeavour to send to them all the advantages of Religious Worship we enjoy at home.

Gatcombe, 15^th Nov. 1838.

HINTS

For the consideration of Persons desirous to Emigrate

Large Families of young Children will in no case be taken at the expense of the Colonies. Young married people with families just coming on are the most eligible.
Each Applicant should be provided with Testimonials of his Character signed by the Clergyman of his Parish, or the Minister of that religious persuasion to which he belongs, and the respectable persons who may know him. Character is of great use.
Each Applicant should be provided with proper Certificates of his Health and the Health of his Family.
No woman would be received on board, who is so far advanced in a state of pregnancy, as to render it probable that she might be confined before the termination of the voyage.
None would be received on board, unless they have been previously vaccinated or had the Small Pox. Persons having families would do well to look to this, and get their Children vaccinated at once.
Linen made up of Calico of inferior quality may be had at the Market House School, Minchinhampton. Shirts, price 1s 3d. Shifts, 11d. and other Articles in the same proportion.

There is still room for a few young married persons of good character and not having large families of young children, by the ship Roxburgh Castle, on 28^th December next. The fullest information on all subjects connected with Emigration may be obtained by applying at Gatcombe, on Monday and Tuesday in any week, between the hours of nine and ten.

J. P. Brisley Stroudwater Printing Office.

Edward Thomas and the Snake’s Head Fritillary

The local Swindon paper’s obituary for Edward Thomas
Commented on his love for the country around the town –
And William Cobbett’s hated rotten borough,
‘The place by the river’, was just six miles or so
From his grandmother’s house near the railway works;
Did he, I wonder, ever make an Easter visit
To the Lammas Meadows at Cricklade,
From Swindon’s Old Town station,
After talking with Alfred Williams,
‘The hammer man poet’,
Glimpsing the ‘Other man’ in the Anglo-Saxon fields,
Or near where a vengeful King Canute crossed the Thames,
And did those memories flit through his mind
On that fateful Easter Monday in 1917,
Recalling some of the ‘Other names’
Of the snake’s head fritillary,
Such as bloody warrior or widow’s wall.

Snakes Head Fritillary by Deborah Roberts

Thanks to Deborah Roberts for the above photo.

Thanks to Bob Fry for the above photo.

He loved the inadvertent poetry of place names,
So how he would have loved the poetry of the snake’s head fritillary,
Also known as the Oaksey lily, the chequered lily,
Bloody warrior, dead man’s bell, falfaries fan cup,
Shy widows, snake flower, solemn bells of Sodom,
Toad’s head, weeping willow, and widow’s wall,
The flower that sprang up to warn of the advance of Roman legions,
The flower that survived enclosure,
The flower that may have bloomed in Thomas’ mind,
To warn of a concussive shell,
Hurtling across no man’s land,
But not the 77mm pip-squeak that shot right through his chest.

‘Hush, here comes a whizz bang,
Hush, here comes a whizz bang,
Now you soldier men, get down those stairs,
Down in your dugouts and say your prayers,
Hush, here comes a whizz bang,
And it’s making straight for you,
And you’ll see all the wonders of no man’s land
If a whizz bang hits you.’

But it’s the pip-squeak that gets you,
That stops the clocks,
When you’re studying the sky,
Lighting your pipe,
In pursuit of the spring in Arras,
In the front line,
Unenclosed.

Snake’s head fritillary,
Bloody warrior,
Widow’s wall,
Dead men’s bell,
Shy widows.

As in life, so in death: Edward Thomas was still to be haunted by ‘The Other’:

Matthew Hollis in Now All Roads Lead to France: ‘Edward Thomas left the dugout behind his post and leaned into the opening to take a moment to fill his pipe. A shell passed so close to him that the blast of air stopped his heart. He fell without a mark on his body.’

Jean Moorcroft Wilson in her biography Edward Thomas From Addlestrop to Arras: ‘Captain Lushington received a telephone call just after the battle began, reporting that Thomas had been “killed in the O.P. by a direct hit through the chest.”’ Lushington then wrote to Helen to say that Thomas had been killed from “a direct hit by a shell.”
Wilson thinks that Lushington decided to protect a vulnerable Helen from the truth, however, when he eventually visited her, by re-imagining a fictive death based on Thomas’ miraculous escape the day before his death, when a shell landed close to him – a dud. Helen wrote, in consequence that, “there was no wound and his beloved body was not injured.”
Wilson adds that Lushington wrote to an early biographer of Thomas in 1936 that, “Thomas had been killed, shot clean through the chest by a pip-squeak (a 77mm shell)”. Wilson thinks that the biographer ignored the letter “in deference to the widow.”
The letter, buried in archives, has only recently been unearthed.

As in life, so in death: Edward Thomas was still to be haunted by ‘The Other’.

Spreadsheet – Stroudwater Emigration to S. Australia

With thanks to John Loosley for providing the information and Noah Griffiths for his work in providing these spreadsheets for further research.
Thanks also to Kaye Purnell from Australia who did all the spade work, I think.

Surname	Forename	Of	Date of Birth
Abbott	Alfred	Horsley	Dec 1835
Abbott	Daniel	Horsley	1798
Abbott	Daniel	Horsley	1831
Abbott	Henry	Horsley	1834
Abbott	Maria	Horsley	1813
Adams	George	Horsley	11 Dec 1836
Adams	John	Horsley	17 Jan 1802
Adams	Sarah	Horsley	1816
Adams	Sophia	Horsley	1838
Baker	Alfred	Nailsworth	1825
Baker	Ann	Horsley	1816
Baker	Eliza	Avening	1819
Baker	Job	Avening	1819
Baker	John Tushbrook	Avening	1817
Baker	Maria	Nailsworth	23 Oct 1825
Baker	Mary Jane	Nailsworth	1828
Beard	Elijah	Forest Green	1820
Bird	Edwin	Forest Green	1816
Bird	Male	Forest Green	Nov 1835
Bird	Mary Ann	Forest Green	1815
Bishop	Anne	Minchinhampton	May 1835
Bishop	Enoch	Minchinhampton	1813
Bishop	Enos	Minchinhampton	1837
Bishop	John	Minchinhampton	1816
Bishop	Martha	Minchinhampton	1820
Bishop	Mary Ann	Minchinhampton	1808
Brain	Aaron	Uley	1817
Brinkworth	Elizabeth
Brinkworth	George	Horsley	1 Apr 1836
Brinkworth	Joseph	Horsley	25 Dec 1834
Brinkworth	Mary	Horsley	25 Mar 1838
Brinkworth	Thomas	King Stanley	1 May 1814
Browning	John	Uley	1818
Burford	Ann	Nympsfield
Burford	Charlotte	Forest Green	1806
Burford	Edwin	Kingsfield	10 Apr 1810
Burford	Elizabeth	Horsley	1810
Burford	Emma	Horsley	1836
Burford	Esau	Forest Green	1805
Burford	Female	Nympsfield
Burford	George	Nympsfield
Burford	Hannah	Harley wood	21 Jan 1836
Burford	Isaac	Nympsfield	19 Feb 1797
Burford	Jabez	Horsley	1815
Burford	James	Forest Green	18 Nov 1832
Burford	Lousia	Forest Green	1833
Burford	Male	Forest Green	1836
Burford	Male	Horsley	1812
Burford	Male	Nympsfield
Burford	Male	Nympsfield
Burford	Mary	Kingsfield	1810
Burford	Rebecca	Horsley	1812
Burford	Thomas	Horsley	1808
Burford	William	Forest Green	13 Apr 1828
Burford	William	Harley wood	5 Apr 1833
Chambers	Joseph	Littleworth	1812
Chambers	Leonard	Horsley	17 Jul 1836
Chambers	Selina	Minchinhampton	21 Jun 1835
Chambers	Susanna	Littleworth	1815
Clarke	Ann	Horsley	1 Apr 1832
Clarke	Ellen	Horsley	27 dec 1812
Clarke	Maria	Horsley	1812
Clarke	William	Horsley	1812
Clayfield	Ann		1819
Clayfield	Charlotte	Shortwood	27 Feb 1825
Clayfield	Edward	Shortwood	1 Oct 1820
Clayfield	Peter	Nailsworth	1817
Comley	George	Kingscote	1819
Cooke	Charles	Wotton-under-Edge	1820
Cooper	Female	Nailsworth	1833
Cooper	Female	Nailsworth	1838
Cooper	Male	Nailsworth	1825
Cooper	Male	Nailsworth	1828
Cooper	Male	Nailsworth	1836
Cooper	Mrs	Nailsworth	1817
Cooper	Samuel	Nailsworth	1815
Cowley	Caroline		1829
Cowley	Daniel		1834
Cowley	James		1831
Cowley	Joseph	Uley	1824
Cowley	Robert	Uley	20 Jun 1824
Cowley	Robert F	Uley	1791
Cowley	Thomas	Nailsworth	16 Jul 1826
Cox	Benjamin	Horsley	3 Nov 1832
Cox	Edward	Shortwood	1839
Cox	Edwin	Horsley	1819
Cox	Eliza	Shortwood	20 May 1837
Cox	Elizabeth	Horsley	1796
Cox	Female	Horsley	1837
Cox	Female		1839
Cox	George	Avening	25 Dec 1819
Cox	George	Shortwood	5 Oct 1835
Cox	Harriet	Shortwood	15 May 1825
Cox	Horsley		1823
Cox	Henry	Nailsworth	29 May 1830
Cox	John	Horsley	21 Apr 1826
Cox	John	Horsley	1794
Cox	Joseph	Horsley	3 Nov 1832
Cox	Male	Horsley	1824
Cox	Male	Horsley	1828
Cox	Male	Horsley	1830
Cox	Male	Horsley	1833
Cox	Male	Horsley	1835
Cox	Martha	Horsley	1823
Cox	Mary	Shortwood	13 Jun 1824
Cox	Mary	Ebley	1803
Cox	Mary	Horsley	1823
Cox	Mrs	Horsley	1806
Cox	Mrs	Horsley	1805
Cox	Richard	Horsley	1805
Cox	Robert	Shortwood	30 Dec 1833
Cox	Robert	Shortwood	1803
Cox	Sarah	Horsley	22 Aug 1828
Cox	Sarah	Avening	1820
Cox	Sarah	Shortwood	12 May 1831/2
Cox	Thomas	Shortwood	4 Nov 1826
Cox	Thomas	Horsley	1805
Cox	William	Horsley	1821
Cox	William	Shortwood	25 May 1828
Croft	Elizabeth	Horsley	19 Jan 1823
Croft	Jane	Horsley	1821
Cummins	Eliza	Uley	1817
Davis	Harriet	Avening	1824
Day	Mary Ann	Minchinhampton	20 Apr 1817
Day	Richard	Minchinhampton	28 Dec 1818
Denyer	Female	Minchinhampton	1838
Denyer	George	Minchinhampton	1838
Denyer	Winifred	Minchinhampton	1816
Drew	Joseph	Uley	1819
Dyer	Charles	Newmarket	1826
Dyer	Daniel	Newmarket	1837
Dyer	Edwin	Newmarket	1828
Dyer	Eliza	Newmarket	1837
Dyer	Enos	Minchinhampton	21 Aug 1803
Dyer	Enos	Newmarket	1839
Dyer	Frances	Newmarket	1805
Dyer	Jane	Newmarket	1822
Dyer	Mary Ann	Newmarket	1825
Dyer	William	Newmarket	4 Jul 1830
Edge	Ann	Nailsworth	1810
Edge	Thomas	Nailsworth	1811
Edwards	Female	Stroud	1837
Edwards	William	Stroud
Elliott	Anna	Owlpen	24 Dec 1820
Essex	Enoch	Nailsworth	1808
Essex	Harriet	Harley wood	1809
Essex	William	Stroud	1833
Evans	George	Avening	1808
Evans	Hannah	Avening	1821
Evans	Harriet	Stonehouse	1819
Evans	Henry	Avening	1804
Evans	Joel	Avening	1827
Evans	Maria	Avening	1804
Evans	William	Avening	1832
Farmiloe	Benton	Horsley	1814
Farmiloe	Job	Horsley	1814
Farmiloe	Martha	Horsley	1814
Farmiloe	Worthy	Horsley	28 Aug 1836
Fewster	Edwin	Nailsworth	1819
Fewster	Esther	Nailsworth	1821
Fisher	Harriet	Brinscombe	1819
Flint	Caroline	Uley	1820
Flint	Ellen	Uley	1818
Forbes	Charles		1812
Forbes	Female	Snowshill	1835
Forbes	Mrs		1815
Ford	Female	Horsley	1839
Ford	Harriet	Horsley	10 May 1815
Ford	Llewellin	Horsley	11 Nov 1835
Ford	Mary	Horsley	1809
Ford	Peter	Horsley	1813
French	David	Uley	1835
French	Hannah	Uley	1829
French	Elizabeth	Uley	1829
French	Isaac	Uley	1800
French	Sarah	Uley	1827
Fry	Ann	Minchinhampton	24 Sep 1832
Fry	Enoch	Nailsworth	1805
Fry	Fanny	Minchinhampton	11 Apr 1830
Fry	Female	Bristol	1839
Fry	George	Bristol	1814
Fry	Hannah	Walkley wood	1799
Fry	John	Horsley	4 Feb 1828
Fry	Lousia	Bristol	1818
Fry	Male	Bristol	1837
Fry	Martha	Horsley	9 Dec 1825
Furley	Matilda	Dursley	1813
Furley	Samuel	Minchinhampton	17 Jun 1810
Garlick	Daniel	Uley	20 Jan 1818
Garlick	Debroah	Uley	1820
Garlick	Moses	Uley	10 Sep 1784
Garlick	Thomas	Uley	25 Mar 1826
Garlick	William	Uley	5 Mar 1828
Green	John	Yanworth	12 Feb 1815
Greening	Job	Winchcombe	1818
Gunston	Elizabeth	Hawkesbury	1818
Hancock	Charles	Horsley	1802
Hancock	Eleanor	Horsley	23 Aug 1829
Hancock	Emma	Horsley	26 Aug 1821
Hancock	Female	Horsley	1840
Hancock	Hannah	Horsley	1801
Hancock	Henry	Horsley	6 May 1832
Hancock	Martha	Horsley	12 Jun 1836
Hancock	Sarah	Horsley	31 Aug 1823
Hancock	Thomas	Horsley	27 Aug 1837
Harker	Ann	Winchcombe	1818
Harker	Edmund	Winchcombe	29 May 1787
Harker	Edward	Winchcombe	1823
Harker	Elizabeth	Winchcombe	1822
Harker	Elizabeth	Winchcombe	1796
Harker	Henry	Winchcombe	1815
Harker	Mary	Winchcombe	1822
Harrison	John	Kingscote	1822
Harvey	Peter	Horsley	1822
Heaven	Harriet	Stonehouse	25 Dec 1822
Herbert	Jane	Nailsworth	1814
Herbert	John	Nailsworth	1787
Herbert	Mrs	Nailsworth	1790
Hill	Female	Stonehouse	1837
Hill	John	Stonehouse	1809
Hill	Male	Stonehouse	1835
Hill	Mrs	Stonehouse	1802
Hillier	George	Horsley	20 Jun 1821
Hillier	John	Horsley	1809
Hillier	Priscilla	Horsley	28 May 1798
Hillier	William	Horsley	17 Aug 1823
Hudson	Joseph	Leonard Stanley	1818
Hughes	John	Gloucester	1820
Ind	George	Nailsworth	1836
Ind	Harriet	Nailsworth	1836
Ind	Joseph	Tetbury	1809
Ind	Mary	Nailsworth	1812
Jasper	Alfred	Uley	1822
Jervis	Female	Bristol	1840
Jervis	Harry Cooper	Bristol	1816
Jervis	Mrs	Bristol	1818
Kerby	Female	Chalford	1834
Kerby	Mary	Chalford	1810
Kerby	Samuel	Chalford	1809
King	Charles	Nailsworth	1803
King	Charles	Nailsworth	1825
King	Female	Nailsworth	1827
King	Female	Nailsworth	1829
King	Female	Nailsworth	1831
King	Female	Nailsworth	1833
King	Female	Nailsworth	1836
King	Male	Nailsworth	1839
King	Mrs	Nailsworth	1803
Lewis	John	Shortwood	1809
Lewis	Male	Kingscote	1839
Lewis	Mrs	Kingscote	1814
Lewis	Robert	Kingscote	1813
Lockier	Harriet	Nailsworth	24 Jul 1805
Lockier	William	Minchinhampton	29 Mar 1812
Longford	Charles	Kings Stanley	11 Nov 1827
Longford	Female	Kings Stanley	1829
Longford	Female	Kings Stanley	1831
Longford	Female	Kings Stanley	1838
Longford	Hannah	Kings Stanley	1801
Longford	John	Kings Stanley	1800
Longford	Male	Kings Stanley	1832
Longford	Male	Kings Stanley	1840
Longford	Thomas	Kings Stanley	11 Dec 1825
Merrett	Ann	Newnham	25 Jul 1813
Merrett	Charles	Newnham	17 May 1818
Moss	Edmund	Cheltenham	1810
Moss	Female	Cheltenham	1836
Moss	Male	Cheltenham	1838
Moss	Mrs	Cheltenham	1809
Moulder	George	Charlton Kings	3 May 1812
Moulder	Male	Cheltenham	1836
Moulder	Male	Cheltenham	1838
Moulder	Mary Ann		1812
Mountstephen	Charles	Gloucester	1817
Moyes	Edward	Bristol	1813
Moyes	Female	Bristol	1839
Moyes	Male	Bristol	1837
Moyes	Mrs	Bristol	1810
Neale	Elizabeth	Wotton-under-Edge	26 Jul 1818
Neale	Female	Horsley	1833
Neale	Female	Horsley	1838
Neale	Frederick	Haresfield	1813
Neale	George	Kings Stanley	10 Jun 1832
Neale	Joseph	Owlpen	25 Dec 1826
Neale	Margaret	Horsley	1810
Neale	Richard	Horsley	1809
Neale	William	Kings Stanley	24 Oct 1830
Niblett	John	Avening	1809
Niblett	Mrs Eliza	Avening	1808
Nicholls	Edwin	Iron Acton	1815
Nicholls	Mrs	Iron Acton	1817
Parsloe/Parslow	Abraham	Shortwood	1810
Parsloe/Parslow	Jane	Shortwood	1809
Parsloe/Parslow	Kezia	Horsley	1836
Parsloe/Parslow	Male	Shortwood	1838
Parsloe/Parslow	William	Horsley	12 May 1833
Partridge	Clement	Stroud	1809
Partridge	Mrs	Stroud	1814
Pearce	Mary	Woodchester	1817
Peglar	Female	Nailsworth	1839
Peglar	Henry	Nailsworth	1816
Peglar	Male	Nailsworth	1837
Peglar	Susan	Nailsworth	1815
Peglar	Ann	Minchinhampton	1819
Peglar	Peter	Minchinhampton	12 May 1816
Penley	Elizabeth	Uley	1809
Penley	Female	Uley	1833
Penley	Female	Uley	1834
Penley	Goulburn	Uley	1832
Penley	John	Uley	1798
Penley	Lavinia	Uley	1836
Perrin	Eliza		1821
Perrin	John	Uley	1833
Perrin	Margaret		1819
Pitman	Emma	North Nibley	1810
Pitman	Female	North Nibley	1835
Pitman	Female	North Nibley	1837
Pitman	Jacob	North Nibley	1811
Plummer	Ann	Horsley	23 Apr 1837
Plummer	George	Horsley	1827
Plummer	Harriet	Horsley	30 Aug 1824
Plummer	Jane	Horsley	26 Aug 1832
Plummer	Mary	Horsley	1803
Plummer	Thomas	Horsley	1803
Plummer	Thomas	Horsley	30 Jun 1839
Poole	Ann	Horsley
Poole	Charles	Horsley	1834
Poole	Eleanor	Horsley
Poole	Hannah	Horsley
Poole	Richard	Horsley
Pritchard	Francis	Bagpath
Pritchard	Henry	Bagpath	25 Dec 1822
Pritchard	John	Bagpath	25 Dec 1833
Pritchard	Male	Bagpath	1836
Pritchard	Millicent	Bagpath	1802
Pritchard	Thomas	Bagpath
Pritchard	William	Bagpath	1800
Pritchard	William	Bagpath	1818
Randle	Maria	Nailsworth	1806
Randle	Thomas	Wallow Green	21 Jul 1826
Randle	Thomas	Nailsworth	1798
Ricketts	Andrew	Horsley	26 Feb 1829
Ricketts	Female		1833
Ricketts	Jane	Horsley	18 Dec 1827
Ricketts	John	Forest Green	1809
Ricketts	Male	Forest Green	1828
Ricketts	Maria	Horsley	1810
Ricketts	Mrs	Forest Green	1810
Ricketts	Richard	Horsley	7 Aug 1825
Ricketts	Samuel	Horsley	1804
Ricketts	Thomas	Horsley	7 Jan 1836
Risby	Andrew	Horsley	1816
Risby	Lousia	Horsley	1816
Roberts	Eliza	Horsley	1828
Scratchley	Fanny	Horsley	1816
Scratchley	Samuel	Horsley	20 Mar 1816
Smart	Ann	Shortwood	24 Dec 1833
Smart	Charles	Horsley	30 Mar 1810
Smart	Eliza	Highwood	1810
Smart	William	Shortwood	18 Sep 1836
Smith	Amelia	Ebley	1823
Smith	Ann	Horsley	15 mar 1822
Smith	Ann	Horsley	1825
Smith	Charles	Uley	16 Aug 1831
Smith	Charlotte	Uley	14 May 1826
Smith	Daniel	Horsley	1831
Smith	David	Horsley	5 mar 1799
Smith	Edward	Ebley	1829
Smith	Eliza	Ebley	1822
Smith	Esther	Horsley	1808
Smith	Female	Ebley	1829
Smith	Female	Ebley	1833
Smith	Female	Nailsworth	1838
Smith	Female	Uley	Aug 1835
Smith	George	Horsley	1810
Smith	Henry	Ebley	1821
Smith	John	Nailsworth	20 Oct 1828
Smith	John	Ebley	1797
smith	John	Uley	1824
Smith	Male	Horsley	1833
Smith	Male	Ebley	Dec 1836
Smith	Margaret	Horsley	Mar 1835
Smith	Martha	Horsley	1827
Smith	Mary	Uley	1807
Smith	Mary	Horsley	1822
Smith	Mrs	Horsley	1809
Smith	Reuben	Uley	1807
Smith	Samuel	Ebley	8 Jul 1832
Smith	Samuel	Newmarket	1807
Smith	Sarah	Ebley	1798
Smith	Sarah	Horsley	1799
Smith	William	Nailsworth	21 Apr 1833
Teakle	Alexander	Horsley	6 Nov 1803
Teakle	Ann		1811
Teakle	David		1811
Teakle	Eliza		1816
Teakle	Enoch	Newmarket	1799
Teakle	Ephraim	Avening	1817
Teakle	Esther	Newmarket
Teakle	Female	Horsley	1828
Teakle	Female	Horsley	1830
Teakle	Female	Horsley	1831
Teakle	Female	Horsley	1835
Teakle	Female		1836
Teakle	Female	Horsley	Mar 1836
Teakle	Hannah	Avening	1809
Teakle	Joseph		1813
Teakle	Keziah	Horsley	1818
Teakle	Mary Ann		1811
Teakle	Mrs	Horsley	1810
Teakle	Mrs		1813
Teakle	Samuel	Horsley	1808
Teakle	Sarah	Avening	20 Apr 1822
Teakle	Sarah	Nailsworth	1825
Townsend	John	Newmarket	1817
Turnbull	Alexander	Uley	1808
Turner	James	Uley	1814
Turner	Male	Uley	Sep 1837
Turner	sarah	Uley	1814
Twining	Abasalom	Painswick	1838
Twining	Henry	Painswick	29 Aug 1811
Twining	Sarah	Painswick	1814
Waight	Edwin	Horsley	1815
Waight	Mrs	Horsley	1816
Walkley	John	Newmarket	1816
Walkley	Mary		1818
Walkley	Thomas	Horsley	14 Jun 1839
Ware	Eliza	Shortwood	1823
Ware	Female	Shortwood	1833
Ware	James	Nailsworth	1824
Ware	John	Nailsworth	1822
Ware	Male	Nailsworth	1827
Ware	Mary	Nailsworth	1805
Warren	Female	Cheltenham	1833
Warren	George	Cheltenham	1824
Warren	Male	Cheltenham	1822
Warren	Male	Cheltenham	1827
Warren	Male	Cheltenham	1805
Warren	Mrs	Cheltenham	1821
Watts	Christian	Frocester	6 Sep 1808
Watts	Elizabeth	Avening	Aug 1835
Watts	Female	Avening	13606
Watts	Hannah	Ebley	1813
Watts	Jeremiah	Avening	1809
Watts	Male	Avening	1828
Weeks	William	Horsley	1818
Wheeler	Female	Horsley	1838
Wheeler	Mrs	Horsley	1813
Wheeler	William	Horsley	1818
White	Charles	Randwick	Nov 1835
White	Eliza	Horsley	29 May 1814
White	George	Tetbury	21 Nov 1813
White	Henry	Randwick	1818
White	Jane	Randwick	Mar 1837
Wilkins	John	Avening	1813
Witton	Female	Horsley	1833
Witton	John	Horsley	18 Mar 1809
Witton	Mrs	Horsley	1804
Wood	Ann	Rodborough	8 Apr 1836
Wood	John	Rodborough	26 Oct 1833
Wood	John	Rodborough	1811
Wood	Mary Ann	Rodborough	1820
Wood	William	Rodborough	Sep 1835
Young	Mrs	Newmarket	1809
Young	William	Newmarket	1808

Spreadsheet: A Chronicle of Emigration

With thanks to John Loosley for providing the information and Noah Griffiths for his work in providing these spreadsheets for further research.

Surname	Forename	Place	DOB	Age	Denom	Married	Left	Ship	Destin
Abel	Maria	Stroud	15 Jan 1812	25	Episcoplian	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Abel	Richard	Stroud	12 Jan 1836	2	Episcoplian	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Aldridge	Eliza	Stroud	1823	15	Protestant	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Aldridge	Emma J	Stroud	1833	5	Protestant	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Aldridge	James	Stroud	1825	13	Protestant	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Aldridge	Mary Ann	Stroud	1828	10	Protestant	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Aldridge	Samuel	Stroud	1803	35	Protestant	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Aldridge	William	Stroud	1830	8	Protestant	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Ashmead	Frances	Stroud	1845	18	Church of England	No	1863	Shackamaxon	Sydney NSW
Ashmead	Joseph	Stroud	1818	46	Church of England	Yes	1864	Morning star	Sydney NSW
Baxter	William	Stroud	Feb 1806	32	Episcoplian	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Beard	Ephraim	Stroud	1835	22	Church of England	Yes	1857	Fitzjames	Sydney NSW
Bedgood	Ann	Stroud	1839	10	Church of England	No	1849	Caroline Agnes	Port Phillip
Bedgood	Ellen D	Stroud	1843	6	Church of England	No	1849	Caroline Agnes	Port Phillip
Bedgood	Frances	Stroud	1807	42	Church of England	Yes	1849	Caroline Agnes	Port Phillip
Bedgood	James	Stroud	1808	41	Church of England	Yes	1849	Caroline Agnes	Port Phillip
Bedgood	Jane	Stroud	1846	3	Church of England	No	1849	Caroline Agnes	Port Phillip
Bedgood	Mary	Stroud	1836	13	Church of England	No	1849	Caroline Agnes	Port Phillip
Bennett	Joseph	Stroud	1821	19	Methodist	No	1840	James Pattison	Sydney NSW
Bingle	John	Stroud	1827	21	Wesleyan	No	1848	Waverly	Sydney NSW
Bird	Martha	Stroud	1836	20	Church of England	No	1856	Persia	Moreton Bay
Blackwell	Cornelius	Stroud	1818	20	Dissenter	Yes	1838	William Metcalfe	Sydney NSW
Blackwell	Harriet	Stroud	11 Aug 1818	20	Dissenter	Yes	1838	William Metcalfe	Sydney NSW
Blackwell	James	Stroud	Oct 1820	19	Protestant	Yes	1838	William Metcalfe	Sydney NSW
Blackwell	Mary	Stroud	Nov 1818	20	Protestant	Yes	1838	William Metcalfe	Sydney NSW
Bowen	Mary	Stroud	1828	29	Dissenter	No	1857	Washington Irving	Sydney NSW
Bowley	Henry	Stroud	1805	33	Protestant	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Bucknall	Caroline	Stroud	1835	8	N/A	No	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Bucknall	Edgar	Stroud	1842	1	N/A	No	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Bucknall	Edward	Stroud	1829	14	N/A	No	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Bucknall	Edward G	Stroud	1798	45	N/A	Yes	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Bucknall	Fredrick	Stroud	1839	4	N/A	No	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Bucknall	Henry	Stroud	1837	6	N/A	No	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Bucknall	Sarah	Stroud	1807	36	N/A	Yes	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Bucknall	Stephen	Stroud	1832	11	N/A	No	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Clark	Sarah	Stroud	1809	20	Protestant	No	1829	Princess Royal	Sydney NSW
Clissold	Alfred	Stroud	1833	5	Wesleyan	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Clissold	John	Stroud	1810	28	Wesleyan	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Collett	Alfred	Stroud	1831	8	Dissenter	No	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Collett	Charles	Stroud	1827	21	Wesleyan	No	1848	Emporer	Sydney NSW
Collett	Eliza	Stroud	1811	28	Wesleyan	Yes	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Collett	John W	Stroud	1827	12	Dissenter	No	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Collett	Mary Anne	Stroud	1832	7	Dissenter	No	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Collett	William	Stroud	1809	30	Dissenter	Yes	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Cooke	Mary Anne	Stroud	1811	28	Independent	Yes	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Copner	Ellen	Stroud	1836	22	Church of England	No	1858	Telegraph	Sydney NSW
Cortis	Mary	Stroud	1832	7	Dissenter	No	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Coxhead	Ednah	Stroud	1844	11	Church of England	No	1855	Gloriana	Sydney NSW
Coxhead	Elijah	Stroud	1846	9	Church of England	No	1855	Gloriana	Sydney NSW
Critchley	Mary Anne	Stroud	1800	39	Wesleyan	Yes	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Curtis	Anne	Stroud	1829	28	Wesleyan	Yes	1857	Glen Isla	Sydney NSW
Davies	Ellen	Stroud	1832	20	Church of England	No	1852	Tartar	Sydney NSW
Dean	Ann	Stroud	1820	28	Independent	No	1848	Walmer Castle	Sydney NSW
Dean	John	Stroud	1822	36	Church of England	Yes	1858	Fitzjames	Sydney NSW
Dean	Samuel	Stroud	1824	24	Church of England	Yes	1848	General Hewett	Sydney NSW
Dowell	Stephen James	Stroud	1842	16	Church of England	No	1858	Queen of hearts	Sydney/Melbourne
Edwards	Child	Stroud	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1839	Thomas Harrison	Adelaide SA
Edwards	Mrs	Stroud	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	1839	Thomas Harrison	Adelaide SA
Edwards	William	Stroud	1819	20	N/A	Yes	1839	Thomas Harrison	Adelaide SA
Face	Caroline	Stroud	16 July 1837	1	Protestant	No	1838	James Pattison	Sydney NSW
Face	John	Stroud	18 May 1803	34	Episcoplian	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Face	John William	Stroud	1847	17	Baptist	No	1864	Morning star	Sydney NSW
Face	Sarah	Stroud	23 Nov 1809	29	Protestant	Yes	1838	James Pattison	Sydney NSW
Face	Sarah S	Stroud	20 Mar 1831	7	Protestant	No	1838	James Pattison	Sydney NSW
Face	Stephen	Stroud	2 Apr 1813	25	Protestant	Yes	1838	James Pattison	Sydney NSW
Face	WIlliam	Stroud	1 Jan 1809	29	Protestant	Yes	1838	James Pattison	Sydney NSW
Flight	John Arthur	Stroud	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	1883	Rohilla	Brisbane QLD
Fowles	Ellen	Stroud	1834	21	Independent	No	1855	Rose Of Sharon	Sydney NSW
French	Alfred	Stroud	5 Jul 1830	8	Protestant	No	1838	James Pattison	Sydney NSW
French	George	Stroud	4 Nov 1832	6	Protestant	No	1838	James Pattison	Sydney NSW
French	John	Stroud	11 Mar 1804	24	Protestant	Yes	1838	James Pattison	Sydney NSW
French	Lousia	Stroud	15 May 1828	10	Protestant	No	1838	James Pattison	Sydney NSW
Gabb	Richard	Stroud	1817	38	Wesleyan	No	1855	Blenheim	Sydney NSW
Giles	Dorcas	Stroud	1828	25	Church of England	No	1853	Bolton	Sydney NSW
Griffiths	Samuel	Stroud	1751	37	N/A	No	1788	Alexander	Sydney NSW
Grimes	Richard	Stroud	1811	31	Protestant	Yes	1842	Himalaya	Sydney NSW
Grimes	William	Stroud	1826	26	Church of England	Yes	1852	Wilson kennedy	Sydney NSW
Groves	Emma	Stroud	1826	22	Episcoplian	Yes	1848	William Stewart	Sydney NSW
Groves	Isaac	Stroud	1825	23	Episcoplian	Yes	1848	William Stewart	Sydney NSW
Halliday	Eliza C	Stroud	1844	12	N/A	No	1856	Hooghly	Adelaide
Hare	Catherine	Stroud	1825	30	Church of England	No	1855	Ascendant	Sydney NSW
Herbert	Esther	Stroud	1836	20	Church of England	No	1856	Conway	Sydney NSW
Hill	Esther	Stroud	1821	21	Wesleyan	Yes	1842	Palestine	Sydney NSW
Hill	Rowland	Stroud	1821	21	Baptist	Yes	1842	Palestine	Sydney NSW
Hodges	Charles	Stroud	1818	21	Protestant	No	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Holder	Charles	Stroud	31 May 1801	39	Protestant	Yes	1841	Ward Chapman	Port Phillip
Holder	Charles	Stroud	1832	9	Protestant	No	1841	Ward Chapman	Port Phillip
Holder	Eleanor	Stroud	20 Nov 1831	10	N/A	No	1841	Ward Chapman	Port Phillip
Kirkham	Mary Ann	Stroud	1816	38	Church of England	Yes	1854	Tantivy	Sydney NSW
Latham	Joseph	Stroud	1828	29	Baptist	Yes	1857	Zemindar	Sydney NSW
Lee	Joseph	Stroud	1812	26	Church of England	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Luker	George	Stroud	1820	19	Protestant	No	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Luker	Thomas	Stroud	1818	21	Protestant	No	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Lusty	Matilda	Stroud	Jan 1851	8	Church of England	No	1858	Admiral Lyons	Sydney NSW
Mansfield	Ann	Stroud	1833	19	Church of England	No	1852	Wilson kennedy	Sydney NSW
Martin	Harriet	Stroud	1817	26	N/A	Yes	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Martin	Samuel	Stroud	1822	21	N/A	Yes	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Matthews	George	Stroud	1820	20	Church of England	Yes	1848	Cheapside	Port Phillip
Matthews	John	Stroud	1821	27	Church of England	Yes	1848	Cheapside	Port Phillip
Matthews	Lousia	Stroud	1821	27	Church of England	Yes	1848	Cheapside	Port Phillip
Matthews	Priscilla	Stroud	1828	20	Church of England	Yes	1848	Cheapside	Port Phillip
Minett	Emma	Stroud	1828	25	Church of England	Widow	1853	Rattler	Sydney NSW
Munday	Anne	Stroud	1831	21	Church of England	Yes	1852	Irene	Sydney NSW
Niblett	Samuel	Stroud	19 June 1796	21	N/A	No	1817	Shipley	Sydney NSW
Orphin	Anne M	Stroud	5 Aug 1832	6	Episcoplian	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Orphin	Charles	Stroud	17 Mar 1831 7	7	Episcoplian	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Orphin	Eliza	Stroud	11 Jun 1834	3	Episcoplian	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Orphin	Harriet	Stroud	6 Feb 1809	28	Episcoplian	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Orphin	James	Stroud	2 Nov 1808	30	Episcoplian	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Orphin	James	Stroud	28 Apr 1836	1	Episcoplian	No	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Partridge	Clement	Stroud	1809	30	N/A	Yes	1839	Resource	Sydney NSW
Partridge	Mrs	Stroud	1814	25	N/A	Yes	1839	Resource	Adelaide SA
Payton	Collita	Stroud	1846	2	Church of England	No	1848	Adelaide	Port Phillip
Payton	Eliza	Stroud	1823	25	Church of England	Yes	1848	Adelaide	Port Phillip
Payton	James	Stroud	1820	28	Church of England	Yes	1848	Adelaide	Port Phillip
Payton	Samuel J	Stroud	1845	3	Church of England	No	1848	Adelaide	Port Phillip
Pearce	Eliza	Stroud	1822	23	Church of England	Yes	1855	Blenheim	Sydney NSW
Pearce	Frances	Stroud	1815	40	Church of England	Yes	1855	Queen of England	Sydney NSW
Perrett	Rosanna	Stroud	1850	23	Roman Catholic	Yes	1873	Canning	Sydney NSW
Purnell	Caroline	Stroud	1831	30	Church of England	No	1861	Hotspur	Sydney NSW
Purnell	Daniel	Stroud	1804	47	Church of England	Yes	1861	Hotspur	Sydney NSW
Purnell	Elizabeth	Stroud	1839	18	Wesleyan	No	1857	Glen Isla	Sydney NSW
Purnell	Hannah	Stroud	3 Apr 1803	48	Church of England	Yes	1861	Hotspur	Sydney NSW
Purnell	Harriet	Stroud	1836	25	Church of England	No	1861	Hotspur	Sydney NSW
Purnell	Nathaniel	Stroud	1804	35	Protestant	Yes	1839	Bussorah Merchant	Sydney NSW
Robins	Amelia	Stroud	1818	21	Protestant	No	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Rodgers	Charles K	Stroud	1818	21	Protestant	No	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Saunders	William	Stroud	1825	23	Church of England	Yes	1848	Castle Eden	Sydney NSW
Selwyn	Elizabeth	Stroud	25 Dec 1808	31	Baptist	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Shipway	Eliza	Stroud	1793	46	Protestant	Yes	1839	Bussorah Merchant	Sydney NSW
Simmons	Edwin	Stroud	1837	18	Independent	No	1855	Queen of England	Sydney NSW
Smith	Henry	Stroud	29 Jul 1808	30	Protestant	Yes	1839	Susan	Sydney NSW
Soles	Sarah	Stroud	1827	32	Church of England	No	1859	Hornet	Sydney NSW
Steel	William	Stroud	1812	26	Church of England	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Stephens	William	Stroud	1832	23	Wesleyan	No	1855	Blenheim	Sydney NSW
Stevens	William	Stroud	1818	21	Protestant	Yes	1839	Bussorah Merchant	Sydney NSW
Summers	Anne	Stroud	10 Oct 1840	19	Church of England	No	1859	Nimroud	Sydney NSW
Summers	Emma	Stroud	1856	3	Church of England	No	1859	Nimroud	Sydney NSW
Summers	George	Stroud	1846	12	Church of England	No	1859	Nimroud	Sydney NSW
Summers	Jane	Stroud	24 June 1810	48	Church of England	Yes	1859	Nimroud	Sydney NSW
Summers	Mary	Stroud	1837	21	Church of England	No	1859	Nimroud	Sydney NSW
Summers	Samuel	Stroud	1843	15	Church of England	No	1859	Nimroud	Sydney NSW
Swain	John	Stroud	1837	4	Protestant	No	1841	Ward Chapman	Port Phillip
Telling	Jessie	Stroud	1824	19	N/A	No	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Thornbury	Elizabeth	Stroud	1851	9	Church of England	No	1860	Empire Peace/Royal Sheperd	Melbourne VIC/Launceston Tas
Thornbury	William	Stroud	1828	32	Church of England	Yes	1860	Empire Peace/Royal Sheperd	Melbourne VIC/Launceston Tas
Tuck	Caroline	Stroud	1834	24	Roman Catholic	No	1858	Grand Trianon	Sydney NSW
Tucker	Mary Anne	Stroud	1824	19	N/A	No	1843	Lord Keane	Port Phillip
Vick	Elizabeth	Stroud	1800	27	Church of England	No	1827	Sovereign	Hobart town
Vick	Fanny	Stroud	1845	21	Church of England	No	1866	Africana	Sydney NSW
Vick	John	Stroud	1834	30	Presbyterian	Yes	1864	Ida	Sydney NSW
Vick	Margaret	Stroud	1835	29	Presbyterian	Yes	1864	Ida	Sydney NSW
Wakefield	James	Stroud	6 Apr 1806	48	Baptist	Yes	1854	General Hewett	Moreton Bay
Walden	Anne	Stroud	1789	50	Church of England	Yes	1839	Bussorah Merchant	Sydney NSW
Walden	John	Stroud	1811	28	Church of England	Yes	1839	Bussorah Merchant	Sydney NSW
Wathen	Joseph	Stroud	1 Aug 1817	20	N/A	No	1837	Asia	Sydney NSW
Watkins	William	Stroud	1798	41	Protestant	Yes	1839	Bussorah Merchant	Sydney NSW
Watts	Amelia	Stroud	1846	2	Baptist	No	1848	Castle Eden	Sydney NSW
Watts	Mary Ann	Stroud	1833	6	Prot/Wesleyan	No	1839	Orestes	Sydney NSW
Watts	Matilda	Stroud	1823	25	Baptist	Yes	1848	Castle Eden	Sydney NSW
White	Joseph	Stroud	1801	17	N/A	No	1818	Neptune	Sydney NSW
Wilkins	Mary	Stroud	1817	21	Church of England	Widow	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW
Williams	Francais	Stroud	1838	19	Church of England	No	1857	Tartar	Sydney NSW
Window	Jane	Stroud	1839	19	Baptist	No	1858	Grand Trianon	Sydney NSW
Witts	Sarah	Stroud	3 Nov 1811	26	Church of England	Yes	1838	Layton	Sydney NSW

Sub. Rooms: Theatre of Memories

Public buildings are not just about accounts, ledgers and money,
They are also about what Raphael Samuel called ‘Theatres of Memory’,
Where varying conceptions of ‘Heritage’ can collude, collide, or elide:
If each of us could walk alone through the Subscription Rooms,
Alone in memory, reverie and seasonal darkness,
As the clock, Jacob Marley-like, chimed through the night,
What a miscellany of ghosts of Stroud Subscription Rooms’ past
Would be invoked!
Those concerts, those bands, those exhibitions, those meetings,
Those queues, the café, the bar,
Tickets for shows and the National Express bus …
The Council would watch, aghast, through the windowpanes,
As innumerable spectres flew through the air,
A murmuration,
Soaring, sweeping and circling the sky,
Till one spirit slipped through a frosty casement
To take the auditor in chief by the hand,
High over the rooftops to Stroud town workhouse,
(‘Are there no treadmills?’
The accountant asked,
‘Are there no prisons?
Who are these beggars in the doorways?’)
Then on to Paganhill’s anti-slavery arch,
Then up to the Chartist meeting on Selsley Common,
Then over the empty homes in the streets, lanes and villages,
Stroudwater families making their way to Bristol Dock,
And the emigration ships bound for New South Wales.

So my memory is a recreated one – I wasn’t there,
But it’s my contribution to Stroud’s Theatre of Memory,
It’s my ghost:
The middle-class Anti-Corn Law League held a meeting there in 1841 –
Working class Chartists believed the League wanted free trade,
And abolition of the protectionist corn laws,
Just because cheaper foreign corn and consequently cheaper bread,
Would give mill-owners an excuse to cut wages –
A Chartist agitator took the stage and disturbed the formality of the proceedings,
“shabbily dressed, (he) forced himself upon the platform
And with the cheers of the crowd made himself joint-chairman”.
The Quaker, Mr Fewster, then took the floor
After Anti-Corn Law League speakers were shouted down:
“ Perhaps they thought the clothiers were selfish people—(“yes they are”) —perhaps they thought farmers were selfish
And that the upper classes were selfish (“yes, yes”) …
A local employer, Mr. Hooper then spoke:
Opposition to mechanisation in the textile industry was delusional,
He affirmed …
The Chartist, Charles Harris replied
That when the People’s Charter became law,
Mechanisation would be for the benefit of all –
Any worker who supported the Anti-Corn Law League
Was a “willing slave” or a “hired fool” –
The League “wanted cheap bread only because they wanted cheap labour…”
Btw, 3.7 thousand people signed up for the 1842 Chartist petition in Stroud
Out of a population of some 10,000 …
And as Lindsey German and John Rees point out in A People’s History of London,
Nationally, 3.3 million people signed up for the 1842 Petition:
“Over half the adult population of Britain.”

These are my ghosts and my contribution to
Stroud Subscription Rooms’
Theatre of Memories –
What are yours?

Dennis Severs’ House

It’s like History on Acid,
A Raphael Samuel Magical Mystery Tour,
Not Seven Rooms of Gloom,
But ten rooms which haunt and hex:
The dead still alive,
Watching us trip through space and time,
Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard outside,
Peering through the window panes,
Observing us in our candle-lit dream,
Clocks ticking away the century
Until it’s the time for Jacob Marley
To make his visitation and warning,
Not just to Ebenezer Scrooge,
But to us,
As well as the occupants:
The half real, half fictive Jervis family;
Marley’s chains rattle across the garret floorboards,
Church bells toll through the London particular –
Beyond Folgate Street, in Spitalfields
Beggars still line the streets,
Charity breakfasts are organised
For London school kids,
Scrooge is unredeemed,
Scheming in his City counting houses.
The Jervis family open the door,
Observe this millennial world,
Shake their heads in despairing disbelief,
And quickly return to their hearthside:
‘You either see it, or you don’t.’

The Glade

In The Glade

Anne Creed has transformed the derelict waste land off Nelson Street into a place of beauty, special to many. A broken piece of roofing slate on the corner of the Golden Fleece carved with the word glade in Tom Perkins style marks the entrance and points to the cracked pool table inscribed with ‘Song’ by Ivor Gurney.

Only the wanderer knows England’s graces

Or can anew see clear familiar faces

And who loves joy as he who dwells in shadows

Do not forget me, quite, O Severn meadows

Gurney wrote it on the Western Front in the spring of 1917 before the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) where he was gassed. Broken in two, the slate was dumped in a skip. The break could represent the breakup of Europe in the First World War or the subsequent break down of his mental health.

“No it’s the River Severn,” a friend said.

In The Glade

Only the wanderer knows England’s graces

Or can anew see clear familiar faces

And who loves joy as he who dwells in shadows

Do not forget me, quite, O Severn meadows

“No it’s the River Severn,” a friend said.

Tina, a Reigate trained calligrapher, designed the letters and over the years of carving it has found itself in various places. In a Dursley garage, it broke into six pieces.

“They are the Severn meadows,” observed a neighbour.

Now at last it has a home in the glade alongside a growing number of my stones, including his poem ‘Brimscombe’ (1919) hand carved on fived panels of slate and marble, and …

There is a crack in everything

That’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen

Should anyone want to talk stone or try carving, I’m often there.

River Map

Mapping the River Frome along its course from where it rises near Nettleton, to just before it joins the River Severn, RiverMap uses a simplified, easy to follow, linear form familiar to anyone who has used mass transport in major cities and which was initiated on London’s Underground system.

Whereas most maps indicate places and topography, this map also examines the responses of individuals to the landscape offering subjective evaluations and responses to ‘place’.

The contrast between an essentially ‘urban mapping form’ and a map examining the rural environment was intended to create a new approach to looking at and ‘seeing’ this special landscape.

Mapping the River Frome along its course from where it rises near Nettleton, to just before it joins the River Severn, this RiverMap uses a simplified, easy to follow, linear form familiar to anyone who has used mass transport in major cities and which was initiated on London’s Underground system.

Whereas most maps indicate places and topography, this map also examines the responses of individuals to the landscape offering subjective evaluations and responses to ‘place’.

The contrast between an essentially ‘urban mapping form’ and a map examining the rural environment was intended to create a new approach to looking at and ‘seeing’ this special landscape.

Along with specific major locations, the map refers to landscape descriptions used by the Cotswold Conservation Board to identify landscape types in Areas Outstanding Natural Beauty; many subjective observations about ‘place’ by members of the public; the names of woodlands, fields, farms and mills as well a reference to the historic use of the landscape around the river and the adjacent Stroudwater Canal.

RiverMap was created by Walking the Land as part of their ‘RIVER’ project which took place in 2013/14.

http://www.walkingtheland.org.uk/rivermapslider/

RIVER was a collective response by 27 Walking the Land artists including Stuart Butler, Lucy Guenot, Richard Keating, Valerie Coffin Price, Kel Portman, Deborah Roberts and Nik Taylor, exploring the river landscape and how it shapes our lives and community.

The project included water-related photographs, drawings, video and soundscapes, together with Tara Downs and Bart Sabel’s extraordinary Miniature Museum in which visitors were invited to leave their stories, objects and hopes.

It was exhibited in Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth and Stroud’s Museum in the Park and was supported by the Cotswold Conservation Board, in collaboration with Stroud Nature, who run the annual Stroud Festival of Nature and Stroud Community Land Trust and with additional input from Stroud Museum, Stroud Brewery, Rodborough Fields Preservation Group, Ruskin Mill and The Exchange and The Community Land Advisory Service.

More images from the RIVER exhibition can be viewed here:

http://www.walkingtheland.org.uk/archive/walkingthelandgallery/rivermap/content/_1588798159_large.html

STROUD GLOUCESTERSHIRE Wednesday 7th October 2026

Author: Stuart Butler