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| What: |
Historic Mill Site |
| Where: |
On the London Road (A419) |
| Then: |
In 1642, the owner of this cloth mill, Samuel Webb received grants of protection against the plundering of his goods in the Civil war from Prince Maurice and Prince Rupert - showing the importance of Stroud Scarlet cloth to the Royalists. Cloth was produced here on a grand scale until serious fire damage in the 1860s |
| Now: |
In 2000 "Bond Worth" (a carpet manufacturers), left the site, having at one time employed over 700 people. The mill is currently unoccupied | |
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