1807 | Last duel |
1814 | New turnpike road from Stroud to Cirencester and London |
1825 | Foundation of Stroud Improvement Commission (first local authority) |
1825 | Stroudwater Riots (magistrates met at The George, troops quelled riot) |
1830 | Lawnmower invented by Budding |
1832 | Stroud became a Parliamentary Borough (2 MPs) |
1833 | Opening of Subscription Rooms |
1833 | Gas street lighting |
1834 | Memorial Arch, Paganhill built commemorating the abolition of slavery |
1845 | Coming of the railway |
1848 | First Stroud newspaper |
1849 | Adoption of Stroud time |