Saul, Gloucestershire
Church of St James the Great at Saul
Saul is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It is in the parish of Fretherne with Saul in the district of Stroud.[1]
Saul Junction[]
Saul Junction
The village is the junction of the Stroudwater Navigation and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.[2]
A pillbox that was part of the British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War can still be found on the banks of the canal.
Notable residents[]
- William John Westwood (1925–1999), the 36th Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, was born in Saul.
References[]
- ^ Morgan, Kathleen; Smith, Brian S (1972). C R Elrington; N M Herbert; R B Pugh (eds.). Fretherne and Saul: Introduction. A History of the County of Gloucester. Vol. 10, Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds. London. pp. 155–160.
- ^ Conway-Jones (2013), pp. 42–47.
- Conway-Jones, Hugh (2013). The Gloucester & Sharpness Canal Through Time. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4456-1289-8.
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Coordinates: 51°46′58″N 2°22′00″W / 51.78269°N 2.36670°W
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- Villages in Gloucestershire
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