In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stonehouse like this:
STONEHOUSE, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Stroud district, Gloucester. The village stands adjacent to the Stroud water canal, and to a junction of the Great Western and the Midland railway systems, 3 miles W of Stroud; carries on woollen manufactures; and has a head post-office,‡ designated Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, two r. ...
stations with telegraph, and fairs on 1 May and 11 Oct. The parish contains also Ebley village and part of Cainscross; and, with Haywards-Field extra-parochial tract, comprises 1,625 acres. Real property, £12,743; of which £1,570 are in railways. Pop., 2,609. Houses, 587. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £540.* Patron, the Crown. The church, excepting the tower, was recently rebuilt. There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £47 a year, and a British school.—The sub-district contains also Leonard-Stanley, Randwick, and Haywards-Field. Acres, 3,955. Pop., 4,538. Houses, 1,016.
Stonehouse through time
Stonehouse is now part of Stroud district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stroud has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stonehouse itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stonehouse, in Stroud and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11329
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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