Place:Stroud Rural, Gloucestershire, England

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Name	Stroud Rural
Type	Rural district
Located in	Gloucestershire, England (1894 - 1974)
See also	Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England	district municipality which absorbed the rural district in 1974

Stroud Rural District was centred on the town of Dursley in Gloucestershire, England. The rural district existed from 1894 until 1974 when it was replaced by the district municipality called the Stroud District.

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List of Parishes

Parish	Description	Duration	Notes
Bisley	civil parish	1894 - 1974	also known as Bisley with Lypiatt
Cainscross	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1936
Chalford	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Cranham	ancient parish, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Horsley	ancient parish, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Kings Stanley	ancient parish, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Leonard Stanley	ancient parish, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Minchinhampton	ancient parish, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Miserden	ancient parish, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Painswick	ancient parish, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Pitchcombe	ancient parish, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Randwick	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Rodborough	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Stonehouse	ancient parish, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Thrupp	civil parish	1894 - 1974
Whiteshill	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Woodchester	ancient parish, civil parish	1894 - 1974

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Research Tips

Gloucestershire Archives in Gloucester is where paper and microfilm copies of all records for this part of Gloucestershire are stored.

Online sources which may also be helpful:

GENUKI gives pointers to other archive sources as well as providing some details on each parish in the county. The emphasis here is on ecclesiastical parishes (useful before 1837)
A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 and tables of the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Do respect the copyright on this material.
The FamilySearch Wiki for Gloucestershire provides a similar but not identical series of webpages to that provided by GENUKI
A Vision of Britain through Time has a group of pages of statistical facts for almost every parish in the county
Unfortunately, A History of the County of Gloucester in the Victoria County History series provided by the website British History Online does not cover this part of the county
Ancestry.co.uk has recently added Gloucestershire Burials, 1813-1988; Confirmations, 1834-1913; Baptisms, 1813-1913; Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813; and Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938. (entry dated 1 Aug 2015)