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- Five hundred years ago it was sparsely populated, and used as a deer park and hunting ground. The modern village has its origins in the seventeenth century, developing on the back of agriculture and the growing textile trade.
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The modern village has its origins in the seventeenth century, developing on the back of agriculture and the growing textile trade. The nineteenth century, however, brought a period of industrial decline, and Sheepscombe suffered from increasing poverty and a falling population.
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The modern village has its origins in the seventeenth century, developing on the back of agriculture and the growing textile trade. The nineteenth century, however, brought a period of industrial decline, and Sheepscombe suffered from increasing poverty and a falling population.
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Since the early 17th century, Sheepscombe was involved in cloth making like many of the Cotswold towns in the area and its near neighbour Painswick. It enjoyed its industrial heyday during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and the last mill closed in 1839. Following this, Sheepscombe suffered from increasing poverty and a falling population. ...
The village church, St John the Apostle, was built and opened in 1820. It was designed by John Wight, and later expanded in 1872 by Francis Niblett. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a stone slate roof to coped gables. It is a Grade II listed building in view of its special architectural and historic interest. A village school was opened i...
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sheepscombe like this: SHEPSCOMBE, a chapelry, with a village, in Painswick parish, Gloucester; 5 miles NE by N of Stroud r. station. It has a post-office under Stroud.
Gallery. The Society has a large collection of photographs showing different aspects of the village’s past. You can view a selection of these by clicking on the links below. People. Views. Houses and other buildings. Sheepscombe School. Recreation. We are always keen to add further to our photographic archive.
Sheepscombe is a small village in the civil parish of Painswick, in the Stroud district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Sheepscombe is located some ...
This book is a complete transcript of the diary, with editorial annotations, running to 87,500 words in total. It offers many insights into the life of the village in the years 1838 to 1841, through the eyes of a teenager who was later to become prominent in public life. Published 2009, price £6.00. 156 pages. Back to publications page
