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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, later, Principal of the Royal College of Art, purchased and refurbished the house in 1913 when the…

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 document more fascinating than you would be likely to find in a year's fiction—reading or…

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 said that there can never again be any like them. They lived in a ruinous cottage near Oakridge -…

The Arts and Crafts movement found, in Oakridge, an environment sympathetic to their creativity and work. That same environment continued and continues to attract both locals and others who have settled here to craft beautiful objects such as those…

'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 previous night 'Was that the bell?' We hurried. When all of us had settled down, It was time for us…

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

1908, 1998

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 chapel and village life. John Peacey was one of them, who as a child had been carried in the arms…