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Kings's Stanley
King's Stanley is a pleasant large village/small town close to Stroud. It contains many amenities and facilities and walkers will be able to get refreshments and accommodation locally.
The parish church, St George's, is built on a site dating back to the C11. The church tower contains building material dating back to the Roman occupation whilst the rest of the church exhibits different building and design phases from C14 and 1800s.
Like many Cotswold villages, Kings Stanley grew as a result of the wool trade. The Stanley Mill, which was constructed in 1813, provided employment for several villages across the locality. The Mill was notable for being among the first to be built as a “fireproof” construction, using iron as a key structural material. Naturally, this made the fabric of the building more resistant to fire than a wooden interior.
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