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

1. 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.
2. Conway-Jones (2013), pp. 42–47.

• Conway-Jones, Hugh (2013). The Gloucester & Sharpness Canal Through Time. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4456-1289-8.

External links

• Map sources for Saul, Gloucestershire