In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitstone like this:
WHITSTONE, a hundred in the centre of Gloucester; containing 16 parishes; and cut into two divisions, lower and upper. Acres, 12,364 and 14,612. Pop. in 1851, 9,104 and 4,656; in 1861, 13,786. Houses, 3,073.
Whitstone through time
Whitstone is now part of Stroud district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stroud has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitstone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitstone, in Stroud and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20628
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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