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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.
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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Places of interest are Berkeley Castle, an example of a feudal stronghold. Sudeley Castle, Tewkesbury Abbey and the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Slimbridge.
  
Certificate Application Information and downloadable application forms available at
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There are several royal residences in Gloucestershire, including Highgrove House and Gatcombe Park.
Gloucestershire County Council - Ordering a copy of a Birth/Marriage or Death certificate
 
  
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The book 'Cider with Rosie' By Laurie Lee is a tale of growing up in Gloucestershire.
  
=====Cheltenham=====
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'''County town:''' Gloucester
  
St George's Road <br>
 
Cheltenham<br>
 
Glos<br>
 
GL50 3EW
 
  
Tel 01242 532455<br>
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'''Other major towns:''' Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, and Tewkesbury.
E-mail cheltenham.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandGloucestershire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
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'''Primary Reference'''
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*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1348 '''Gloucestershire Archives/Record Office''']
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*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleID=163 Gloucestershire Library]
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*[http://www.gfhs.org.uk/ Gloucestershire Family History Society]
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*[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/gloucestershire/index.html Gloucestershire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/ Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum]
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*[http://members.shaw.ca/panthers1/tayfam.html The Cotswolds and Surrounds]
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*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest of Dean Family History]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Forest of Dean Trade Directories]
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*[http://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/ Gloucester Docks and the Sharpness Canal Past, Present and Future]
  
=====Cinderford (Forest of Dean)=====
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*[http://www.gsia.org.uk/gia.htm Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology]
  
The Oaks <br>
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*[http://www.gloshistory.org.uk/lhcorg.htm Gloucestershire Local History]
Belle Vue Centre<br>
 
6, Belle Vue Road<br>
 
Cinderford<br>
 
Glos.<br>
 
GL14 2AB
 
  
Tel 01594 822113<br>
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*[http://www.halefamily.net/misc2.html Gloucestershire Miscellany]
E-mail forestofdean.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk
 
  
=====Cirencester=====
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*[http://www.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/index.html Gloucestershire Portal - Gloucestershire Past and Present]
  
The Corinium<br>
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/index.htm North Gloucestershire & Worcestershire Parish Register Transcripts]
Old Memorial Hospital<br>
 
Sheep Street<br>
 
Cirencester<br>
 
Glos.<br>
 
GL7 1QW
 
  
Tel 01285 650455/652893<br>
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*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/parish.htm Parish Records and Memorial Inscriptions]
E-mail cirencester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
 
  
=====Gloucester=====
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*[http://www.easywell.co.uk/pubs/ Gloucestershire Pubs]
  
The Maitland Suite <br>
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*[http://www.parishmouse.com/gloucestershire Parishmouse - Gloucestershire]
Maitland House<br>
 
Spa Road<br>
 
Gloucester<br>
 
GL1 1UY
 
  
Tel 01452 425275<br>
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*[http://www.glosters.org.uk/ The Soldiers of Gloucestershire]
E-mail gloucester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
 
  
=====Moreton in the Marsh=====
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*[http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/ Gloucestershire Transport History]
  
North Cotswold Registration District<br>
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*[http://www.grahamthomas.com/cotsx.html The South Cotswolds Genealogical and Local History Guide]
The Redesdale Room <br>
 
The Council Offices<br>
 
High Street<br>
 
Moreton-in-Marsh<br>
 
Glos.<br>
 
GL56 0AZ
 
  
Tel 01608 651199<br>
 
E-mail northcotswold.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
 
  
=====Stroud=====
 
  
The Old Victorian School <br>
 
Parliament Street<br>
 
Stroud<br>
 
Glos.<br>
 
GL5 1DY
 
  
Tel 01453 766049<br>
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
E-mail stroud.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk
 
  
  
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*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/arlingham.htm Arlingham Baptism, Marriage & Burial Registers]
  
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*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath BMDs]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.bittonfamilies.com/index.html Bitton Families]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.bgas.org.uk/cheltgaz/ Historical Gazeteer of Cheltenham]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.chippingcampden.org/index.php? Chipping Campden]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.chalfordhill.org.uk/index.html Chalford Hill]
  
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*[http://www.dursleyglos.org.uk/html/dursley/industry/mills/mills.htm The Woollen Cloth Industry in the Dursley Area]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/ Deerhurst, Forthampton & Eldersfield]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[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]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Trade Directory - The Forest of Dean area]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.geocities.com/fedgeg/index.html?200916 Forest Edge Churches]
  
*Forest of Dean:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=98 dolly mixture]
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*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42319  Old Gloucester Street Names]  
*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]
 
  
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*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/gloster.txt Gloucester Pigot's Directory 1830]
  
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*[http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx Gloucestershire Council Genealogical Database]
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:''Index of all wills proved at Gloucester between 1541 and 1858'' <br>
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:''Nonconformist Baptisms''<br>
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:''Overseers of the poor records''<br>
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:''Gaol Registers - details of prisoners held in the county gaol from 1815 to 1879''<br>
  
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*[http://www.hawkesburyhistory.com/ Hawkesbury History]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.longhopevillage.co.uk/ Longhope Village]
  
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*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/minchin/index.htm Marriage entries at Minchinhampton to 1812]
  
*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1348 County Record Office]
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*[http://www.randwicksources.org.uk/index.html Randwick Village]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/gloucester.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.taynton.btinternet.co.uk/ The History of Taynton]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/tetbury1737/index.html?200916 Tetbury Religious Affiliations Census taken about 1735]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/leigh/leigh.htm Parish Register Transcripts The Leigh]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.scribes-alcove.co.uk  Parish Records For Thornbury, Berkeley, Hill, Oldbury On Severn, Rockhampton & Stone]
  
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*[http://www.frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk/ Parish of Winterbourne]
  
*[http://www.gfhs.org.uk/ Gloucestershire Family History Society]
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*[http://www.grahamthomas.com/history1.html Woodchester and Selsey]
  
*[http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ Bristol And Avon FHS]
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*[http://wotton-under-edge.com/guide Wooton-under-Edge]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/glos.html The Local History Directory]
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==Bristol==
  
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*[http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ Bristol and Avon Family History Society]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/acwuk/ Bristol Family History Research Guide]
  
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*[http://www.brigstowe.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Bristol History]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.bristolinformation.co.uk/ Aspects of Bristol History and Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.churchcrawler.co.uk/ Bristol's Cathedrals and Churches]
  
*[http://www.parishmouse.co.uk/index.php?title=Main_Page Parishmouse] covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
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*[http://www.bristolslostpubs.com/ Bristol’s Lost Pubs mid-16th - mid-20th Century]  
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/leigh/leigh.htm Phillimores And Bishops Transcripts]
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*[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]
  
*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath Bmd ]
 
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ProbateRecords/ Genuki Wills Of Gloucestershire]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/Census.html Census Records]
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*[http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/Collections/search.asp?Search=2 Old Cheltenham Photographs]
  
*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/gloster.txt GLOUCESTER - PIGOT'S 1830 DIRECTORY]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/ENG_pages/gls.htm Old Gloucestershire Maps]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Some Early Gloucestershire Photographers]
  
'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://oldgloucester.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/ Gloucester City photos 1900-1980]
  
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*[http://www.sungreen.co.uk/Default.htm Old Photos of the Forest of Dean]
  
*[http://www.bittonfamilies.com/ History Of Bitton ] Particularly Families Involved With Zinc Smelting. - Links To Researchers And Other Useful sites.
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/gloucs/gloucestershire_workhouses.htm Gloucester Workhouses]
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'''Cheltenham'''
  
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42319  Old Gloucester Street Names ] and some details of their location.
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St George's Road <br>
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Cheltenham<br>
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Glos<br>
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GL50 3EW<br>
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Tel 01242 532455<br>
  
*[http://www.easywell.co.uk/pubs/ Gloucestershire Pubs]
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Email: cheltenham.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://home.clara.net/clempson/index.htm Welcome to the Stroudwater Textile Trust]
 
  
*[http://home.freeuk.net/ray.wilson/mills/ The Woollen Cloth Industry in the Dursley Area]
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'''Cinderford (Forest of Dean)'''
  
*[http://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/ Gloucester Docks and the Sharpness Canal Past, Present and Future]
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The Oaks <br>
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Belle Vue Centre<br>
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6, Belle Vue Road<br>
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Cinderford<br>
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Glos.<br>
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GL14 2AB<br>
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Tel 01594 822113<br>
  
*[http://home.freeuk.net/ray.wilson/glospop/ Gloucestershire Population Tables 1801-1901]
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Email: forestofdean.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk
  
*[http://weldgen.tripod.com/id41.html Bristol Companies, History and Information]
 
  
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'''Cirencester'''
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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The Corinium<br>
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Old Memorial Hospital<br>
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Sheep Street<br>
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Cirencester<br>
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Glos.<br>
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GL7 1QW<br>
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Tel 01285 650455/652893<br>
  
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Email: cirencester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
  
*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10glou131/10glou131gazA.htm Town And Country Maps]
 
  
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'''Gloucester'''
  
'''Countywide interest'''
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The Maitland Suite <br>
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Maitland House<br>
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Spa Road<br>
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Gloucester<br>
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GL1 1UY<br>
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Tel 01452 425275<br>
  
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Email: gloucester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
  
*[http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/gloucestershire.html Gloucestershire In The Domesday Book ]
 
  
*[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
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'''Moreton in the Marsh'''
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/theParishes.html A good site for the Cotswolds]
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North Cotswold Registration District<br>
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The Redesdale Room <br>
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The Council Offices<br>
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High Street<br>
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Moreton-in-Marsh<br>
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Glos.<br>
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GL56 0AZ<br>
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Tel 01608 651199<br>
  
*[http://tormarton-glos.tripod.com/index.html Good site for villages In The South Of The Cotswolds]
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Email: northcotswold.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
  
*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest Of Dean]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Trade Directories of Gloucestershire] Transcriptions of some selected Towns and Villages within the Forest of Dean.
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'''Stroud'''
  
*[http://www.halefamily.net/misc2.html Gloucestershire Miscellany]
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The Old Victorian School <br>
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Parliament Street<br>
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Stroud<br>
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Glos.<br>
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GL5 1DY <br>
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Tel 01453 766049<br>
  
*[http://www.grahamthomas.com/cotsx.html The South Cotswolds Genealogical and Local History Guide]
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Email: stroud.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
  
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/ Deerhurst, Forthampton & Eldersfield]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.scribes-alcove.co.uk  Parish Records online with Searchable Database] For Thornbury, Berkeley, Hill, Oldbury On Severn, Rockhampton And Stone
 
  
*[http://home.freeuk.com/gloshistory/lhcorg.htm Gloucestershire Local History]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[Hawksbury History ]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://members.tripod.com/tormarton-glos/page4.html Village Records And Monumental Inscriptions]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx Gloucestershire Council Genealogical Database]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
**''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>
 
**''You can order copies of anything you find - details on the website''
 
  
*[http://www.bisley-glos.net/index.html Bisley, Gloucestershire]
 
  
*[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.
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/arlingham.htm Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. The following entries are from Arlingham registers, ]
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*Forest of Dean [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=98 dolly mixture]
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*St Paul's Whiteshill, Stroud [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7 Mark Dudley]
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*Painswick (couple of days notice required) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7 Mark Dudley]
  
*[http://www.randwicksources.org.uk/index.html Sources for studying the history of the village of Randwick]
 
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/tetbury1737/index.html?20071?20079 Tetbury Religious Affiliations Census taken about 1735]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.stokegifford.org.uk/History/History_Various_Parish_Records.htm Stoke Gifford Parish Council South Gloucestershire]
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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.
  
*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/flight/minchin/index.html The Marriage entries at Minchinhampton to 1812 are contained in seven volumes]
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*Bristol [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1400 Bee]
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*Forest of Dean [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=98 dolly mixture]
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*Gloucester [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=98 dolly mixture]
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*South Gloucestershire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1400 Bee]
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 09:26, 16 May 2023

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.

County town: Gloucester


Other major towns: Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, and Tewkesbury.


Gloucestershire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest



Specific Town and Village Interest


Index of all wills proved at Gloucester between 1541 and 1858
Nonconformist Baptisms
Overseers of the poor records
Gaol Registers - details of prisoners held in the county gaol from 1815 to 1879

Bristol


Maps and Photographs

Register Office

Cheltenham

St George's Road
Cheltenham
Glos
GL50 3EW
Tel 01242 532455

Email: cheltenham.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk


Cinderford (Forest of Dean)

The Oaks
Belle Vue Centre
6, Belle Vue Road
Cinderford
Glos.
GL14 2AB
Tel 01594 822113

Email: forestofdean.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk


Cirencester

The Corinium
Old Memorial Hospital
Sheep Street
Cirencester
Glos.
GL7 1QW
Tel 01285 650455/652893

Email: cirencester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk


Gloucester

The Maitland Suite
Maitland House
Spa Road
Gloucester
GL1 1UY
Tel 01452 425275

Email: gloucester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk


Moreton in the Marsh

North Cotswold Registration District
The Redesdale Room
The Council Offices
High Street
Moreton-in-Marsh
Glos.
GL56 0AZ
Tel 01608 651199

Email: northcotswold.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk


Stroud

The Old Victorian School
Parliament Street
Stroud
Glos.
GL5 1DY
Tel 01453 766049

Email: stroud.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the 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 Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts


Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


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