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Slad
Human settlement in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the village in the Cotswolds. For the Iron age site in Hertfordshire, see The Slad.
Slad is a village in Gloucestershire, England, in the Slad Valley about 2 miles (3 km) from Stroud on the B4070 road from Stroud to Birdlip.
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![]() The village with Holy Trinity Church visible | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 388 (2011 census) |
OS grid reference | SO873076 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
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Slad was the home of Laurie Lee, whose novel Cider with Rosie (1959) is a description of growing up in the village from his arrival at the age of three in 1917.