Gloucestershire

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

• Gloucestershire Archives/Record Office

• Gloucestershire Library

• Gloucestershire Family History Society

• Gloucestershire Look-up Exchange

• Parish Register Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum

• The Cotswolds and Surrounds

• Forest of Dean Family History

• Forest of Dean Trade Directories

• Gloucester Docks and the Sharpness Canal Past, Present and Future

• Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology

• Gloucestershire Local History

• Gloucestershire Miscellany

• Gloucestershire Portal - Gloucestershire Past and Present

• North Gloucestershire & Worcestershire Parish Register Transcripts

• Parish Records and Memorial Inscriptions

• Gloucestershire Pubs

• Parishmouse - Gloucestershire

• The Soldiers of Gloucestershire

• Gloucestershire Transport History

• The South Cotswolds Genealogical and Local History Guide

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Arlingham Baptism, Marriage & Burial Registers

• Bath BMDs

• Bitton Families

• Historical Gazeteer of Cheltenham

• Chipping Campden

• Chalford Hill

• The Woollen Cloth Industry in the Dursley Area

• Deerhurst, Forthampton & Eldersfield

• Parish Records from St Mary's Church, Dymock 1538-1796

• Trade Directory - The Forest of Dean area

• Forest Edge Churches

• Old Gloucester Street Names

• Gloucester Pigot's Directory 1830

• Gloucestershire Council Genealogical Database

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

• Hawkesbury History

• Longhope Village

• Marriage entries at Minchinhampton to 1812

• Randwick Village

• The History of Taynton

• Tetbury Religious Affiliations Census taken about 1735

• Parish Register Transcripts The Leigh

• Parish Records For Thornbury, Berkeley, Hill, Oldbury On Severn, Rockhampton & Stone

• Parish of Winterbourne

• Woodchester and Selsey

• Wooton-under-Edge

Bristol

• Bristol and Avon Family History Society

• Bristol Family History Research Guide

• Bristol History

• Aspects of Bristol History and Genealogy

• Bristol's Cathedrals and Churches

• Bristol’s Lost Pubs mid-16th - mid-20th Century

• Bristol Wills Index 1793-1858

Maps and Photographs

• Old Cheltenham Photographs

• Old Gloucestershire Maps

• Some Early Gloucestershire Photographers

• Gloucester City photos 1900-1980

• Old Photos of the Forest of Dean

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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