Parish Population Tables 1801 - 1901
Population figures for towns, villages and sometimes hamlets recorded every ten years from 1801 to 1901 with details given for the individual parishes of the cities of Gloucester and Bristol.. The information has been taken from Volume II of the Victoria History of Gloucestershire published in 1907.

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National Archives (Formerly PRO) Catalogue
A catalogue of the archives of central government, courts of law and other national bodies held at Kew. For further information about the National Archives, click here.

National Register of Archives
An index to collections of records, searchable by Corporate Name, Personal Name, Family Name and Place Name, and a directory of repositories. This was compiled by the former Historic Manuscripts Commission which is now part of the National Archives.

Access to Archives (A2A) Catalogue
A catalogue of selected groups of archives held by local record offices and other repositories.

British Library Catalogue
A catalogue of the collection held by the British Library, including those books that can be requested through local libraries. For further information about services provided by the British Library, click here.

1901 Census
Census information for England and Wales provided by the National Archives. Use of the index based on transcribed entries is free and further details with a digital image of the original entry can be downloaded for a fee.

PCC Wills
Images of the wills proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in the period 1384 to 1858 and now held in the National Archives. Use of the index is free and a digital image can be downloaded for a fee.

National Portrait Gallery Index
An index to a selection of the portraits held by the National Portrait Gallery with images of about half of those selected. For further information about the Gallery, click here. 

Listed Buildings
Official descriptions of all listed buildings and photographs of many of them on English Heritage's Images of England website.

Local and Private Acts
Chronological lists of Local Acts of Parliament passed between 1797 and the end of 2002 and Private (later described as Personal) Acts passed between 1539 and the end of 2002.

ViewFinder
Selected pictures of England at Work and the photographs of Henry Taunt of Oxford compiled by English Heritage. The collection includes over 1500 images of industrial heritage and Cotswold scenes from Gloucestershire.

Church Plans
Plans relating to applications for grants from the Incorporated Church Building Society between 1818 and 1982, including 170 churches in modern Gloucestershire. A software download is needed to see the plans at large scale.

Historical Directories
A digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. Gloucestershire directories include Pigot 1844, Hunt 1849, Slater 1852, Kelly 1856, Slater 1868, Kelly 1897 and Kelly 1914. For details of the powerful search facilities, click on Find by Keywords/Technical FAQs/Advanced Retrieval Methods.

Modern Maps
Modern maps available from Ordnance Survey's Get-a-map website.

Old Maps
Large scale Ordnance Survey maps from c1890.

Google Internet Search
A powerful search engine for finding information and images on the internet. 

The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
Search and view the original text of this famous newspaper. (Requires input of a recent Gloucestershire Library card number in the sequence 77xxxxxx.)

The 19th Century British Library Newspapers
Search and view the original text of full runs of 48 influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of 19th century British society. (Requires input of a recent Gloucestershire Library card number in the sequence 77xxxxxx.)

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Search and view the life stories of over 50,000 people who have shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond. (Requires input of a recent Gloucestershire Library card number in the sequence 77xxxxxx.)

London Gazette
Search and view most issues of this official newspaper from 1752 to the present.

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Users are advised to check information given in the following sites against original sources:

1881 Census
A transcription of census information for the British Isles available on the Family Search website. For further information about the Family Search project, click here.

International Genealogical Index
Information on baptisms and marriages, transcribed from selected parish records. For further information about the Family Search website, click here.

Medieval Markets and Fairs
A gazetteer of markets and fairs in England and Wales to 1516 with indexes of Persons and Institutions. 

British History On-line
A pilot digital library of British historical sources built by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. 

Old Bailey Trials
Fully searchable texts of the Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London, during the 18th century. Additional texts are due to be added during 2004 to complete coverage of the period from 1674 to 1834. 

The Workhouse
This site is dedicated to the workhouse - its buildings, inmates, staff and administrators, even its poets 

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