Ray Wilson       November 2025

Wallbridge Mill in Rodborough, Stroud is a historic site with roots tracing back to at least 1470.

It has played a significant role in the local cloth-making industry, serving initially as a water-powered fulling mill and from 1886 operated by Howard & Powell Ltd. until cloth production ceased in about 1958.

The catalogue of the mill premises and weaving and finishing plant offered for sale by auction on 13 January 1960 may be downloaded here (20 pages)

The 2004 Journal of the Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology contains a history of the mill (pp. 31-41) which can be downloaded here.

The mill as shown on the 1881 1:2500 scale OS map (25 Inch)