In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cainscross like this:
CAINSCROSS, a chapelry in Stonehouse, Stroud, and Randwick parishes, Gloucester; on the Western Union railway, 1 mile W of Stroud. It has a post office under Stroud. It was constituted in 1837. Pop., 1,916. Houses, 425. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of G. and Bristol. Value, not reported. Patron, Mrs. Croome. The church is modern. There is a national school.
Cainscross through time
Cainscross is now part of Stroud district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stroud has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cainscross itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cainscross, in Stroud and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10445
Date accessed: 02nd May 2024
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