From January 2016, this website is managed by Stroud Local History Society 
All users agree to the following terms and conditions when visiting the website.
User Agreement:
General
This Agreement governs your use of the Digital Stroud website. The Digital Stroud partnership reserves the right, to change or modify all or any part of this Agreement at any time, effective immediately upon notice published on this website. Your continued use of the website constitutes your binding acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, including any changes or modifications made by the Digital Stroud partnership as permitted above. If at any time the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement are no longer acceptable to you, you should immediately cease all use of this website.
Use of Content
You acknowledge that the website contains information and other material (collectively, the "Content") that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights of the Digital Stroud partnership and third parties. All Content on the website is copyrighted as a collective work of the Digital Stroud partnership pursuant to applicable copyright law. You agree to comply with any additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content available on or accessed through Digital Stroud website. Users of the website may use the Content only for educational, or personal, non-commercial use.
You may not modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part, except as expressly permitted in this Agreement.
You may only download or copy the Content for educational or personal non-commercial use. You shall not store electronically any significant portion of the Content, except as expressly permitted by the copyright laws. No copying, storage, redistribution or publication of any Content is permitted without the express permission of the Digital Stroud partnership or the owners of such Content or their authorised persons, if other than the Digital Stroud partnership. Educational establishments may copy and re-publish Content electronically, provided that the Content is published only on the establishment's official network or website and the source is acknowledged.
You must not use the images for financial gain.
You may not download the images from the site for use on commercial or personal web pages.
You may apply to use an image by contacting the Digital Stroud partnership directly. Use is at the discretion of the partnership. You must include the correct Copyright acknowledgement available by contacting us.
External Sites
The website may contain links to sites on the Internet, which are owned and operated by third parties (the "External Sites"). You acknowledge that the Digital Stroud partnership is not responsible for the availability of, or the Content located on or through, any External Site. You should contact the site administrator or Webmaster for those External Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or the Content located on such External Sites.
Termination of Service
The Digital Stroud partnership reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend or terminate access to all or any part of the website, at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability. The Digital Stroud partnership may change, suspend or discontinue all or any aspect of the website at any time, including the availability of any feature, database, or content, without prior notice or liability.
Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitations of Liability
Neither The Digital Stroud partnership nor any provider of third party Content or their respective agents warrants that the service will be uninterupted or error free; nor does the Digital Stroud partnership, any third party Content provider, or their respective agents make any warranty as to the results to be obtained from use of the service or the content. The service and the content are distributed on an "as is, as available" basis. None of the Digital Stroud partnership, third party Content providers and their respective agents make any warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to the service. Neither the Digital Stroud partnership nor any third party Content provider warrants that any files available for downloading through the service will be free of viruses or similar contamination or destructive features. You expressly agree that the entire risk as to the quality and performance of the service and the accuracy or completeness of the Content is assumed solely by you.
Neither the Digital Stroud partnership, any third party content providers nor their respective agents shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss arising out of the use of, or inability to use, the website, even if such party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
In countries and sovereign states which do not allow exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. In such cases, the liability of the Digital Stroud partnership , third party content providers and their respective agents shall be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the England and Wales, and the parties irrevocably consent to bring any action to enforce this Agreement in the English courts. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. If any inconsistency exists between the terms of this agreement and any additional terms and conditions posted on the website, such terms shall be interpreted as to eliminate any inconsistency, if possible, and otherwise, the additional terms and conditions shall control.
Copyright statement
A large number of organisations and private individuals have kindly made their collections available for everyone to share and enjoy through the Digital Stroud website. Copyrights to all of the resources on this web site are retained by the individual rights holders. They have allowed use of their collections under a special licence that permits educational, or personal, non-commercial use only, as defined within the User Agreement. We urge all site users to please respect copyright to help ensure the continued support of our content donors.
Excerpt from Terms and Conditions statement relating to the use of Content:
You acknowledge that the web site contains information and other material (collectively, the "Content") that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights of the Digital Stroud partnership and third parties. All Content on the web site is copyrighted as a collective work of the Digital Stroud partnership pursuant to applicable copyright law. You agree to comply with any additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content available on or accessed through the Digital Stroud web site. Users of the web site may use the Content only for educational, or personal, non-commercial use.
You may not modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part, except as expressly permitted in this Agreement.
You may only download or copy the Content for educational, or personal, non-commercial use. You shall not store electronically any significant portion of the Content, except as expressly permitted by the copyright laws. No copying, storage, redistribution or publication of any Content is permitted without the express permission of the Digital Stroud partnership or the owners of such Content or their authorised persons, if other than the Digital Stroud partnership. Educational establishments may copy and re-publish Content electronically, provided that the Content is published only on the establishment's official network or web site and the source is acknowledged. Any permission is granted on the strict understanding that appropriate copyright notices appear on any reproduction.
Any permission is granted on the strict understanding that appropriate copyright notices appear on any reproduction.
If you have a query regarding the use of Content, please contact us.
Disclaimer
While every effort and care is taken in preparing the content of this website, the Digital Stroud partnership assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the information contained within it.
The Digital Stroud partnership disclaims all liability for any losses or damages whatsoever from the use of, or reliance on, the information in this website.
Links within this website may lead to other sites. These are provided for convenience only. The Digital Stroud partnership does not sponsor, endorse or otherwise approve of any information or statements appearing in those sites, nor in sites referred to or linked to those sites.
