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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-|In the South West of England, Gloucestershire is the home the Cotswolds and the source of the River Severn. Gloucestershire boasts some of the most beautiful scenery anywhere in the world. The Cotswolds are considered one of the most scenic areas in Great Britain.
+|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.
+There are several royal residences in Gloucestershire, including Highgrove House and Gatcombe Park.
 The book 'Cider with Rosie' By Laurie Lee is a tale of growing up in Gloucestershire.
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-'''Other major towns:''' Bristol, Cheltenham
+'''Other major towns:''' Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, and Tewkesbury.
-'''[[Places_of_Worship: Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire Places of Worship]]'''
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire Places of Worship]]'''
-'''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional Projects Forum]'''
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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 *[http://www.gfhs.org.uk/ Gloucestershire Family History Society]
-*[http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ Bristol and Avon Family History Society]
-*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest of Dean Family History]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/glos.html The Local History Directory]
 *[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/gloucestershire/index.html Gloucestershire Look-up Exchange]
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 '''Countywide Interest'''
-*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest of Dean]
+*[http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/ Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Forest of Dean Trade Directories]
+*[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]
+*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest of Dean Family History]
-*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ProbateRecords/ Genuki Wills of Gloucestershire]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Forest of Dean Trade Directories]
 *[http://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/ Gloucester Docks and the Sharpness Canal Past, Present and Future]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/Census.html Census Records]
+*[http://www.gsia.org.uk/gia.htm Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology]
-*[http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/gloucestershire.html Gloucestershire in the Domesday Book ]
+*[http://www.gloshistory.org.uk/lhcorg.htm Gloucestershire Local History]
 *[http://www.halefamily.net/misc2.html Gloucestershire Miscellany]
-*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/parish.htm Gloucestershire - Parish Records and Memorial Inscriptions]
+*[http://www.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/index.html Gloucestershire Portal - Gloucestershire Past and Present]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/index.htm North Gloucestershire & Worcestershire Parish Register Transcripts]
-*[http://home.freeuk.net/ray.wilson/glospop/ Gloucestershire Population Tables 1801-1901]
+*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/parish.htm Parish Records and Memorial Inscriptions]
 *[http://www.easywell.co.uk/pubs/ Gloucestershire Pubs]
-*[http://www.parishmouse.co.uk/index.php?title=Main_Page Parishmouse - Shropshire, Gloucestershire & Worcestershire]
+*[http://www.parishmouse.com/gloucestershire Parishmouse - Gloucestershire]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/index.htm Parish Register Transcripts] covers  Ashleworth, Boddington, Bromsberrow, Corse, Deerhurst, Elmstone Hardwicke,
-Forthampton, Hasfield, Lassington, The Leigh, Norton, Oxenton, Staverton, Tewkesbury, Tirley & Tredington
-*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42319  Old Gloucester Street Names]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/leigh/leigh.htm Parish Register Transcripts The Leigh,Gloucestershire]
-*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/gloster.txt Pigot's Directory 1830]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/theParishes.html The Cotswolds]
+*[http://www.glosters.org.uk/ The Soldiers of Gloucestershire]
-*[http://members.shaw.ca/panthers1/tayfam.html The Cotswolds and Surrounds]
+*[http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/ Gloucestershire Transport History]
-*[http://www.glosters.org.uk/ The Soldiers of Gloucestershire -a Museum]
 *[http://www.grahamthomas.com/cotsx.html The South Cotswolds Genealogical and Local History Guide]
-*[http://tormarton-glos.tripod.com/index.html The South of the Cotswolds]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/gloucs/gloucestershire_workhouses.htm Gloucestershire Workhouses]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
 *[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/arlingham.htm Arlingham Baptism, Marriage & Burial Registers]
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 *[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath BMDs]
-*[http://www.scribes-alcove.co.uk/ Scribes Alcove -Berkeley and Thornbury]
+*[http://www.bittonfamilies.com/index.html Bitton Families]
-*[http://www.bisley-glos.net/index.html Bisley, Gloucestershire]
+*[http://www.bgas.org.uk/cheltgaz/ Historical Gazeteer of Cheltenham]
-*[http://www.bittonfamilies.com/index.html Bitton Families]
+*[http://www.chippingcampden.org/index.php? Chipping Campden]
-*[http://weldgen.tripod.com/id41.html Bristol Companies, History and Information]
+*[http://www.chalfordhill.org.uk/index.html Chalford Hill]
-*[http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/acwuk/ Bristol Family History Research Guide]
+*[http://www.dursleyglos.org.uk/html/dursley/industry/mills/mills.htm The Woollen Cloth Industry in the Dursley Area]
-*[http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/records-and-archives/bristol-wills-index-1793-1858.en Bristol Wills Index 1793-1858]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/ Deerhurst, Forthampton & Eldersfield]
-*[http://www.bristolhistory.com/ Memories of Bristol over the past 100 years including 3000 photographs online]
+*[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://www.bristolinformation.co.uk/ Aspects of Bristol History and Genealogy]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Trade Directory - The Forest of Dean area]
-*[http://www.churchcrawler.co.uk/ Bristol's Cathedrals and Churches]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/fedgeg/index.html?200916 Forest Edge Churches]
-*[http://www.bristolslostpubs.com/ Bristol’s Lost Pubs mid-16th - mid-20th Century]
+*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42319  Old Gloucester Street Names]
-*[http://www.chippingcampden.org/index.php? Campden Voices-Chipping Campden]
+*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/gloster.txt Gloucester Pigot's Directory 1830]
-*[http://www.chalfordhill.org.uk/index.html Chalford Hill]
+*[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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/ Deerhurst, Forthampton & Eldersfield]
+*[http://www.hawkesburyhistory.com/ Hawkesbury History]
-*[http://home.freeuk.net/ray.wilson/mills/ The Woollen Cloth Industry in the Dursley Area]
+*[http://www.longhopevillage.co.uk/ Longhope Village]
-*[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://www.glosgen.co.uk/minchin/index.htm Marriage entries at Minchinhampton to 1812]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Trade Directory- The Forest of Dean area]
+*[http://www.randwicksources.org.uk/index.html Randwick Village]
-*[http://home.freeuk.com/gloshistory/lhcorg.htm Gloucestershire Local History]
+*[http://www.taynton.btinternet.co.uk/ The History of Taynton]
-*[http://www.hawkesburyhistory.com/ Hawkesbury History]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/tetbury1737/index.html?200916 Tetbury Religious Affiliations Census taken about 1735]
-*[http://members.tripod.com/tormarton-glos/page4.html Village Records and Monumental Inscriptions]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/leigh/leigh.htm Parish Register Transcripts The Leigh]
-*[http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx Gloucestershire Council Genealogical Database]
+*[http://www.scribes-alcove.co.uk  Parish Records For Thornbury, Berkeley, Hill, Oldbury On Severn, Rockhampton & Stone]
-**''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.longhopevillage.co.uk/ Longhope Village]
+*[http://www.frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk/ Parish of Winterbourne]
-*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/flight/minchin/index.html Marriage entries at Minchinhampton to 1812]
+*[http://www.grahamthomas.com/history1.html Woodchester and Selsey]
-*[http://www.randwicksources.org.uk/index.html Randwick Village]
+*[http://wotton-under-edge.com/guide Wooton-under-Edge]
-*[http://www.stokegifford.org.uk/History/History_Various_Parish_Records.htm Stoke Gifford Parish Council]
+==Bristol==
-*[http://home.clara.net/clempson/index.htm Welcome to the Stroudwater Textile Trust]
+*[http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ Bristol and Avon Family History Society]
-*[http://www.taynton.btinternet.co.uk/ The History of Taynton]
+*[http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/acwuk/ Bristol Family History Research Guide]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/tetbury1737/index.html?20071?20079 Tetbury Religious Affiliations Census 1735]
+*[http://www.brigstowe.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Bristol History]
-*[http://www.scribes-alcove.co.uk  Parish Records For Thornbury, Berkeley, Hill, Oldbury On Severn, Rockhampton & Stone]
+*[http://www.bristolinformation.co.uk/ Aspects of Bristol History and Genealogy]
-*[http://www.frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk/ Parish of Winterbourne]
+*[http://www.churchcrawler.co.uk/ Bristol's Cathedrals and Churches]
-*[http://www.grahamthomas.com/history1.html Woodchester and Selsey]
+*[http://www.bristolslostpubs.com/ Bristol’s Lost Pubs mid-16th - mid-20th Century]
-*[http://cotswoldedge.org.uk/w-u-e/w-u-e.htm Wooton-under-Edge]
+*[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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Some Early Gloucestershire Photographers]
+*[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://www.sungreen.co.uk/Default.htm Old Photos of the Forest of Dean]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Some Early Gloucestershire Photographers]
-*[http://www.cotswoldedge.org.uk/ History and Photographs of The Cotswolds Area]
+*[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]
-'''Books of local interest'''
+==Register Office==
-==Register Office==
 '''Cheltenham'''
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 Tel 01242 532455<br>
-E-mail cheltenham.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
+Email: cheltenham.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
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 Tel 01594 822113<br>
-E-mail forestofdean.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk
+Email: forestofdean.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk
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 Tel 01285 650455/652893<br>
-E-mail cirencester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
+Email: cirencester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
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 Tel 01452 425275<br>
-E-mail gloucester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
+Email: gloucester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
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 Tel 01608 651199<br>
-E-mail northcotswold.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
+Email: northcotswold.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
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 Tel 01453 766049<br>
-E-mail stroud.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
+Email: stroud.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
 Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
 ==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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 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]
-*Forest of Dean [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=98 dolly mixture]
-*Bristol [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1400 Bee]
 *South Gloucestershire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1400 Bee]
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Difference between revisions of "Gloucestershire"

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Contents

Resources

Bristol

Register Office

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Photo Offers