Ebley is a community in Gloucestershire, England. It was once a village, and is now part of the Stroud urban area. It lies in the valley of the River Frome, 2 miles west of the town centre of Stroud. It is part of the civil parish of Cainscross.[1]
Ebley was historically in the parish of Stonehouse.[2] It became part of the parish of Cainscross when it was formed in 1894.[3]
Ebley Mill, on the banks of the River Frome, was a woollen mill built in 1818. It is now a Grade II* listed building, and is used as the offices of Stroud District Council.[4]
Ebley Chapel is a chapel of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion.[5] It is a Grade II listed building.[6]
Between 1903 and 1964 Ebley Crossing Halt was a railway station on what is now the Golden Valley Line.
Notable people
edit- John Collins Bryant (1821–1901), an American physician and author
- William Vick (1833–1911), became a photographer in Ipswich.[7]
- Henry William Carless Davis CBE FBA (1874–1928), a British historian and editor of the Dictionary of National Biography
References
edit- ^ Cainscross Parish Council website
- ^ National Gazetteer, 1868, cited on the Genuki website
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cainscross CH/CP. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1223361)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ Ebley Chapel website
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1090126)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "William Vick, photographer". laurelcottagegenealogy. Laurel Cottage Genealogy. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
External links
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Media related to Ebley at Wikimedia Commons