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"THORNBURY, a parish, post and market town, in the lower division of the hundred of the same name, county Gloucester, 11 miles N.E. of Bristol, and 22 S.W. of Gloucester. It is situated in the vale of Berkeley, on the banks of a small rivulet, about 2 miles E. of the river Severn, and near the Gloucester railway. It is a polling-place for the W. division of the county, and a petty sessions town. The parish contains the chapelries of Falfield, Oldbury-on-Severn, Rangeworthy, and the tything of Kington Moorton, where the Union poorhouse is situated.

[Extracted from transcription of The National Gazetteer of

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Archives & Libraries

  • Original source material relating to Thornbury, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.
  • Thornbury Museum - as well as describing the Museum's holdings, this site has a brief account of Thornbury, The Town - "The Historic Borough and Town of Thornbury".
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Cemeteries

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Church History

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Church Records

The tables below summarise the extent of the registers of the main parish Church, St Mary the Virgin

St Mary the Virgin: Originals at Gloucester archives
TypePeriodNotes
Baptisms1550 - 1995 
Banns1550 - 1995 
Marriages1550 - 1995 
Burials1550 - 1995 
Draft Registers1627 - 1647Rough Registers and drafts
 1684 - 1751 
 1775 and undated 
St Mary the Virgin: Online sources
SourcePeriodTypeImagesTranscriptionsSearchNotes
Thornbury Roots  Free
 1550 -1699BaptismsNYIn individual docs 
 1550 - 1608MarriagesNYIn individual docs 
 1550 - 1699BurialsNYIn individual docs 
Scribes Alcove  Free
 1737 - 1881BaptismsNYFull 
 1700 -1900MarriagesNYFullExcept 1719 - 1728
 1700 - 1900BurialsNYFull 
Free BMD  Free
 1837-2011Births, Marriages, BeathsYNFullImages are of index.
Thornbury is in the ? Registration district
Find My Past  Pay for details
  Baptisms, Marriages, BurialsY Y 
Ancestry  Pay for details
  Baptisms, Marriages, BurialsY Y 
Other   
 ???Baptisms, Marriages, BurialsY   
  • Snippet from the parish register:
    "NB On Saturday March the Eleventh 1780, Bread was brought from Iron Acton to Thornbury, and sold at the following Rate: viz. Best Wheaten, Twelve pounds weight for one shilling, Best Household Whn, Fourteen (pounds) for one shilling. At wch time Bread was made and sold in Thornbury, at much lesser weight, at the same price." - ex. RRL, 1988.

 

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Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Thornbury which are provided by:

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Directories

 

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Gazetteers

 

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Genealogy

  • Thornbury Roots The local group in Thornbury has produced a very useful site. Specific links are given in various categories

 

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Historical Geography

 

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST647909 (Lat/Lon: 51.615961, -2.51059), Thornbury which are provided by:

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Probate Records

 

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Societies

  • U3A is a local society with a family history group