The story goes that a farmer worse for wear comes out of the Swan Inn, Stroud gets on his horse and takes the wrong turn - he ends up at the top of a building under construction (Stroud subscription rooms) - he survived the horse didnt !! Apparently they named a street after him something like Radcliff/or Ratcliffe Way (in actual fact the spelling should have been Ractliffe ........ ) There apparently is a childrens mural depicting this - see attached - trying to find a map that would show this street name on it ..... Apparently this happened about 1833
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