Bowbridge is a village in

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, England, on the outskirts of Stroud. Bowbridge Lock on the

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is in the process of restoration. Field House on Bowbridge Lane is a 17th-century house, now converted into apartments: it was formerly a

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, a Territorial Army base and the headquarters of the county

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Villages in Gloucestershire Stroud District {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub