Whiteway Colony, Gloucestershire, GL6 7ER

Date of visit: 18th Nov 2021

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Whiteway Colony is a residential community in the Cotswolds in the parish of Miserden near Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. The community was founded in 1898 by Tolstoyans and today has no spare land available with over sixty homes and 120 colonists. At the beginning, private property was rejected and personal property shared; however, today the colonists’ homes are privately owned and sold at market value. As the colony abandoned Tolstoy’s philosophy it has been regarded by many, including Mohandas Gandhi who visited in 1909, as a failed Tolstoyan experiment.

Over the years residents have included immigrant anarchists, conscientious objectors and refugees from the Spanish Civil War, as well as co-operative ventures such as Protheroe’s Bakery (known in the local area for the quality of its bread), the Cotswold Co-operative Handicraft guild and the Co-operative Gardening Group. For a period the anarchist newspaper Freedom was produced here by Thomas Keell.

Internal ref number: GL/163/413

Date of Visit: 18th Nov 2021

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: A
Crown: Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Defrib
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Northing & Westing: 51°47’32.9″N, 2°07’10.8″W
what3words: broke.corkscrew.crashing
Grid Reference: SO 91844 10430
OS X & Y: 210430, 391844
Latitude & Longitude: 51.792462, -2.119655
UK Postcode: GL6 7ER
County: Gloucestershire


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