Difference between revisions of "Gloucestershire"

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*[http://www.gfhs.org.uk/ Gloucestershire Family History Society]
 
*[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]
 
*[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/gloucestershire/index.html Gloucestershire Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
 
'''Countywide Interest'''
  
*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest of Dean]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/theParishes.html The Cotswolds]
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*[http://members.shaw.ca/panthers1/tayfam.html The Cotswolds and Surrounds]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Forest of Dean Trade Directories]
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*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/gloster.txt Pigot's Directory 1830]
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ Genuki's List of Gloucestershire Towns and Parishes]  
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*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest of Dean Family History]
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ProbateRecords/ Genuki Wills of Gloucestershire]
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*[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.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/ Gloucester Docks and the Sharpness Canal Past, Present and Future]
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/Census.html Census Records]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/Census.html Census Records]
 
*[http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/gloucestershire.html Gloucestershire in the Domesday Book ]
 
  
 
*[http://www.halefamily.net/misc2.html Gloucestershire Miscellany]
 
*[http://www.halefamily.net/misc2.html Gloucestershire Miscellany]
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*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42319  Old Gloucester Street Names]  
 
*[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]
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*[http://www.glosters.org.uk/ The Soldiers of Gloucestershire]
 
 
*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/gloster.txt Pigot's Directory 1830]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/theParishes.html The Cotswolds]
 
 
 
*[http://members.shaw.ca/panthers1/tayfam.html The Cotswolds and Surrounds]
 
 
*[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://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]
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*[http://tormarton-glos.tripod.com/index.html The South Cotswolds]
 
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/gloucs/gloucestershire_workhouses.htm Gloucestershire Workhouses]
 
 
 
  
  
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*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath BMDs]
 
*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath BMDs]
  
*[http://www.scribes-alcove.co.uk/ Scribes Alcove -Berkeley and Thornbury]
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*[http://www.scribes-alcove.co.uk/ Scribes Alcove - Berkeley and Thornbury]
  
 
*[http://www.bisley-glos.net/index.html Bisley, Gloucestershire]
 
*[http://www.bisley-glos.net/index.html Bisley, Gloucestershire]
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*[http://www.bittonfamilies.com/index.html Bitton Families]
 
*[http://www.bittonfamilies.com/index.html Bitton Families]
  
*[http://weldgen.tripod.com/id41.html Bristol Companies, History and Information]
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*[http://www.chippingcampden.org/index.php? Chipping Campden]
 
 
*[http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/acwuk/ Bristol Family History Research Guide]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/records-and-archives/bristol-wills-index-1793-1858.en Bristol Wills Index 1793-1858]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bristolhistory.com/ Memories of Bristol over the past 100 years including 3000 photographs online]
 
 
 
*[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.chippingcampden.org/index.php? Campden Voices-Chipping Campden]
 
  
 
*[http://www.chalfordhill.org.uk/index.html Chalford Hill]
 
*[http://www.chalfordhill.org.uk/index.html Chalford Hill]
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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]  
 
*[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]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/index.htm Trade Directory - The Forest of Dean area]
  
 
*[http://home.freeuk.com/gloshistory/lhcorg.htm Gloucestershire Local History]
 
*[http://home.freeuk.com/gloshistory/lhcorg.htm Gloucestershire Local History]
  
 
*[http://www.hawkesburyhistory.com/ Hawkesbury History]
 
*[http://www.hawkesburyhistory.com/ Hawkesbury History]
 
*[http://members.tripod.com/tormarton-glos/page4.html Village Records and Monumental Inscriptions]
 
  
 
*[http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx Gloucestershire Council Genealogical Database]
 
*[http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx Gloucestershire Council Genealogical Database]
**''Index of all wills proved at Gloucester between 1541 and 1858'' <br>
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:''Index of all wills proved at Gloucester between 1541 and 1858'' <br>
**''Nonconformist Baptisms''<br>
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:''Nonconformist Baptisms''<br>
**''Overseers of the poor records''<br>
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:''Overseers of the poor records''<br>
**''Gaol Registers - details of prisoners held in the county gaol from 1815 to 1879''<br>
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:''Gaol Registers - details of prisoners held in the county gaol from 1815 to 1879''<br>
  
 
*[http://www.longhopevillage.co.uk/ Longhope Village]
 
*[http://www.longhopevillage.co.uk/ Longhope Village]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/tetbury1737/index.html?20071?20079 Tetbury Religious Affiliations Census 1735]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/tetbury1737/index.html?20071?20079 Tetbury Religious Affiliations Census 1735]
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*[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.scribes-alcove.co.uk  Parish Records For Thornbury, Berkeley, Hill, Oldbury On Severn, Rockhampton & Stone]
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*[http://cotswoldedge.org.uk/w-u-e/w-u-e.htm Wooton-under-Edge]
 
*[http://cotswoldedge.org.uk/w-u-e/w-u-e.htm Wooton-under-Edge]
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====Bristol====
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*[http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ Bristol and Avon Family History Society]
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*[http://weldgen.tripod.com/id41.html Bristol Companies, History and Information]
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*[http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/acwuk/ Bristol Family History Research Guide]
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*[http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/records-and-archives/bristol-wills-index-1793-1858.en Bristol Wills Index 1793-1858]
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*[http://www.bristolhistory.com/ Memories of Bristol over the past 100 years including 3000 photographs online]
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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]
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*[http://www.bristolslostpubs.com/ Bristol’s Lost Pubs mid-16th - mid-20th Century]
  
  
 
'''Maps and Photographs'''  
 
'''Maps and Photographs'''  
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*[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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Some Early Gloucestershire Photographers]
 
*[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://www.sungreen.co.uk/Default.htm Old Photos of the Forest of Dean]
  
 
*[http://www.cotswoldedge.org.uk/ History and Photographs of The Cotswolds Area]
 
*[http://www.cotswoldedge.org.uk/ History and Photographs of The Cotswolds Area]
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Revision as of 11:29, 2 May 2008

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

Forthampton, Hasfield, Lassington, The Leigh, Norton, Oxenton, Staverton, Tewkesbury, Tirley & Tredington


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


Books of local interest


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


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Record Office Lookup Contacts


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Cemetery Lookup Contacts


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