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'''This article provides information covering areas once in the historic county of Gloucester. The current Gloucestershire County Council area does not have the same geographical boundaries as the historic county.''' | |||
*Some northern parts of the county, including '''Long Marston and Welford-on-Avon, were transferred to '''Warwickshire''' in 1931. | |||
*Following the Local Government Act 1972, some southern parts of the county were transferred for administrative purposes to the new county of Avon, which ceased to exist on 1 April 1996. Parts of Gloucestershire were then returned. | |||
*After 1996, the city of '''Bristol and South Gloucestershire became separate unitary authorities'''.<ref>"Gloucestershire", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire, accessed 16 February 2023.</ref> | |||
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'''Gloucestershire Archives''' is a Gloucestershire County Council service. It also provides archives services for '''South Gloucestershire''' County Council. The geographic are that these two councils cover used to be a single county. Today we call it the '''historic county of Gloucestershire.'''<ref>"Welcome to Gloucestershire Archives @ the Heritage Hub", at Gloucestershire County Council, https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/, accessed 16 February 2023.</ref> | |||
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'''Long Marston''' records are held in the '''Gloucestershire Record Office'''. '''Welford-on-Avon''' records are held in the '''Warwickshire Record Office'''. | |||
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==Archives== | |||
'''Gloucestershire Archives'''<br> | |||
Clarence Row<br> | |||
Alvin Street<br> | |||
Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL1 3DW UK<br>Telephone: 01452 425 295<br> Email: [mailto:archives@gloucestershire.gov.uk archives@gloucestershire.gov.uk]<br> | |||
*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives Website] | |||
*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/online-catalogue/ Online Catalogue] | |||
*[https://catalogue.gloucestershire.gov.uk/researchGuides Research Guides] | |||
*[https://catalogue.gloucestershire.gov.uk/researchGuides/parish Parish Registers Research Guide] | |||
*[https://catalogue.gloucestershire.gov.uk/researchGuides/non-conformist Non-conformist Records Research Guide] | |||
*[https://catalogue.gloucestershire.gov.uk/researchGuides/bishops Bishop's Transcripts Research Guide] | |||
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'''Bristol Archives''' <br> | |||
'B' Bond Warehouse (via Create Centre)<br> | |||
Smeaton Road<br> | |||
Bristol, Gloucestershire BS1 6XN UK<br><br>Telephone: 0117 922 4224<br>Email: [mailto:bro@bristol.gov.uk bro@bristol.gov.uk]<br> | |||
*[https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-archives/ Website] | |||
*[https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-archives/whats-at/bristol-collections/ Online catalogue] | |||
::Bristol Record Office was established in 1924. It looks after the official archives of the City of Bristol, besides collecting and preserving many other records relating to the city and surrounding area. The office acts as a '''Diocesan Record Office for Bristol diocese.''' | |||
::'''Church Records include:''' | |||
::*Records of the Diocese of Bristol: including wills, Bishop’s transcripts, faculty papers, records of ordination, estate records and tithe maps. | |||
::*Parish registers and records: these include registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Archdeaconry of Bristol, records of the Overseers of the Poor and churchwarden’s accounts. | |||
== Libraries == | |||
*'''Gloucestershire County Libraries:''' [http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library/ Website] | |||
*'''South Gloucestershire County Libraries:''' [http://www.southglos.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/ Website] | |||
== Museums == | |||
For a long list of Gloucestershire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Gloucestershire '''List of museums in Gloucestershire''''] in Wikipedia. | |||
==Civil Registration Offices== | |||
The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices. | |||
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Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/GLS.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in Gloucestershire]. | |||
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*[https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths-and-civil-partnerships/order-certificates/ '''Order certificates Gloucester County'''] | |||
*[http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ '''Gloucestershire Birth, Marriage, Death Indexes'''] | |||
*[https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/births-marriages-deaths-and-civil-partnerships/registration-offices-contact-details-opening-times/ '''Gloucestershire Registration Offices Location and Contact Information'''] | |||
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*[https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/community-and-living/births-deaths-and-ceremonies/ '''South Gloucestershire Births, deaths, marriages and ceremonies'''] | |||
:*[https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/order-a-replacement-birth-death-marriage-or-civil-partnership-certificate/ '''Order a birth certificate'''] | |||
:*[https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/order-a-replacement-marriage-or-civil-partnership-certificate/ '''Order a marriage certificate'''] | |||
:*[https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/order-a-replacement-death-certificate/ '''Order a death certificate'''] | |||
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Archives
Gloucestershire Archives
Clarence Row
Alvin Street
Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL1 3DW UK
Telephone: 01452 425 295
Email: archives@gloucestershire.gov.uk
- Website
- Online Catalogue
- Research Guides
- Parish Registers Research Guide
- Non-conformist Records Research Guide
- Bishop's Transcripts Research Guide
Bristol Archives
'B' Bond Warehouse (via Create Centre)
Smeaton Road
Bristol, Gloucestershire BS1 6XN UK
Telephone: 0117 922 4224
Email: bro@bristol.gov.uk
- Bristol Record Office was established in 1924. It looks after the official archives of the City of Bristol, besides collecting and preserving many other records relating to the city and surrounding area. The office acts as a Diocesan Record Office for Bristol diocese.
- Church Records include:
- Records of the Diocese of Bristol: including wills, Bishop’s transcripts, faculty papers, records of ordination, estate records and tithe maps.
- Parish registers and records: these include registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Archdeaconry of Bristol, records of the Overseers of the Poor and churchwarden’s accounts.
Libraries
Museums
For a long list of Gloucestershire museums, go to List of museums in Gloucestershire' in Wikipedia.
Civil Registration Offices
The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Gloucestershire.
- Order certificates Gloucester County
- Gloucestershire Birth, Marriage, Death Indexes
- Gloucestershire Registration Offices Location and Contact Information
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- ↑ "Gloucestershire", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire, accessed 16 February 2023.
- ↑ "Welcome to Gloucestershire Archives @ the Heritage Hub", at Gloucestershire County Council, https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/, accessed 16 February 2023.