There are plenty of book lists on the internet. This one is different because
EVERY book has been read, recommended and reviewed by a fellow genealogist.
(Where the publisher and/or ISBN is given you may be able to
borrow the book through the Inter
library loan system (in the UK)
or, if abroad, purchase from one of the many on-line booksellers.)
THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY:
A History of the County of Gloucester
Various editors.
Pub. by the University of London Institute
of Historical Research and printed by
Oxford University Press 1976
ISBN 0 19722745 7
The classic and most comprehensive reference book on
Gloucestershire
In numerous volumes. (E.g. Vol XI contains the Hundred
of Bisley, - i.e Bisley, Edgeworth, Miserden
Painswick, Sapperton, Stroud, and Winstone; and the
Hundred of Longtree, - i.e Avening, Cherington, Horsley,
Minchinhampton, Nailsworth, Rodborough, Rodmartin,
Shipton Moyne, Tetbury, Westonbirt and Woodchester.)
One of a superb series on English counties, which sadly
looks likely to remain incomplete due to lack of resources.
THE ANCIENT and PRESENT STATE of GLOSTERSHIRE
By Sir Robert Atkyns
First pub. in 1712
Reprinted 1974 by E P Publishing Ltd, Wakefield, Yorkshire,
in collaboration with Gloucestershire County library.
ISBN 0 85409 861 5
( 2 volumes )
This was the first written history of the county.
Vol 1.
After a short intro about the county which describes it's
geography, natural history and official institutions there
is a long section (about one eighth of the whole book)
devoted to the City of Gloucester.
The rest of the work, and that part for which it is most
often used for reference, contains a history of every parish
in the county, arranged alphabetically from Abenhall to Yate.
Vol 2.
64 magnificent engravings by J Kip of country houses, plus
eight pages of Coats of Arms
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A NEW HISTORY of GLOUCESTERSHIRE
By Samuel Rudder
Published 1783, reprinted 1986 in limited edition of
350 copies by Alan Sutton and more generally in 1997.
ISBN 0 904387 13 5
Rudder based his history on that of Atkyns.
In his forward he writes "Sir Robert Atkins'
book was very well received by the county and should
the Present publication be considered only as an
Improvement upon it my Ambition will be sufficiently
gratified"
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The HISTORY of the COUNTY of GLOUCESTER
compressed and brought down to the year 1803
By the Rev. Thomas Rudge
Published in 2 volumes in 1803
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ABSTRACTS of RECORDS and MANUSCRIPTS
" respecting the County of Gloucester formed into a
History, correcting the very erroneous accounts,
and supplying numerous deficiencies in Sir Rob. Atkyns
and subsequent writers."
By Thomas Dudley Fosbrooke
Published 1807 in 2 volumes
The title tells all.
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A COTSWOLD VILLAGE
By J Arthur Gibbs
Pub. by Alan Sutton
ISBN 0 86299 538 8
One of the classic books, first published
in 1898. Gibbs treats us to Gloucestershire
vernacular and cameos of characters so innocent
and so different those to which we have become
accustomed in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE VILLAGE BOOK
Pub. by Countryside Books and the
GFWI Gloucester
ISBN0 905392 87 6
Practically every small village in Gloucestershire
gets a page to itself in this book which was
compiled from notes and illustrations
sent in by Womens' Institutes in the county.
A book of rare delight, containing as it does
historical fact alongside personal anecdote.
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ANGLO-SAXON GLOUCESTERSHIRE
By Carolyn Heighway
Pub. Alan Sutton & Gloucestershire County Library 1987
ISBN 0-86299-364-4
This book brings Anglo Saxon Gloucestershire to life with it's political
struggles, the development of it's towns, the building of it's churches,
the management of it's agriculture, and the life and work of it's people.
With maps, illustrations and photographs.
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A HISTORY OF BRISTOL
AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE
By Brian Smith and Elizabeth Ralph
Pub. by Darwen Finlayson, Beaconsfield 1972
ISBN 0 85208 065 4
In this, the tenth volume in the County History series,
the authors describe the main events in Gloucestershire
and in the two cities of Bristol and Gloucester from
Roman times up to the date of publication.
Much of the material is based on original research and is
presented simply, but vividly.
Over one hundred illustrations, including 20 specially
drawn maps, over 60 line illustrations, thirty five
photographs and a comprehensive bibliography
complete this fascinating volume.
Books on SPECIFIC PLACES
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The BOOK of ALMONDSBURY
By Roy S. Walker
Published 1987 by Barracuda Books.,
Meadows House,
Well Street,
Buckingham MK181EW
ISBN 0 86023 281 6
BISLEY, A cotswold village remembered
By Juliet Shipman
Pub. Alan Sutton
ISBN 0 9518294 0 8
The author draws a vivid picture of rural
life in a Gloucestershire village where
much of the traditional way of life continued
unchanged until the 1940's.
Many individual contributions from villagers
help make this a colourful portrait of one
of Gloucestershire's most interesting villages.
Illustrated.
See also PUBS
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A GLANCE BACK AT BREAM
Pub. by Black Dwarf Publications
ISBN 09533028 3 0
40pp 148x210mm
An album of old postcard view
showing the history of the village.
See also Forest of Dean
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CHALFORD to SAPPERTON in old photographs
Compiled by Stanley Gardiner
Pub. by Chalford Publishing 1995
ISBN 0 7524 0332 X
128 pages containing over 200 photographs of
Chalford, France Lynch, Oakridge, Daneway, Sapperton &
Frampton Mansell, from 1873 to the 1960s
See also PUBS
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CHELTENHAM
By Alan Hollingsworth
Pub. Town and Country Books, London 1983
ISBN 0 86364 008 7
This book looks at the Regency period as it is reflected in the buildings
of Cheltenham. Lavishly illustrated with excellent photographs accompanied
by concise, informative text.
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A HISTORY OF CHELTENHAM
by Gwen Hart
Pub. by Alan Sutton 1981
ISBN 0 904387 89 9
Probably too highly detailed for casual fire-side
reading this is, nevertheless, the definitive
history of the town. 349pp. Illustrated.
(See also Cheltenham probate)
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CIRENCESTER, A history & Guide
By Jean Wellsford
Pub. Alan Sutton 1987
ISBN 0 86299 386 3
An illustrated story of Cirencester and it's
inhabitants from Roman times to the present day.
With a comprehensive bibliography.
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CIRENCESTER
By A.Clifton-Taylor
Pub. by Alan Sutton and the
Cirencester Civic Society 1988
40pp with plenty of photographs.
A tour around the town giving
it's history on the way.
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A HISTORY OF EASTINGTON
By A.E.Keys
Pub. privately and printed by
the Stroud News & Journal in 1953
1st Ed. limited to 220 copies.
2nd Ed. 1964
A well researched history, drily presented.
(Not illustrated)
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The FOREST OF DEAN in old photographs
From the Dean Heritage Museum Collection
Pub. Alan Sutton 1988
ISBN 0 86299 410 1
160 pages of photographs from the 1870s to the 1950s.
Towns and villages covered include:
Aylburton, Lydney, Awre, Blakeney, Newnham, Westbury, Huntley
Mitcheldean, Littledean, Ruardean, Drybrook, Cinderford,
Ruspidge, Soudley, Pillowell, Whitecroft, Parkend, Cannop,
Bream, Coalway, Broadway, Joyford, Coleford, Newland,
St Briavels, Lydbrook, Bishopswood, Symonds Yat, Redbrook,
Plump Hill and Gatcombe.
You can't get much more comprehensive than that!
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The FOREST in Old Photographs
Collected by Humphrey Phelps
Pub. By Alan Sutton 1983
ISBN 0 86299 078 5
All photos except brief introduction and captions
The FOREST OF DEAN in old photographs
A second collection
Collected by Humphrey Phelps
Pub. Alan Sutton 1984
ISBN 0 86299 186 2
Another 160pp similar to the above but
containing more photographs of people.
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The FOREST OF DEAN, An Historical and Descriptive Account
By H.G. Nicholls
Pub. by John Murray, London 1858
This is the classic historical account of the Forest
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IN AND OUT OF THE FOREST
by Winifred Foley
Pub. by Century Publishing, London
A wonderful rag-bag of stories of life in
the forgotten corners of the Forest of Dean.
If you want to get a flavour of the life and
speech patterns of the locals Winifred Foley
skillfully brings them to life.
Illustrated with woodcuts, engravings and
contemporary photographs.
See also PUBS
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FOREST PEOPLE and PLACES
By Bob Smyth
Pub. by Sutton Publishing
ISBN 0 7509 1933 7.
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EDWARDIAN DEAN
By Neil Parkhouse & Ian Pope
44pp 215x270mm.
Pub. by Lightmoor Press
ISBN 899889 00 0
An album of Edwardian tinted postcards
reproduced in full colour of most Forest
of Dean villages.
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PRIVATE OWNER WAGONS of the FOREST of DEAN
by Ian Pope
Published by Lightmoor Press
ISBN 1 899889 09 4
184pp listing all known wagons to have worked in and out of the Forest
with a short history of each company who owned wagons.
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A CHILD IN THE FOREST
By Winifred Foley
Pub. BBC 1974
ISBN 0 563 12605 1
Childhood memories, mining family, 1920s.
It is a sheer delight and gives a wonderful
background to the lives of ordinary people.
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NO PIPE DREAMS FOR FATHER
By Winifred Foley
Pub. Futura 1978
ISBN 0 7088 1435 2
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The FOREST OF DEAN, New History 1550-1818
By Cyril Hart
Pub. Alan Sutton 1995
ISBN 0 7509 0957 9
A scholarly work on management of Forest & replanting ;
ironworks; sections on influential families of
WINTER, THROCKMORTON, HALL; many personal names occur in quoted documents.
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The CHANGING FOREST
Life in the Forest of Dean Today
By Dennis Potter
Pub. 1962 Martin, Secker &Warburg
(Britain Alive Series)
Personal memoir,the famous author and playwright
says he is
"alternately attracted & repelled"
by the Forest, "rarely unaware of its power".
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A COLLECTION of POEMS on the FOREST of DEAN and its NEIGHBOURHOOD
By Catherine Drew
of Littledean, Woodside, Gloucestershire.
Printed and published at the office of Chas. C. Hough.
The author's 5x gt-granddaughter writes " The reason I think this book may
be of interest to other Genealogists, is that aside from this being a
biography in poetry, she writes about what life was like back then, and I
personally found it very interesting. There is a list of 100 subscribers
in the front of the book. The only copy of the book that Iknow of in
existence is in the Gloucester Record Office."
See Books Wanted
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HIGHEST POINT OF DEAN
By Maurice V. Bent
Pub.by Hawkwell Publishing, 1985
ISBN 0 9510752 0 9
A detailed history of the community at
Ruardean Hill, largely 20th C, many photos and personal names)
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The FOREST OF DEAN, a personal view.
By Humphrey Phelps
Pub. By Alan Sutton 1982
ISBN 0 904387 86 0
A very readable general history, illustrated.
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GLOUCESTER, A History and Guide
By Carolyn Heighway
Pub. Alan Sutton 1985
ISBN 0 86299 256 7
This was the first fully illustrated
survey of life in the town from it's
beginnings as a Roman fort to the date
of publication.
There is also a summary of places,
buildings and objects that can still
be seen in Gloucester dating from each period.
Excellent reading.
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GLOUCESTER - A PICTORIAL HISTORY
By John Jurica
Pub. by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.
ISBN 0 85033 836 0
In the century after the Napoleonic wars in 1815 the
medieval city grew rapidly as commerce and industry
were stimulated by the construction of the Gloucester
and Berkeley ship canal.
Fortunately, the camera had been invented to record
the Victorian transformation and this book enables the
modern day reader to see the city as it was before the
whole scale destruction of many fine buildings that
occurred shortly after the second world war in the name
of modernisation and slum clearance.
(See also Bristol and Gloucester)
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GLOUCESTER, STROUD AND BERKELEY
By Edward Hayward
Pub. by Longman Young Books, 1970
ISBN 0 582 15429 4
Although primarily intended for the older
teenager this book nevertheless paints a
graphic picture of the area from ancient
times to the near present which adults
can enjoy.
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A GLANCE BACK AT LYDNEY
Pub. by Black Dwarf Publications
ISBN 09533028 3 0
40pp 148x210mm
An album of old postcard views
showing the history of the town.
See also Forest of Dean
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MINCHINHAMPTON & AVENING
By A T Playne
1st Published 1915
Pub. by Alan Sutton 1978
ISBN 0 904387 29 9
Originally published as a series of
articles for the Minch. Parish magazine,
this comprehensive look at the area contains many
personal names of residents through th ages.
See also PUBS
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A PORTRAIT OF NAILSWORTH
By Betty Mills
ISBN 0 948640 00 6
Privately published this is a
well researched history of the
town and surrounding district
from the early seventeenth
century to the mid twentieth
century.
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'RELIGION and SOCIETY in a Cotswold Vale:
NAILSWORTH, Gloucestershire 1780-1865
By Albion M URDANK
Published in 1990 the University of California Press, Berkeley and Los
Angeles, California.
ISBN 0-05-200667-0.
There are lots of useful footnotes
in the book, which has approaching 450 pages.
The book has a sociological
approach.
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THE STORY OF PARKEND - a Forest of Dean Village
By Ralph Anstis
Published Lightmoor Press
First published 1982.
ISBN 09462520 0 9
2nd edition published 1998.
ISBN 1-899889-02-7
Well recommended!
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RANDWICK AND ROUNDABOUT
By Evelyn Pollard
Pub. Alan Sutton 1986
ISBN 0 86299 042 4
Randwick and Roundabout is an intimate portrait of
'urban' village life in Gloucestershire from
Edwardian times, through World War 1 to the Depression.
It is sometimes funny, sometimes moving, but above
all it is a truthful picture of the 'good old days'
in and around Randwick and Stroud. Illustrated
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VILLAGE HERITAGE
By Miss Pinell and the children
of Sapperton School
Pub 1986 Alan Sutton
ISBN 0-86299-263-X
A rare treat this. An account of 2,000 years of village history
brought to life by twenty six school children and their inspirational
teacher, helped by everyone they asked from the Cotswold Warden to the
school cook.
It took five years to research and is beautifully presented using the
childrens' own writings and drawings, with many photographs. Even if
you've never previously heard of Sapperton this is a book which cannot
fail to capture your imagination.
VILLAGE CAMERA
Pub 1990 Alan Sutton
ISBN 0 86299 791 7
A follow up to the above.
See also Chalford
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NOTES and RECOLLECTIONS of STROUD
By Paul Hawkins Fisher
1st published 1871
Reprinted by Alan Sutton 1975
ISBN 0 904387 062
378 page history.
The author was over 90 when he wrote this book and had lived
in Stroud all his life. His own memories extended back to the
1780s and provided the basis for his picture of the town.
THE book on Stroud. If you can find a copy - buy it!
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STROUD, A Pictorial History
By Joan Tucker
Pub. Phillimore 1991, hardback.
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STROUD
By Philip Walmsley
Pub. by Alan Sutton in 1994
ISBN 0 7509 0589 1
Part of the 'Town and Villages of England Series'
A readable and graphic introduction to the town.
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STROUD AND THE FIVE VALLEYS
in Old Photographs
Collected by Stanley Gardiner and Lionel Padin
Pub.by Alan Sutton
1984, reprinted 1986, 1989
See also PUBS
and GLOUCESTER, STROUD & BERKELEY
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THEY USED TO LIVE IN TEWKESBURY - Trace your Ancestors.
By P Day
Pub by Alan Sutton Publishing
First published 1991
ISBN 0 951 727
Family trees of several families, plus Lots of Lists
e.g Apprenticeships, Tewkesbury Wills 1524-1800.
Names of those buried in the Abbey.
List of the Poll 1837. Bailiffs 1574-1829, and many more.
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TEWKESBURY CHURCHWARDENS ACCOUNTS 1563-1624
Edited by CJ Litzenberger
Glos Record Series Vol 7.
Pub. by The Bristol and Glos Arch Society 1994.
ISBN 0 900197 39 X.
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TEWKESBURY and the VALE of GLOUCESTER
in Old Photographs
Collected by Charles Hilton
Published in 1987 by Alan Sutton Publishing.
ISBN0-86299-416-0.
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ULEY, a cotswold village
Edited by Leslie Hopkins
Pub. by Uley Society 1983
This book traces the history of the village
from it's birth to the 1970s, with recollections
from villagers and extracts from the Uley directory.
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The HISTORY of WINSON -
- A cotswold village c.300BC - AD 1914
By Mollie Davis
ISBN 0 7509 0248 5
Mollie Davis was for many years Fellow and Tutor
at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She brings her
scholarly expertise to this history of the village
she loves, tracing it from the Iron Age to
the outbreak of World War I.
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A number of books have been written on Wotton-under-Edge over the years of
which this is the nearest to a complete history, although not always
accurate.
WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE
By E.S.Lindley
- Men and Affairs of a Cotswold Town, was published in 1962 by the Museum Press Ltd, London.
It was reprinted by Alan Sutton in 1977, ISBN 0 904387 17 8.
If you want to know ANYTHING about Wotton
this is the book for you.
Lots of personal names and other information
of value to the genealogist.
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WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE - Times Past Time Present
By Reginald Perry
Pub. by Panes Associates, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. 1986.
Reprinted 1988.
A contributor writes:" While in GLS last year we obtained
this book which covers Wotton-under-Edge giving a great history
and naming a lot of people/families and events.
I found it very helpful for backgrounding the town and my family."
See also Pubs
The MILITARY SURVEY OF GLOUCESTER, 1522
Edited by R W Hoyle
Pub. Bristol and Glos. Archaelogical Society 1993
ISBN 0 900197 36 6
The boldest attempt between Domesday and relatively modern times
to assess the health and military strength of the nation.
Thousands of names.
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MEN & ARMOUR FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE
IN 1608
By John Smith (of North Nibley)
Pub. Alan Sutton 1980
ISBN 0 904387 49 6
"The Names and Surnames of all the
Able and Sufficient Men in Body fit for
Service in the Wars, within the County of
Gloucester."
If your ancestor was around in 1608 you'll
probably find him here.
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The VISITATION of the COUNTY of GLOUCESTER
taken in the year 1632
By Henry Chitty and John Phillpot as deputies for
William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms
With pedigrees from the Herald's visitations of 1569
and 1582-3 and sundry miscellaneous pedigrees.
Edited by Sir John Maclean FSA and W C Heane MRCS Eng.
Pub. by the Harleian Society, London 1885
Full pedigrees of hundreds of old Gloucestershire families.
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HISTORICAL, MONUMENTAL and GENEALOGICAL
COLLECTIONS, Relative to the County of GLOUCESTER'
Printed from the original papers of
RALPH BIGLAND, Garter Principal King of Arms
First pub. 1791
Republished by the Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society
as part of their Gloucestershire Record Series.
Edited by Brian Firth
Part 1 ISBN 0 900197 28 5 Abenhall - Cromhall
Part 2 ISBN 0 900197 30 7 Daglingworth - Moreton Valence
Part 3 ISBN 0 900197 34 X Naunton - Twining
Part 4 ISBN 0 900197 40 4 Uley - Yate ; Plus Indexes
An invaluable series in which Bigland records the memorial
inscriptions in churches and churchyards all over the county,
giving the genealogist a wealth of personal detail with
which to enhance their family tree.
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TRANSPORTEES from GLOUCESTERSHIRE to AUSTRALIA
1783-1842
Edited by Irene Wyatt
Published by the Bristol and
Gloucestershire Archaeological Society in 1988.
ISBN: 0 900197 26 9.
Lists all those transported with their age, address, occupation, sentence,
date of transportation and ship together with a reference to the source of
the information.
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CHELTENHAM PROBATE RECORDS 1660 - 1740
Edited by A J H Sale
Pub by Bristol & Glos. Archaeological Society 1999
ISBN 0 900 197 49 8
All the known wills and inventories,
with some administrations an accounts, which
relate to the parish of Cheltenham and it's
tythings of Arle and Alstone, and Westal,
Naunton and Sandford are here.
The wills are presented in abstract and the
inventories in full transcript. Invaluable.
See also Tewkesbury
The STROUDWATER, THAMES and SEVERN CANALS
in Old photographs
Collated by Edwin Cuss and Stanley Gardiner
Pub. Alan Sutton 1988
ISBN 1 334526 019 35
The scenic beauty of the canals' route through
the Golden Valley captured by professional and
amateur photographers of the 1870 - 1930 period.
Contains valuable insights into the industrial
history of the canals.
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WORKING LIFE ON SEVERN and CANAL
Compiled by Hugh Conway-Jones
First published 1990 by Alan Sutton Publishing. Gloucester.
ISBN 0-86299-745-3.
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AROUND THE COTSWOLD CANALS
By Richard Attwood and David Jowett
Two Vols.
Pub by Cotswold Canals Trust (01285 643440)
Two delightful booklets which take you on twenty circular walks along
the towpath of the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn canal.
Along the way you discover places and viewpoints which you may not otherwise
discover, and the detailed maps, illustrations, photographs and suggestions
for stopovers at local pubs make this a must for anyone who intends walking
along the routes their ancestors may have trod.
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The RIVER SEVERN, A Pictorial History
By Josephine Jeremiah
Pub. by Phillimore
ISBN: 0-85033-985-5
Wonderful old photos of the Severn
at work and play from Shrewsbury to Gloucester.
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SEVERN TIDE
By Brian Waters
Pub. 1957 Alan Sutton (first publ. 1947 Dent)
ISBN 0 86299 381 4
Has chapters on Arlingham, Newnham etc.
See also Forest of Dean
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SEVERN TRADERS
By Colin Green.
Pub. by Black Dwarf Publications,
47-49 High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 5DD.
ISBN: 0 9533028 2 2.
All about the Severn trows - lots of pictures,
people, places - long index of boat names,
place names, people's names.
The MILLS of GLOUCESTERSHIRE
By Stephen mills & Pierce Riemer
Pub. Barracuda Books Ltd., Buckingham 1989
ISBN 0 86023 4177 7
Here are mills restored, mills neglected,
mills altered and mills ruined.
Here too are the people who built and ran
them, and throughout, a profusion of
(black and white) photographs.
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THE FREE MINERS by Cyril Hart
ISBN 899889 10 8
Published by Lightmoor Press
624 pages giving the full history of Freemining in the Forest of Dean.
Lots of names for genealogists.. including HALE!
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LISTER'S, The first 100 years
By David Evans
Pub. Alan Sutton 1979
ISBN 0 904 38723 2.
The fascinating story of one of
Gloucestershire's great engineering firms
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HISTORY OF CRITCHLEY BROS. LTD.
By A.R.(Reg) Lee
Pub. 1965 Reprinted Oct 1973
A short history of the company, reprinted as a tribute to
the author's interest, love and confidence in the work and
people at this long established Stroud business, where he
spent all his working life.
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The COALFIELDS OF GLOUCESTERSHRE & SOMERSET
and their resources
By John Anstie
First published 1873
Facsimile edition published 1969
By Kingsmead Reprints, Bath
Detailed descriptions and statistics, with
graphic sections of the levels of all the
pits in the two counties in the latter part
of the nineteenth century.
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PUBS of the OLD STROUD BREWERY
Compiled by Wilfred Merrett
This fascinating and unique collection of
over 200 old photographs vividly recalls
the Stroud Brewery since the early years
of the 20th century.
Photos of pubs in Stroud, Chalford, Slad,
Painswick, Bisley, Amberley, Minchinhampton,
Selsley, Stonehouse, Woodchester, Nailsworth,
Dursley, Wotton, Tetbury, Malmesbury,
Gloucester, Cheltenham, the Forest and beyond.
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS
By Graham Dowler
Pub. Phillimore 1984
ISBN 0 85033 554 X
While Gloucestershire is not regarded as one of the great
clock making counties it has bred many fine makers.
This book lists all the Gloucestershire makers whose names
have been traced. (About 600 in all.)
In many instances details of their family history are
included, several with family trees. A must if one of your
ancestors was a clockmaker.
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BR STEAM IN DEAN
By Ian Pope
Pub. by Lightmoor Press
80pp 215x270mm
ISBN 899889 06
An album of 1960s photographs
of Forest of Dean railways.
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FOREST MINER
By A Marfell
Pub. by Forest Bookshop 1980
ISBN 09505926 5 x
CAP OF HONOUR
By David Scott Daniell
Pub. by White Lion Publishers Ltd. 1975
ISBN 85617 781 4
The Story of the Gloucestershire Regiment (28th/61st Foot) 1694-1975
Old STONE CROSSES of WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE
By Ruth Proctor Hirst
Pub. by Lightmoor Press
ISBN 899889 03 5
40pp 148x210mm.
A comprehensive look at the old
stone crosses of the Forest of Dean
and surrouunds.
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PARISH CHURCHES of the FOREST of DEAN
By Mike Salter
Pub. by Folly Publications, 1990
ISBN 1 871731 07 0
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A SHORT HISTORY of CHRISTCHURCH PARISH CHURCH, Gloucestershire
By Rev. J.R. Spencer
Pamphlet, reprinted from Dean Forest Guardian 1966
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ORDNANCE SURVEY Map LANDRANGER series 162 GLOUCESTER &
Forest of Dean
2cm to 1km (1¼ in to 1 mile)
From Monmouth in the west to Gloucester/Stroud in the east;
Newent in the north to Wickwar in the south.
Includes all of the Forest of Dean, part of Monmouthshire,
(e.g. Chepstow) and part of Herefordshire (e.g. Ross on Wye.)
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A1 CHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTER STREET PLAN
Pub. Geographia Ltd.
ISBN 0 09 210950 2
Scale 4 3/4 in to 1 mile
Just what it says. Gloucester
on one side Cheltenham on the
other.
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A-Z CHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTER STREET ATLAS
Pub. Geographer A-Z Map Co. Ltd.
ISBN 0 85039 283 7
Scale 1:15,840 4in to 1 mile
Includes detailed maps of GLOUCESTER & CHELTENHAM,
and surrounding areas, STROUD, STONEHOUSE and BISHOP's
CLEEVE.
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An historical GAZETEER of CHELTENHAM
Compiled by James Hodson
Pub. Bristol & Gloucestershire Archeological Society
ISBN 0 900197 43 9 1997
A comprehensive survey of Cheltenham place names
and the changes which they have undergone over the years.
Every street is named with it's earliest reference, and the
derivation of the name given when known. There are several
old maps of the town included, and the book also covers the
surrounding villages of Charlton Kings, Leckhampton,
Prestbury, Swindon and Up Hatherley.
See also PUBS
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The PLACE NAMES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
By A H Smith
Pub. Cambridge University Press 1964
Pt.1 The River and Road names of the East Cotswolds
Pt.2 the North and West Cotswolds
Pt.3 The Lower Severn Valley and the Forest of Dean
A scholarly survey compiled by the English Place Name Society
of every small town, village, hamlet and even some fields,
giving the derivation of their names. Slightly quirky division
of places, e.g a small part of Berkeley, which most people would
consider to be in the Severn Vale, is in part three but the
majority of it, i.e the Berkeley Hundred, is in Part 2.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY Map PATHFINDER series 1113 - STROUD
SCALE 4cm to 1km (2½ in to 1 mile) 1: 25 000 SO 80/90
From Stonehouse in the west to Daglingworth in the east;
Painswick in the north to Minchinhampton in the south.
Very detailed - individual houses and farms can be seen.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY Map EXPLORER series 168 - STROUD, TETBURY &
MALMSBURY
SCALE 4cm to 1km (2½ in to 1 mile) 1: 25 000 SO 80/90
New series intended to replace the above.
From Frocester/Owlpen/Ozelworth in the west to
Daglingworth/Coates/Dauntsey in the east.
Randwick/Stroud/Bisley in the north to
Acton Turville/Stanton St Quinton in the south.
Takes in part of Wiltshire and has more tourist
information that the Pathfinder map.
The STROUDWATER RIOTS of 1825
Compiled from historical records by
John Loosley
Published 1993 by the Stroud Museum Association,
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The STORY of THOMAS MORSE PRICE: 60 years behind the Counter
By George E. Lawrence
Pub. by Forest of Dean Newspapers 1971
Especially about Whitecroft and Pillowell
See also Forest of Dean
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EDWARD JENNER 1749-1823
By Richard B Fisher
Pub. Andre Deutsch 1991
ISBN 0 233 98681 2 361pp
The American author has based this definitive biography on a wealth of
original diaries, journals and letters. They reveal not only the details of
Jenner's professional relationships but also the events sometimes scandalous,
often amusing, that coloured the life of his subject.
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DOCTOR JENNER OF BERKELEY
By Dorothy Fisk
Pub. by Heinemann 1959
A comprehensive biography of the famous
Gloucestershire doctor who developed
the smallpox vaccine. With many extracts from
his original letters.
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LAURIE LEE, A many coated gentleman
Edited by Jock Gallagher
Pub. by Viking 1998
ISBN 0 670 88170 8
This slim volume (71pp) (which takes it's title
from one of Lee's best known poems) is a compilation
of the personal recollections and tributes to the
great man which were given by a number of well known
people at a celebration of this life in St James'
church, Piccadilly in 1997. In itself it makes a fitting
tribute to one of the county's best loved sons.
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JACK RUSSELL - Unleashed
Autobiography (With Patrick Murphy)
Pub. by Collins Willow 1997
ISBN 0 00 218768 X
Autobiography of one of the most colourful
and eccentric characters in international
cricket, who holds the world record of 11
catches in one match, is a fine, saleable,
artist and who has a passion for baked
beans! Highly enjoyable.
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W.G.GRACE - his Life and Times
By Eric Midwinter
Pub. by George Allen and Unwin, London 181
ISBN 0 04 796054 X
The famous Gloucestershire cricketer was not only the finest
player of his time, (some would say of all time) but was the
man who created cricket as we know it.
This biography explores this colourful, confident yet strangely
inarticulate character with enjoyment and fascination.
STRANGE AND GHOSTLY TALES OF
HISTORIC GLOUCESTER
By Eileen Fry
Pub. Architext Publications
ISBN 1 872553 00 5
Subtitled "A tour guide to haunted pubs and historic buildings -
Past and present hauntings -
Gloucester's sinister Royal Connections"
That just about sums it up.
Tony Tawney writes "Re books:- BIBURY VILLAGE by Canon E G Dutton.
Cannot find a copy, can anyone help please?"
He can be contacted at artawney@aol.com
Marie Sims would like to find another copy of her ancestor's book
"A COLLECTION of POEMS on the FOREST of DEAN and its NEIGHBOURHOOD"
By Catherine Drew
She can be contacted at sims_marie@hotmail.com
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