Difference between revisions of "Gloucestershire"

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In the South West of England, Gloucestershire include part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.

Places of interest are Berkeley Castle, an example of a feudal stronghold. Sudeley Castle, Tewkesbury Abbey and the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Slimbridge.

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+[[Category:Region 8 ~ Southern England]]
-*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1348 County Record Office] <br><br>
+[[Category:Adopted Pages]]
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+|In the South West of England, Gloucestershire include part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/gloucester.html Library Links]<br><br>
+Places of interest are Berkeley Castle, an example of a feudal stronghold. Sudeley Castle, Tewkesbury Abbey and the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Slimbridge.
-*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath Bmd ]<br><br>
+There are several royal residences in Gloucestershire, including Highgrove House and Gatcombe Park.
-*[http://www.gfhs.org.uk/ Gloucestershire Family History Society]<br><br>
+The book 'Cider with Rosie' By Laurie Lee is a tale of growing up in Gloucestershire.
-*[http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ Bristol And Avon FHS]<br><br>
+| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
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+'''County town:''' Gloucester
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/glos.html The Local History Directory]<br><br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/leigh/leigh.htm Phillimores And Bishops Transcripts] <br><br>
+'''Other major towns:''' Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, and Tewkesbury.
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/ Deerhurst, Forthampton & Eldersfield] <br><br>
-*Parish Records online with [http://www.scribes-alcove.co.uk  Searchable Database] For Thornbury, Berkeley, Hill, Oldbury On Severn, Rockhampton And Stone<br><br>
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire Places of Worship]]'''
-*[http://home.freeuk.com/gloshistory/lhcorg.htm Gloucestershire Local History] <br><br>
-*[Hawksbury History ]<br><br>
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandGloucestershire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
-*[http://members.tripod.com/tormarton-glos/page4.html Village Records And Monumental Inscriptions] <br><br>
+==Resources==
-*[http://www.bittonfamilies.com/ History Of Bitton ] Particularly Families Involved With Zinc Smelting. - Links To Researchers And Other Useful sites. <br><br>
+'''Primary Reference'''
-*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10glou131/10glou131gazA.htm Town And Country Maps] <br><br>
+*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1348 '''Gloucestershire Archives/Record Office''']
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/gloucs/gloucestershire_workhouses.htm Gloucester Workhouses] <br><br>
+*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleID=163 Gloucestershire Library]
-*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx Gloucestershire Council Genealogical Database] <br>
+*[http://www.gfhs.org.uk/ Gloucestershire Family History Society]
-''Index of all Wills Proved At Gloucester between 1541 And 1858''
+*[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/gloucestershire/index.html Gloucestershire Look-up Exchange]
-''Nonconformist Baptisms''
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
-''Overseers of the poor records''
-''Gaol Registers - details of prisoners held in the county gaol from 1815 to 1879''
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-''You can order copies of anything you find - details on the website''<br><br>
+*[http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/ Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum]
-*[http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/gloucestershire.html Gloucestershire In The Domesday Book ] <br><br>
+*[http://members.shaw.ca/panthers1/tayfam.html The Cotswolds and Surrounds]
-*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ Genuki's List Of Gloucestershire Towns And Parishes] if you are researching Chedworth, there's good stuff on Genuki's page including transcription of details of rented property on 1843 tithe map and lists of burials<br><br>
+*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest of Dean Family History]
-*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/flight/gloslink.html Site containing various Gloucestershire links] <br><br>
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Forest of Dean Trade Directories]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/theParishes.html A good site for the Cotswolds]<br><br>
+*[http://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/ Gloucester Docks and the Sharpness Canal Past, Present and Future]
-*[http://tormarton-glos.tripod.com/index.html Good site for villages In The South Of The Cotswolds]<br><br>
+*[http://www.gsia.org.uk/gia.htm Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology]
-*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest Of Dean]<br><br>
+*[http://www.gloshistory.org.uk/lhcorg.htm Gloucestershire Local History]
-*This link provides a list Of old [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42319  Gloucester Street Names ] and some details of their location. <br><br>
+*[http://www.halefamily.net/misc2.html Gloucestershire Miscellany]
-*[http://www.easywell.co.uk/pubs/publist/gl5-6-a-b.htm Gloucestershire Pubs]<br><br>
+*[http://www.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/index.html Gloucestershire Portal - Gloucestershire Past and Present]
-*[http://www.bisley-glos.net/index.html Bisley, Gloucestershire]<br><br>
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/index.htm North Gloucestershire & Worcestershire Parish Register Transcripts]
-*This Site Is Very Good For [http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/Census.html Census Records]<br><br>
+*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/parish.htm Parish Records and Memorial Inscriptions]
-*[http://www.taynton.btinternet.co.uk/ Taynton, Gloucestershire] A good village site which houses school indexes, church burials, history of the village and also transcriptions of the 1851 and 1861 census.
+*[http://www.easywell.co.uk/pubs/ Gloucestershire Pubs]
+*[http://www.parishmouse.com/gloucestershire Parishmouse - Gloucestershire]
+*[http://www.glosters.org.uk/ The Soldiers of Gloucestershire]
+*[http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/ Gloucestershire Transport History]
+*[http://www.grahamthomas.com/cotsx.html The South Cotswolds Genealogical and Local History Guide]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/arlingham.htm Arlingham Baptism, Marriage & Burial Registers]
+*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath BMDs]
+*[http://www.bittonfamilies.com/index.html Bitton Families]
+*[http://www.bgas.org.uk/cheltgaz/ Historical Gazeteer of Cheltenham]
+*[http://www.chippingcampden.org/index.php? Chipping Campden]
+*[http://www.chalfordhill.org.uk/index.html Chalford Hill]
+*[http://www.dursleyglos.org.uk/html/dursley/industry/mills/mills.htm The Woollen Cloth Industry in the Dursley Area]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/ Deerhurst, Forthampton & Eldersfield]
+*[http://www.kindredkonnections.com/cgi-bin/extracted?-1+0+000000+English+0-0+ch000525+uk Parish Records from St Mary's Church, Dymock 1538-1796]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Trade Directory - The Forest of Dean area]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/fedgeg/index.html?200916 Forest Edge Churches]
+*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42319  Old Gloucester Street Names]
+*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/gloster.txt Gloucester Pigot's Directory 1830]
+*[http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx Gloucestershire Council Genealogical Database]
+:''Index of all wills proved at Gloucester between 1541 and 1858'' <br>
+:''Nonconformist Baptisms''<br>
+:''Overseers of the poor records''<br>
+:''Gaol Registers - details of prisoners held in the county gaol from 1815 to 1879''<br>
+*[http://www.hawkesburyhistory.com/ Hawkesbury History]
+*[http://www.longhopevillage.co.uk/ Longhope Village]
+*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/minchin/index.htm Marriage entries at Minchinhampton to 1812]
+*[http://www.randwicksources.org.uk/index.html Randwick Village]
+*[http://www.taynton.btinternet.co.uk/ The History of Taynton]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/tetbury1737/index.html?200916 Tetbury Religious Affiliations Census taken about 1735]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/leigh/leigh.htm Parish Register Transcripts The Leigh]
+*[http://www.scribes-alcove.co.uk  Parish Records For Thornbury, Berkeley, Hill, Oldbury On Severn, Rockhampton & Stone]
+*[http://www.frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk/ Parish of Winterbourne]
+*[http://www.grahamthomas.com/history1.html Woodchester and Selsey]
+*[http://wotton-under-edge.com/guide Wooton-under-Edge]
+==Bristol==
+*[http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ Bristol and Avon Family History Society]
+*[http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/acwuk/ Bristol Family History Research Guide]
+*[http://www.brigstowe.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Bristol History]
+*[http://www.bristolinformation.co.uk/ Aspects of Bristol History and Genealogy]
+*[http://www.churchcrawler.co.uk/ Bristol's Cathedrals and Churches]
+*[http://www.bristolslostpubs.com/ Bristol’s Lost Pubs mid-16th - mid-20th Century]
+*[http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/records-and-archives/bristol-wills-indices-1781-1858.en;jsessionid=2DC36FB9A75DF09751B6A7AD501B98DC.tcwwwaplaws1 Bristol Wills Index 1793-1858]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/Collections/search.asp?Search=2 Old Cheltenham Photographs]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/ENG_pages/gls.htm Old Gloucestershire Maps]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Some Early Gloucestershire Photographers]
+*[http://oldgloucester.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/ Gloucester City photos 1900-1980]
+*[http://www.sungreen.co.uk/Default.htm Old Photos of the Forest of Dean]
+==Register Office==
+'''Cheltenham'''
+St George's Road <br>
+Cheltenham<br>
+Glos<br>
+GL50 3EW<br>
+Tel 01242 532455<br>
+Email: cheltenham.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
+'''Cinderford (Forest of Dean)'''
+The Oaks <br>
+Belle Vue Centre<br>
+, Belle Vue Road<br>
+Cinderford<br>
+Glos.<br>
+GL14 2AB<br>
+Tel 01594 822113<br>
+Email: forestofdean.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk
+'''Cirencester'''
+The Corinium<br>
+Old Memorial Hospital<br>
+Sheep Street<br>
+Cirencester<br>
+Glos.<br>
+GL7 1QW<br>
+Tel 01285 650455/652893<br>
+Email: cirencester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
+'''Gloucester'''
+The Maitland Suite <br>
+Maitland House<br>
+Spa Road<br>
+Gloucester<br>
+GL1 1UY<br>
+Tel 01452 425275<br>
+Email: gloucester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
+'''Moreton in the Marsh'''
+North Cotswold Registration District<br>
+The Redesdale Room <br>
+The Council Offices<br>
+High Street<br>
+Moreton-in-Marsh<br>
+Glos.<br>
+GL56 0AZ<br>
+Tel 01608 651199<br>
+Email: northcotswold.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
+'''Stroud'''
+The Old Victorian School <br>
+Parliament Street<br>
+Stroud<br>
+Glos.<br>
+GL5 1DY <br>
+Tel 01453 766049<br>
+Email: stroud.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*Forest of Dean [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=98 dolly mixture]
+*St Paul's Whiteshill, Stroud [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7 Mark Dudley]
+*Painswick (couple of days notice required) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7 Mark Dudley]
+==Photo Offers==
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
+*Bristol [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1400 Bee]
+*Forest of Dean [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=98 dolly mixture]
+*Gloucester [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=98 dolly mixture]
+*South Gloucestershire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1400 Bee]
+Back to [[England]]

Difference between revisions of "Gloucestershire"

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Contents

Resources

Bristol

Register Office

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Photo Offers