Pitchcombe Mill, Stroud
of Pitchcombe near Stroud
Wades Mill (formerly Pitchcombe Mill) was on the Painswick Stream at the bottom of Wades Lane. There is little to see of the mill apart from the Mill House.
The present Pitchcombe Mill, c.1750, is included in the English Heritage publication "Textile Mills of the South West" (2013) as a classic example of an 18th century woollen mill in the Stroud valleys
1842 E. H. Durden. Pitchcombe Mills, Stroud, advertising patented manure.[1]
1846 Partnership dissolved. E. H. Durden, J. Lasham, and J. Randall, naptha distillers, Pitchcombe Mill, Stroud.[2]
1881 For sale. Pitchcombe Mills. Peter Mathews and Son about to retire after fifty years. Agricultural manure and Vitriol makers.[3]
1884 Sale of building materials and machinery etc. A. Mathews.[4]
1927 J. G. Wade. Pitchcombe Mills. Stroud.[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Pitchcombe Village history