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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The Column At Selsley : An 1851 Survivor by Theo Stening
The Cheesewring Granite Company exhibited this fine example of their work at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Stroud mill-owner and clothier Samuel Stephens Marling, purchased the column at the sale of exhibits and re-erected it in the grounds of Stanley Park, his estate at Selsley. Find out more.....
< The column and church from the north in July 2003