Welcome to the Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) website. The Society was formed in 1964 to study and record the history and physical remains of Gloucestershire industries.
Details of our activities, together with copies of our Journal articles and various pages relating to the County’s industrial past may be seen by following the relevant links in the sidebar and drop-down menus above.
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Frank Simmonds Recalls his Quarrying and Building Career by Arthur Price
Quarrying in the Stroud area was historically carried out by small independent concerns. This is an account of one such family business which successfully combined quarrying and building. Find out more.....
< Mr Leigh's Quarry at the southern end of Selsley Common in 1995