Saul, Gloucestershire

Saul is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It is in the parish of Fretherne with Saul in the district of Stroud.[1]

Church of St James the Great at Saul

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. Volume 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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