Cainscross, Stroud — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Cainscross?

The Church of St Matthew heads the list. Beside it the Church of the Holy Spirit gives Cainscross a second place of worship, and the remaining entries are almost all houses recorded by name across Ebley, Cashes Green and the parish edge at Dudbridge. Brook House and Spring House sit among them.

Humphries End House, Downfield House, Park End House, Farmhill House, Henley House, Felix House, The Mill House and Prospect House complete a roll of domestic listings.

What is the history of Cainscross?

House names carry most of what is written down here, from Humphries End House and Downfield House to Farmhill House, Brook House and Prospect House on the parish list. Two churches join them. The Church of St Matthew and the Church of the Holy Spirit are the ecclesiastical entries, while The Mill House and Spring House keep older working names on the same roll.

Park End House and Felix House round it out, listed alongside Henley House in a parish that grew together with Stroud rather than apart from it.

Where is Cainscross?

The parish borders the town of Stroud and forms part of the Stroud urban area in Gloucestershire, with Ebley and Cashes Green inside its bounds.