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Nailsworth (St George) ...... 3 Naunton (St Andrew) ...... 5 Newent (St Mary the Virgin) ...... 7 Newington Bagpath (St Bartholomew) ...... 9 Newland (All Saints) ...... 11 Newnham (St Peter) ...... 13 North Cerney (All Saints) ...... 15 North Nibley (St Martin) ...... 17 Northleach (St Peter and St Paul) ...... 19 Norton (St Mary) ...... 21 Notgrove (St Bartholomew) ...... 23 Nympsfield (St Bartholomew) ...... 25

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Nailsworth , St George (registers start from 1794) Nailsworth is an ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It was formed in 1895 but used to be a chapelry of the parish of Avening.

Parish registers on Ancestry: For most parishes, you can see digital images of registers of baptisms and confirmations up to the end of 1913, marriages and banns up to the end of 1938, and burials up to the end of 1988 via the Ancestry website. All the registers on Ancestry have been indexed and can be accessed from the website by name or by place. (You can also access most registers of confirmations up to and including 1913 via the Ancestry website)

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Nailsworth by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P223/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

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3 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index

Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1792, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester'

Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Nailsworth (Baptist [Shortwood], Congregational [Forest Green], Methodist, Quakers) Also try: neighbouring parishes See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Amberley, Avening, Horsley, Minchinhampton , Nympsfield, or Woodchester. (See Map)

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Naun ton, St Andrew (registers start from 1539) Naunton is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Naunton by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P224/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Naunton for the years: 1600, 1605, 1612-1613, 1617-1618, 1620-1624, 1626, 1628, 1637-1638, 1660,1662, 1665, 1667, 1669, 1671, 1676-1681, 1687, 1690-1741, 1743-1747,1749-1756, 1758-1803, 1805-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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5 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register transcripts: Marriages 1545-1804 (Phillimore volume XV – light green) Parish register index: Marriages 1545-1804 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1792, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Naunton (Baptist) Also try: Hawling (Methodist) and Upper Slaughter (Methodist). See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Aston Blank, Eyford, Hawling, Notgrove, Temple Guiting and Upper Slaughter (See Map).

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Newent , St Mary the Virgin (registers start from 1672) Newent is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. The parish of Gorsley with Cliffords Mesne was formed in 1872 from Newent and Linton (Herefordshire)

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Newent by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P225/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Newent for the years: 1597-1602, 1607, 1609, 1616-1618, 1626, 1629, 1632, 1637, 1640, 1661, 1664, 1667-1670, 1672, 1674-1729, 1731-1735, 1737, 1740-1744, 1746- 1792, 1794-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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7 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1791, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' D5767/1- Inscriptions of memorials on walls and floor, 1563-1964 D5102/22- Surveys of tombstone inscriptions, pre 1987. These require ordering from the strongrooms. Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Newent (Congregational, Methodist) See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Longhope, Oxenhall, Pauntley, Taynton, Tibberton and Upleadon (See Map)

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Newington Bagpath, St Bartholomew (registers start from 1686) Newington Bagpath is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Newington Bagpath by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P226/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Newington Bagpath for the years: 1578, 1580, 1596-98, 1600, 1605, 1607, 1610, 1612, 1616, 1620-1623, 1625-1626, 1628-1629, 1632, 1662, 1665, 1668, 1670, 1673, 1679-1681, 1682, 1683-1687, 1690-1691,1693-1731, 1734-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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9 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index

Parish register transcripts: Marriages-1599-1812 (Phillimore volumes VII, XII – light green) Baptisms and Burials 1686-812, Marriages 1886-1754- D1372/1, 2 and 3 (requires ordering) Marriages 1813-1837 (Roes Marriage Index, Volume V) Parish register index: Marriages; 1599-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1838, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: There are no nonconformist records for Newington Bagpath See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Beverston, Boxwell, Kingscote, Ozleworth and Westonbirt (See Map)

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Newland , All Saints (registers start from 1560) Newland is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. The parish used to include the chapelries and tithings of Bream and Coleford, and the tithing of Clearwell.

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Newland by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P227/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Newland for the years: 1584-85, 1599-1601, 1607, 1638, 1661-1662, 1673, 1676-1693, 1695, 1697-1728, 1731-1737, 1738, 1740-1764, 1765, 1766-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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11 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register index: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials 1670-1799 (P227 IN 4/3 needs to be ordered from strongrooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1838, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Pre1900- GE166/378 (requires ordering from strongrooms) Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Newland (Baptist, Congregational, Countess of Huntingdon, Methodist, Undenominational) See the Non-conformist Guide. Neighbouring parishes: Try Clearwell, Coleford, St Briavels, Staunton and Monmouthshire parishes (See Map)

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Newnham , St Peter (registers start from 1547) Newnham is an ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Newnham by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P228/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Newnham for the years: 1609-1613, 1636-1638, 1640, 1661, 1670-1671, 1677-1695, 1697-1735, 1737, 1740-1770, 1771-1772, 1773-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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13 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register transcripts: Marriages 1547-1837(Roe's Marriage Index volumes I and III) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1838, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' See also D5102/12- Surveys of tombstone inscriptions, pre 1984. This requires ordering from the strongrooms. Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Newnham (Methodist, Congregational) See the Non-conformist Guide. Neighbouring parishes: Try Awre, East Dean, Little Dean and Westbury on Severn. (See Map)

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North Cerney, All Saints (registers start from 1568) North Cerney is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for North Cerney by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P70/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for North Cerney for the years: 1578, 1580, 1607-1610, 1616-1618, 1620, 1622, 1624-1625, 1629, 1631, 1660, 1664, 1672, 1675-1696, 1698-1728, 1730-1731, 1734-1743, 1745-1766, 1768-1773, 1775-1803, 1805-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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15 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1792, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' See also P70 CW 3/20- 'Record of all churchyard monuments dating from before 1850' (This needs to be ordered from the strongrooms) Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: North Cerney (Methodist) See the Non-conformist Guide. Neighbouring parishes: Try Baunton, Bagendon, Chedworth, Colesbourne, Coln Rogers, Dunstibourne Abbots, Dunstibourne Rous, Elkstone, Rendcomb and Winstone (See Map)

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North Nibley, St Martin (registers start from 1567) North Nibley is an ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It used to be a chapelry in the parish of Wotton-under-Edge.

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for North Nibley by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P230/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for North Nibley for the years: 1578, 1599-1601, 1609, 1612, 1617-1618, 1620-1625, 1629, 1631-1632, 1637, 1639, 1662-1672, 1674-1732, 1734-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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17 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register transcripts: Marriages 1567-1837 (Roe's Marriage Index volumes II, IIB and III) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1838, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: North Nibley (Congregational) You may also wish to try Wotton-under-Edge (Baptist, Tabernacle [Methodist then Congregationalist], Methodist, Presbyterian) and Dursley (Congregational, Methodist) See the Non-conformist Guide. Neighbouring parishes: Try Alkington, Charfield, Dursley, Stinchcombe, Wotton-under-Edge and Uley (See Map)

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Northleach, St Peter and St Paul (registers start from 1556) Northleach is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Hampnett since 1926.

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Northleach by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P231/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Northleach for the years: 1620, 1626, 1629, 1631,1639-1640, 1662, 1670, 1672, 1676, 1679-1685, 1687, 1689-1694, 1697-1706, 1708-1719, 1721, 1723-1731, 1734-1803, 1805-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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19 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1838, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Northleach (Congregational, Methodist) See the Non-conformist Guide. Neighbouring parishes: Try Coln St Dennis, Hampnett, Farming ton and Stowell. (See Map)

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Norton, St Mary (registers start from 1686) Norton is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.Iit has been united with Leigh and Evington since 1953

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Norton by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P232/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Norton for the years: 1569-1577, 1604-1606, 1609, 1612, 1616-1617, 1622-1625, 1628-1629, 1631-1632, 1637-1640, 1663, 1665-1666, 1672, 1675-1680, 1682-1689, 1691-1776, 1778-1793, 1795-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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Parish register transcripts: Baptisms 1686-1724, Marriages 1544-1812 and Burials 1544-1812 (RR218.3GS needs to be ordered from the strongrooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1792, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Norton (Methodist) See the Non-conformist Guide. Neighbouring parishes: Try Boddington, Down Hatherley, Hasfield, Leigh, Sandhurst, and Twigworth (See Map)

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Notgrove, St Bartholomew (registers start from 1660) Notgrove is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Aston Blank (also known as Cold Aston) since 1908.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Notgrove for the years: 1605-1607, 1609, 1612, 1616-1618, 1620-1623, 1626, 1628-1629, 1637-1638, 1660-1661, 1663, 1667, 1680, 1682-1685, 1687-1688, 1690-1697, 1699-1700, 1702-1753, 1755-1760, 1762-1803, 1805-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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23 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1838, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: There are no Non-conformist Records for Notgrove. Try Hawling (Methodist), Naunton (Baptist) or Turkdean (Methodist) See the Non-conformist Guide. Neighbouring parishes: Try Aston Blank, Hawling, Naunton, Salperton and Turkdean. See Map)

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Nympsfield, St Bartholomew (registers start from 1678) Nympsfield is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Nympsfield by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P234/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Nympsfield for the years: 1578-1581, 1618, 1637-1638, 1660, 1665, 1670, 1675, 1678-1686, 1688-1690, 1692-1695, 1703-1735, 1737-1741, 1743-1756, 1758-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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25 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index

Parish register transcripts: Marriages-1609-1812 (Phillimore volumes I, XII – light green) Marriages-1813-1837 (Roes Marriage Index, Volume V) Parish register index: Marriages; 1609-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1838, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Also pre1991- PA234/3 (requires ordering). Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: There are no Non-conformist Records for Nympsfield. Try Coaley (Methodist),Horsley (Methodist), King’s Stanley (Baptist, Methodist), Leonard Stanley (Methodist), Uley (Baptist, Congregational) or Woodchester (Baptist, Roman Catholic) See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Coaley, Frocester, Horsley, Kings Stanley, Leonard Stanley, Nailsworth, Owlpen, Uley and Woodchester (See Map)

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