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Thank you Tony. I don't think it could be that one as my daughter lives on the left if you come down from Palace Street.

My daughter has just purchased a house in Orange Street, Canterbury. We can trace the occupants at that address from 1841 onwards. Would records be held anywhere that might give a clue as to when the house was actually built? Her small back garden is very overgrown and yet to be cleared but the neighbouring property has very old gravestones propped up against the wall. Is it possible to discover if this land was once used as a cemetery? I am finding it very difficult to pinpoint which church is nearest to Orange Street.

The local paper for Stroud is the Stroud News and Journal which can also be viewed online. Perhaps they would print a letter for you? I am sure there are many people in Stroud who could well provide you with the information you are after.

Hi Alf. I grew up in Stroud, went to the Rosary school and sometimes walked home along Stratford Road. If you are coming from the Stroud direction, you have the park on your right. All along the left hand side behind the houses is the railway track to Stroud. Right at the other end of Stratford Road, you branch off left onto Paganhill. In the 50's the firestation was situated on the Cainscross Road almost opposite the Marling school which backs onto the Stratford Road. Did you attend a local primary school or one that belonged to the home? Whiteshill school was situated at the Paganhill end of Stratford Road. Of course there was the Rosary school but that was Catholic. How about Uplands school? I still have friends living in Stroud so I will ask them if they can remember anything.

Teresa