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| 1807 | Last duel |
| 1814 | New turnpike road from Stroud to Cirencester and London |
| 1825 | Foundation of Stroud Improvement Commission (first local authority) |
| 1825 | Stroudwater Riots (magistrates met at The George, troops quelled riot) |
| 1830 | Lawnmower invented by Budding |
| 1832 | Stroud became a Parliamentary Borough (2 MPs) |
| 1833 | Opening of Subscription Rooms |
| 1833 | Gas street lighting |
| 1834 | Memorial Arch, Paganhill built commemorating the abolition of slavery |
| 1845 | Coming of the railway |
| 1848 | First Stroud newspaper |
| 1849 | Adoption of Stroud time |
