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| 1221 | First mention of Stroud (marshy green area) |
| 1279 | First mention of St Laurence's Church |
| 1287 | First Chapel at Paganhill |
| 1300s | First reference to fulling mills |
| 1304 | Establishment of the Limitation of Stroud |
| 1381 | First reference to cloth workers in Stroud |
