In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Slad like this:
SLAD, a chapelry, with a village, in Painswick parish, Gloucester; 2½ miles NE of Stroud r. station. It was constituted in 1844; and its Post town is Stroud. Pop., 874. Houses, 184. Lypiat Park is a chief residence. There is a cloth factory. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £135.* Patron, the Vicar of Painswick. The church is modern.
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Slad through time
Slad is now part of Stroud district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stroud has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Slad itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Slad, in Stroud and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24400
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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