This list of Stroud people & businesses has been compiled from the 1822 edition of Pigot's Directory, from the original page images.

Pigot's Directory of Stroud 1822

STROUD WATER

Is a considerable clothing town, in the county of Gloucester, about 102 miles from London, 10 from Gloucester, 32 from Bristol, 30 from Bath, 12 from Circencester, & 10 from Dursley, situated on a hill, at the foot of which runs the Stroud Water, which is very limpid, & famous for dying scarlet broad cloth, & for all other grain colours. The Bottoms, contiguous to Stroud, exhibit a complete range of houses & manufactories; indeed it may be considered the most populous neighbourbood in the county. The situation of Stroud is favourable for cleaniness, but owing to the roads not being properly surveyed, it is uncommonly dirty. The municipal government is vested in a high-constable, elected annually at tbe court-leet of Bisley. There is a convenient Town Hall where petty sessions are held every fortnight. The Church is a neat, & convenient edifice, built in the conventual style. It is a Chapel of Ease to Bisley. There are also two other places of worship, for dissenters. The market day is Friday. Fairs, 10th May, for pleasure, & 21st of August for cattle & sheep. Stroud is increasing in trade & size almost incredibly, as will be seen from a comparative view of the census which was in 1811, 5321, & in 1821, 7097, inhabitants, being an increase of 1776. There is a conveyance by canal from this place to Bristol & London. Indeed Stroud possesses many advantages, which will, in process of time raise it to a much higher degree of eminence in the scale of towns.