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Iles Green, Previously known as Iles Green House, Iles Green Farm and Turner's Farm

Images are from a property sales brochure, 2018.Iles Green dates back to the early part of the 17th century. Sir William Rothenstein, artist and,…

Reflections on Matthew Gardner's account book for work, 1851

If you don't believe in the Archers, try the Gardners; for one thing, they're true. An Oakridge Lynch resident, Mrs Nurding, has unearthed a real—life…

Recordings of George and Dorcas Juggins

George and Dorcas Juggin became a legend in their lifetime, with a fame extending far beyond the Stroud valleys in which they lived: it can truly be…

Gerald Carter, weaver

The Arts and Crafts movement found, in Oakridge, an environment sympathetic to their creativity and work. That same environment continued and…

Queenie Pearman Poem - 'Sunday School in Days Gone By'

'Sunday School in Days Gone By' Each Sunday morn by 10 am to Sunday School we scurried. With well brushed hair and faces bright, Shoes we polished the…

Unknown Views - Can You Help?

Photographs L - R1. Unknown View (Ref. PC1) - Can You Help? 2. Unknown View (Ref. PC2) - Can You Help?

Whitehall Bridge

1908, 1998

Whitsuntide Chapel Parade and Treat

An excerpt from 'Oakridge a History' by Pat Carrick :There are many well-known and important figures that have done so much towards the welfare of the…