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

• Bristol and Avon Family History Society

• Forest of Dean Family History

• The Local History Directory

• Gloucestershire Look-up Exchange

• Parish Register Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• Forest of Dean

• Forest of Dean Trade Directories

• Genuki's List of Gloucestershire Towns and Parishes

• Genuki Wills of Gloucestershire

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

• Census Records

• Gloucestershire in the Domesday Book

• Gloucestershire Miscellany

• Gloucestershire - Parish Records and Memorial Inscriptions

• Gloucestershire Population Tables 1801-1901

• Gloucestershire Pubs

• Parishmouse - Shropshire, Gloucestershire & Worcestershire

• Parish Register Transcripts covers Ashleworth, Boddington, Bromsberrow, Corse, Deerhurst, Elmstone Hardwicke,

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

• Old Gloucester Street Names

• Parish Register Transcripts The Leigh,Gloucestershire

• Pigot's Directory 1830

• The Cotswolds

• The Cotswolds and Surrounds

• The Soldiers of Gloucestershire -a Museum

• The South Cotswolds Genealogical and Local History Guide

• The South of the Cotswolds

• Gloucestershire Workhouses

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Arlingham Baptism, Marriage & Burial Registers

• Bath BMDs

• Scribes Alcove -Berkeley and Thornbury

• Bisley, Gloucestershire

• Bitton Families

• Bristol Companies, History and Information

• Bristol Family History Research Guide

• Bristol Wills Index 1793-1858

• Memories of Bristol over the past 100 years including 3000 photographs online

• Aspects of Bristol History and Genealogy

• Bristol's Cathedrals and Churches

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

• Campden Voices-Chipping Campden

• Chalford Hill

• Deerhurst, Forthampton & Eldersfield

• The Woollen Cloth Industry in the Dursley Area

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

• Trade Directory- The Forest of Dean area

• Gloucestershire Local History

• Hawkesbury History

• Village Records and Monumental Inscriptions

• 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
    

• Longhope Village

• Marriage entries at Minchinhampton to 1812

• Randwick Village

• Stoke Gifford Parish Council

• Welcome to the Stroudwater Textile Trust

• The History of Taynton

• Tetbury Religious Affiliations Census 1735

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

• Parish of Winterbourne

• Woodchester and Selsey

• Wooton-under-Edge

Maps and Photographs

• Some Early Gloucestershire Photographers

• Old Gloucestershire Maps

• Old Photos of the Forest of Dean

• History and Photographs of The Cotswolds Area

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

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• Forest of Dean dolly mixture
• St Paul's Whiteshill, Stroud Mark Dudley
• Painswick (couple of days notice required) Mark Dudley

Photo Offers

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• Gloucester dolly mixture
• Forest of Dean dolly mixture
• Bristol Bee
• South Gloucestershire Bee

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