We have all the time in the world
Cotswold Life|September 2020
As the Cotswold town of Nailsworth eases back into life post-lockdown, Tracy Spiers reflects on all we’ve come to appreciate in the last four months
Tracy Spiers
We have all the time in the world

NAILSWORTH

Points of interest on Katie B Morgan’s map:

Nailsworth Parish: made up of the old parishes of Minchinhampton, Avening and Horsley

Cow: Car park and bus station are the site of the old cattle market

Kettle: Originally from Malmesbury, and erected by Mr Heath in the 1870s. Made of copper, it can hold 82 gallons!

Bees: The decorative stone bee shelter in Hartpury was originally built by Nailsworth stone carver Paul Tuffley

Stonehouse ad Nailsworth Railway (SNR): Site of station and goods yard by Egypt Mill. Nailsworth Railway Company opened in 1867 but is now a cycle track

Egypt Mill: might have been named after a worker called ‘Pharoah’ Webb

Prices Mill: once a paper mill, then foundry, corn mill, and now surgery

Sheep: record of the cloth industry being in Nailsworth since at least 1448

Giggs Mill: Stroudwater Textile Trust museum

Butcher Hills Lane: Hillier’s bacon curing factory in Newmarket Valley

Hops: The Village Inn has its own microbrewery

Brewing: an important local industry founded by Joseph and Samuel Clissold in the 19th century

Beech leaves: there are plenty of beech woods locally

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