Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
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| Stonehouse shown within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 7,725 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SO805055 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STONEHOUSE |
| Postcode district | GL10 |
| Dialling code | 01453 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
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Stonehouse, Gloucestershire is a town and urban area within the Stroud District, in southwestern England.
It is home to a number of business and industrial parks which are home to the Severnside Dairy operated by Müller and other large companies including Schlumberger, Renishaw, Delphi Automotive, Lister Shearing and Dairy Partners. The town centre is 2.5 miles east of the M5 motorway. Stonehouse railway station has a regular train service to London.
The town is situated approximately 9 miles south of Gloucester city centre and 3.5 miles west of central Stroud, though following recent development it is partially contiguous with the Ebley district of Stroud. Stonehouse's population in 2016 was estimated at over 8,000 residents.
Stonehouse was mentioned in Willam the Conqueror's Domesday Book written in 1086. There was a manor house built in stone – quite different from the many wattle and daub buildings that were normally found. And so the area was named Stanhus in the book. The name evoluted from Stanhus to Stonehouse : stān > stone + hūs > house, as an effect of the great vowel shift at the end of the Middle Ages.
William De Ow, a cousin of William the Conqueror, owned the manor, whose grounds included two mills and a vineyard. In 1327, one of the manor's masters, John Maltravers, was found guilty of involvement in the murder of Edward II in Berkeley Castle, and fled abroad.
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