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 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==
+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
+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
+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>
+'''Other major towns:''' Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, and Tewkesbury.
-E-mail cheltenham.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
-=====Cinderford (Forest of Dean)=====
-The Oaks <br>
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire Places of Worship]]'''
-Belle Vue Centre<br>
-, Belle Vue Road<br>
-Cinderford<br>
-Glos.<br>
-GL14 2AB
-Tel 01594 822113<br>
-E-mail forestofdean.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk
-=====Cirencester=====
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandGloucestershire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
-The Corinium<br>
+==Resources==
-Old Memorial Hospital<br>
-Sheep Street<br>
-Cirencester<br>
-Glos.<br>
-GL7 1QW
-Tel 01285 650455/652893<br>
+'''Primary Reference'''
-E-mail cirencester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
-=====Gloucester=====
+*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1348 '''Gloucestershire Archives/Record Office''']
-The Maitland Suite <br>
+*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleID=163 Gloucestershire Library]
-Maitland House<br>
-Spa Road<br>
-Gloucester<br>
-GL1 1UY
-Tel 01452 425275<br>
+*[http://www.gfhs.org.uk/ Gloucestershire Family History Society]
-E-mail gloucester.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk <br>
-=====Moreton in the Marsh=====
+*[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/gloucestershire/index.html Gloucestershire Look-up Exchange]
-North Cotswold Registration District<br>
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
-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=====
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-The Old Victorian School <br>
+*[http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/ Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum]
-Parliament Street<br>
-Stroud<br>
-Glos.<br>
-GL5 1DY
-Tel 01453 766049<br>
+*[http://members.shaw.ca/panthers1/tayfam.html The Cotswolds and Surrounds]
-E-mail stroud.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk
+*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest of Dean Family History]
+*[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]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.gsia.org.uk/gia.htm Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.gloshistory.org.uk/lhcorg.htm Gloucestershire Local History]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.halefamily.net/misc2.html Gloucestershire Miscellany]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[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]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/parish.htm Parish Records and Memorial Inscriptions]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.easywell.co.uk/pubs/ Gloucestershire Pubs]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.parishmouse.com/gloucestershire Parishmouse - Gloucestershire]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.glosters.org.uk/ The Soldiers of Gloucestershire]
-*Forest of Dean:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=98 dolly mixture]
+*[http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/ Gloucestershire Transport History]
-*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]
+*[http://www.grahamthomas.com/cotsx.html The South Cotswolds Genealogical and Local History Guide]
-==Links==
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1348 County Record Office]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/gloucester.html Library Links]
+*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/arlingham.htm Arlingham Baptism, Marriage & Burial Registers]
-*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath Bmd ]
+*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath BMDs]
-*[http://www.gfhs.org.uk/ Gloucestershire Family History Society]
+*[http://www.bittonfamilies.com/index.html Bitton Families]
-*[http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ Bristol And Avon FHS]
+*[http://www.bgas.org.uk/cheltgaz/ Historical Gazeteer of Cheltenham]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/glos.html The Local History Directory]
+*[http://www.chippingcampden.org/index.php? Chipping Campden]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/leigh/leigh.htm Phillimores And Bishops Transcripts]
+*[http://www.chalfordhill.org.uk/index.html Chalford Hill]
-*[http://www.parishmouse.co.uk/index.php?title=Main_Page Parishmouse] covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
+*[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.scribes-alcove.co.uk  Parish Records online with Searchable Database] For Thornbury, Berkeley, Hill, Oldbury On Severn, Rockhampton And Stone
+*[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]
-*[http://home.freeuk.com/gloshistory/lhcorg.htm Gloucestershire Local History]
-*[Hawksbury History ]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://members.tripod.com/tormarton-glos/page4.html Village Records And Monumental Inscriptions]
+*[http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/Collections/search.asp?Search=2 Old Cheltenham Photographs]
-*[http://www.bittonfamilies.com/ History Of Bitton ] Particularly Families Involved With Zinc Smelting. - Links To Researchers And Other Useful sites.
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/ENG_pages/gls.htm Old Gloucestershire Maps]
-*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10glou131/10glou131gazA.htm Town And Country Maps]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Some Early Gloucestershire Photographers]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/gloucs/gloucestershire_workhouses.htm Gloucester Workhouses]
+*[http://oldgloucester.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/ Gloucester City photos 1900-1980]
-*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx Gloucestershire Council Genealogical Database]
+*[http://www.sungreen.co.uk/Default.htm Old Photos of the Forest of Dean]
-**''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.domesdaybook.co.uk/gloucestershire.html Gloucestershire In The Domesday Book ]
+==Register Office==
-*[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
+'''Cheltenham'''
-*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/flight/gloslink.html Site containing various Gloucestershire links]
+St George's Road <br>
+Cheltenham<br>
+Glos<br>
+GL50 3EW<br>
+Tel 01242 532455<br>
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/theParishes.html A good site for the Cotswolds]
+Email: cheltenham.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://tormarton-glos.tripod.com/index.html Good site for villages In The South Of The Cotswolds]
-*[http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Forest Of Dean]
+'''Cinderford (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.
+The Oaks <br>
+Belle Vue Centre<br>
+, Belle Vue Road<br>
+Cinderford<br>
+Glos.<br>
+GL14 2AB<br>
+Tel 01594 822113<br>
-*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42319  Old Gloucester Street Names ] and some details of their location.
+Email: forestofdean.ro@gloucestershire.gov.uk
-*[http://www.easywell.co.uk/pubs/ Gloucestershire Pubs]
-*[http://www.bisley-glos.net/index.html Bisley, Gloucestershire]
+'''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>
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/Census.html Census Records]
-*[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.
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.halefamily.net/misc2.html Gloucestershire Miscellany]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.grahamthomas.com/cotsx.html The South Cotswolds Genealogical and Local History Guide]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/arlingham.htm Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. The following entries are from Arlingham registers, ]
-*[http://www.randwicksources.org.uk/index.html Sources for studying the history of the village of Randwick]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.geocities.com/tetbury1737/index.html?20071?20079 Tetbury Religious Affiliations Census taken about 1735]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://home.clara.net/clempson/index.htm Welcome to the Stroudwater Textile Trust]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://home.freeuk.net/ray.wilson/mills/ The Woollen Cloth Industry in the Dursley Area]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ProbateRecords/ Genuki Wills Of Gloucestershire]
-*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/gloster.txt GLOUCESTER - PIGOT'S 1830 DIRECTORY]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/ Gloucester Docks and the Sharpness Canal Past, Present and Future]
+*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]
-*[http://home.freeuk.net/ray.wilson/glospop/ Gloucestershire Population Tables 1801-1901]
-*[http://www.stokegifford.org.uk/History/History_Various_Parish_Records.htm Stoke Gifford Parish Council South Gloucestershire]
+==Photo Offers==
-*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/flight/minchin/index.html The Marriage entries at Minchinhampton to 1812 are contained in seven volumes]
+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]
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+Back to [[England]]

Difference between revisions of "Gloucestershire"

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Register Office

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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