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1801-1850
| 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 |
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