a research resource from Stroud Local History Society

Research note by Marion Hearfield                           Copyright

 

In 1903, Burrows printed its Stroud Valley Illustrated and MarionH found a very damaged copy in a second hand shop. This was the second edition – the 1902 version had proved extremely popular.

Here is a list of all the Stroud traders – and schools and churches – who advertised in 1903, and the page on which their advert can be found (there is a reprint by The History Press in Stroud library but the page numbers are slightly different!). The directory also contained articles about local geology, archaeology, driving and cycle trips, surrounding villages, flowering plants in the county, local church bells, and postcard views of streets and countryside. [addresses known from elsewhere are in blue]

If you would like to browse through the actual adverts and editorial text, you can do so using this link to where MarionH has added images from 1902 and filed them out in the internet cloud (if the advert was the same both years, it only appears once). The image titles will appear in a new tab on your browser. At the top of the list are the pages containing text, then the traders are sorted alphabetically. You can see an individual page by clicking on it.

A research note from the SLHS digital archive added May 2015. Copyright

More adverts – found in the Citizen archive

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