Parish Register Guide C (Excluding Cheltenham)

Cainscross (St Matthew) ...... 3 Cam (St George) ...... 5 Cam, Lower ...... 7 Campden, Chipping...... 9 Cerney, North ...... 11 Cerney, South ...... 13 Cerney, Wick ...... 15 Chaceley (St John the Baptist) ...... 17 Chalford (Christ Church) ...... 19 Charfield (St John) ...... 21 Charlton Abbots (St Martin) ...... 23 Charlton Kings (St Mary) ...... 25 Charlton Kings (Holy Apostles) ...... 27 Chedworth (St Andrew) ...... 29 Cheltenham ...... 31 Cherington (St Nicholas) ...... 33 Childswickham (St Mary the Virgin)...... 35 Chipping Campden (St James) ...... 37 Chipping Sodbury (St John the Baptist) ...... 39 Christchurch (Forest of Dean) ...... 41 Church Honeybourne (St Ecgwyn) ...... 43 Churcham (St Andrew) ...... 45 Churchdown (St Bartholomew & St Andrew) ...... 47 Churchdown (St John the Evangelist) ...... 49 Cinderford (St John) ...... 51 Cinderford (St Stephen) ...... 53 Cirencester (St John the Baptist) ...... 55 Cirencester (Watermoor) ...... 57 Clapton-on-the-Hill (St James) ...... 59

Clearwell (St Peter) ...... 61 Cleeve Hill ...... 63 Clifford Chambers (St Helen) ...... 65 Clifford’s Mesne ...... 67 Clifton (St Andrew) ...... 69 Coaley (St Bartholomew) ...... 71 Coalpit Heath (St Saviour) ...... 73 Coates (St Matthew) ...... 75 Coberley (St Giles) ...... 77 Codrington ...... 79 Cold Ashton (Holy Trinity) ...... 81 Cold Aston ...... 83 Coleford (St John) ...... 85 Coleford, Broadwell (The Good Shepherd) ...... 87 Coleford (St Luke) ...... 89 Colesbourne (St James) ...... 91 Coln Rogers (St Andrew) ...... 93 Coln St Aldwyn (St John the Baptist)...... 95 Coln St Dennis (St James the Great) ...... 97 Compton Abdale (St Oswald) ...... 99 Compton Greenfield (All Saints) ...... 101 Compton, Little ...... 103 Condicote (St Nicholas) ...... 105 Corse (St Margaret)...... 107 Cow Honeybourne...... 109 Cowley (St Mary) ...... 111 Cranham (St James) ...... 113 Cromhall (St Andrew) ...... 115 Cubberley ...... 117 Cutsdean (St James) ...... 119

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Cainscross for the years: 1839-1859 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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Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: There are no non-conformist records for Cainscross. But try: Stroud (Baptist, Congregational, Methodist); Stonehouse (Congregational, Methodist); Randwick (Methodist); King’s Stanley (Baptist, Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Stroud, Randwick, Stonehouse, King’s Stanley or Standish (See Map)

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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)

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Cam for the years: 1599, 1601, 1605-07, 1609, 1612, 1620, 1623-26, 1628, 1633, 1638, 1661-63, 1665, 1667, 1670- 74, 1676-88, 1690-91, 1693-1708, 1710-32, 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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Chaceley, St John the Baptist (registers start from 1538) Chaceley is a parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Forthampton since 1922. Chaceley was transferred from Worcestershire to Gloucestershire in 1931.

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Chalford, Christ Church (registers start from 1841) Chalford is an ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It was formed from Bisley in 1842. It has been a civil parish since 1894, including Bussage and France Lynch.

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Charfield, St John (registers start from 1586) Charfield is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Charfield for the years: 1607, 1609, 1612, 1615, 1617-18, 1620-23, 1625-26, 1628-29, 1632,1638-40, 1664-65, 1667- 70, 1672-80, 1682-86, 1688-91, 1693-1725, 1726, 1727-30, 1732-61, 1763-1812, 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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Charlton Abbots, St Martin (registers start from 1727) Charlton Abbots is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Sevenhampton since 1929 and both parishes have been united with Hawling since 1953. It has been in the civil parish of Sudeley since 1935.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Charlton Abbots for the years: 1600, 1713, 1738-44, 1746, 1748-58, 1760-72, 1774-87, 1789-90, 1792, 1793, 1794- 97, 1799-1812, 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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Charlton Kings, St Mary (registers start from 1538) Charlton Kings is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Charlton Kings for the years: 1606, 1613, 1620-23, 1625-26, 1629, 1637, 1660-62, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1675-97, 1699- 1812, 1813-1859 and 4 undated. 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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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 1538-1812 (Phillimore vol. III – light green) Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1812 (Parish transcripts) Parish register index: Marriages 1538-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1791, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' 1876 (RR72.1 - needs to be ordered) c1881 (B330/2781- needs to be ordered) Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Charlton Kings (Baptist, Methodist) See also: Cheltenham (Baptist, Congregational, Countess of Huntingdon, Jewish, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Quaker, Unitarian) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Cheltenham, Prestbury, Leckhampton, Coberley, Dowdeswell, or Whittington (See Map)

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Charlton Kings, Holy Apostles (registers start from 1886) Charlton Kings is an ecclesiatical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It was formed in 1885.

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Chedworth, St Andrew (registers start from 1653) Chedworth is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Stowell and Yanworth since 1957.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Chedworth for the years: 1580, 1617-18, 1620, 1622-23, 1625-26, 1637-40, 1660, 1662, 1664, 1666-67, 1670, 1673- 1708, 1710-1731, 1734-1790 and MF 527 for 1790-1803, 1805-12, 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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Cherington, St Nicholas (registers start from 1567) Cherington is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Cherington for the years: 1580, 1612, 1618, 1620, 1623, 1625, 1637-39, 1660, 1664-65, 1670, 1672, 1674-1715, 1717, 1719-34, 1736-88, 1790-1812, 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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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Childswickham for the years: 1639, 1662-65, 1667, 1669-70, 1672, 1675-1721, 1723, 1726, 1728-30, 1732-37, 1739-43, 1745-56, 1758-1761 and MF 529 for 1761-88, 1790-99, 1801-03, 1805-09, 1811-12, 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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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Chipping Campden for the years: 1606, 1619-20, 1623, 1626, 1637, 1660, 1662, 1664, 1669-70, 1672, 1675-91, 1693-99, 1700-31, 1732-1733, 1735-1803, 1805-12, 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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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: Marriages 1616-1837 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1791, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Chipping Campden (Baptist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Blockley, Ebirington, Weston Subedge or Mickleton. Also consider Worcestershire. (See Map)

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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 Chipping Sodbury by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P300/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 Chipping Sodbury for the years: 1607, 1609, 1618, 1620, 1622, 1625, 1628-29, 1632, 1637-40, 1660, 1663, 1667-70, 1674, 1676-90, 1692-93, 1693-99, 1704-06, 1708-10, 1715, 1717-27, 1732, 1735, 1740, 1748-1812, 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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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 1662-1812 (Phillimore vol. XI – light green) Marriages 1629-1709 (Roe's Marriage Index vol. 4 - blue) Marriages 1813-1837 (Roe's Marriage Index vol. 5 - blue) Parish register index: Marriages 1662-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1877, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Chipping Sodbury (Baptist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Old Sodbury, Little Sodbury, Dodington or Yate (See Map)

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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 Christchurch, Forest of Dean by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P82/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 Christchurch, Forest of Dean for the years: 1814-1859 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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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: c.1818-1916: PA82/1 (needs to be ordered) Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: There are no specific non-conformist records for Christchurch See Forest of Dean non-conformist chapels. See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Staunton, English Bicknor, Coleford, Lydbrook, Park End or Viney Hill. (See Map)

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The registers for Church Honeybourne are held by the Worcestershire Archives Service

The following are held on microfilm at The Hive:

Baptisms: 1673-1948 Marriages: 1673-1986 Burials: 1673-1922

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Churcham, St Andrew (registers start from 1541) Churcham is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. The chapelry of Bulley is annexed to Churcham. The ancient parish included the modern civil parish of Highnam; the civil parish has included Bulley since 1935.

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 Churcham by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P83/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 Churcham for the years: 1600, 1616, 1620-23, 1625-26, 1628, 1636-40, 1676, 1680, 1686-89, 1692-93, 1698-99, 1702-05, 1707-35, 1740-59, 1761-1812, 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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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 1541-1837 (Parish Transcripts – on open shelves) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1791, 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 from Churcham. See also: Westbury-on-Severn (Congregational, Methodist), Minsterworth (Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Westbury on Severn, Huntley, Bulley, Highnam or Minsterworth (See Map)

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Churchdown, St Bartholomew & St Andrew (registers start from 1563) St Bartholomew and St Andrew, Churchdown is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. The ecclesiastical parish of Hucclecote was formed from Churchdown in 1851. The 'new church' of St Andrew was built c.1900.

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 Churchdown, St Bartholomew and St Andrew by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P84/1/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 Churchdown, St Bartholomew and St Andrew for the years: 1596-98, 1607, 1612, 1616-18, 1620-22, 1624, 1626-29, 1637, 1640, 1660, 1669-70, 1673-83, 1685-94, 1696-1704, 1706-1812, 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: Christenings 1563-1591, Marriages1563-1591, Burials1563-1591 (Parish transcripts - P84 IN 4/4) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1791, 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 Churchdown See also: Gloucester (Baptist, Church of Christ [Derby Road Tabernacle], Congregational, Countess of Huntingdon, Jewish, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Quaker, Unitarian) Staverton (Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Longlevens, Barnwood, Hucclecote, Down Hatherley, Shurdington or Staverton. Also consider Gloucester (See Map)

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Churchdown, St John the Evangelist The church of St John the Evangelist was founded as a mission chapel in Parton Lane in 1933 and was known as the Holy Redeemer until its rededication in November 1941. The present church was built in 1957. The benefice also cares for St Andrew's, Innsworth and, from 1956-1970, St Francis Church Hall, Innsworth, and is 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 Churchdown, St John the Evangelist by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P84/2/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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Not in the Parish Registers? Try: There are no non-conformist records for Churchdown See also: Gloucester (Baptist, Church of Christ [Derby Road Tabernacle], Congregational, Non Conformist Registers: Countess of Huntingdon, Jewish, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Quaker, Unitarian) Staverton (Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide

Neighbouring parishes: Try Churchdown (St Bartholemew & St Andrew), Longlevens, Barnwood, Hucclecote, Down Hatherley, Shurdington or Staverton. Also consider Gloucester (See Map)

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Cinderford, St John (registers start from 1843) St John's, Cinderford, is an ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester, formed in 1844. The ecclesiastical parish includes the church of St Michael and All Angels, Soudley, which replaced the iron mission church which had served that area.

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 Cinderford, St John by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P85/1/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 Cinderford, St John for the years: 1843-1859 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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Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Other Sources: Parish Register Drafts and Baptisms 1858-1869 (P85/1 IN 1/25) Notebooks Marriages 1850-1854 (P85/1 IN 1/26) (may contain more information Burials 1850-1854 (P85/1 IN 1/26) than registers) Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Cinderford (Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Cinderford (St Stephen), Little Dean, Newnham, Awre, Drybrook, Parkend or Viney Hill (See Map)

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Cinderford, St Stephen (registers start from 1880) St Stephen's, Cinderford, is an ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester, formed from parts of Holy Trinity (East Dean), Flaxley and St John (Cinderford); it has been in the civil parish of Cinderford 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 Cinderford, St Stephen by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P85/2/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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Cirencester, St John the Baptist (registers start from 1560) Cirencester is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester, including Holy Trinity chapel of ease at Watermoor, the records of which have been catalogued separately as P86/2 (see next section).

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 Cirencester, St John the Baptist by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P86/1/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 Cirencester, St John the Baptist for the years: 1578, 1612, 1614, 1616-18, 1620, 1621, 1625, 1661-65, 1667, 1669- 72, 1674-1731, 1734-43, 1745-48, 1749-76, 1778-1803, 1805-11, 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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Cirencester, Watermoor (registers start from 1910) Holy Trinity, Watermoor, is a chapel of ease to the church of St John the Baptist, Cirencester, Diocese of Gloucester; Watermoor is not a separate ecclesiastical parish.

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 Cirencester, Watermoor by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P86/2/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 Cirencester (Watermoor) for 1851-1859

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Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Cirencester (Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Quaker, Unitarian) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Cirencester (St John the Baptist) Coates, Daglingworth, Baunton, Preston, Kemble, or Siddington (See Map)

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Clapton-on-the-Hill, St James (registers start from 1873) Clapton-on-the-Hill is technically a chapelry annexed to Bourton-on-the-Water in the Diocese of Gloucester. However, Clapton had its own chapelwardens, a separate vestry meeting and its own school. It has been used for marriages from 1873 onwards

For baptisms, marriages & burials pre 1842 See Bourton-on-the-Water For baptisms and burials 1842-1885 See Lower Slaughter For baptism and burials 1885-1937 See Lower Slaughter For marriages 1842-1873 See Lower SLaughter.

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Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: There are no non-conformist records for Clapton But try: Bourton on the Water (Baptist, Methodist), Sherbourne (Methodist) or Farmington (Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Bourton-on-the-Water, Lower Slaughter, Sherbourne, Little Rissington, Great Rissington, Farmington or Aston Blank (See Map)

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Clearwell, St Peter (registers start from 1830) Clearwell is an ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It was formed from Newland in 1856.

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 Clearwell, St Peter by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P88/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 Clearwell, St Peter for the years: 1830-1859 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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Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: There are no non-conformist records for Clearwell But try: Newland (Baptist, Congregational, Countess of Huntingdon, Methodist, Undenominational), St Briavels (Congregational), Lydbrook (Baptist, Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Newland, Coleford, St Briavels, Viney Hill, Lydbrook, Christchurch or Park End (See Map)

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Cleeve Hill

See Bishop’s Cleeve, Cleeve Hill (P46/2)

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Clifford Chambers, St Helen Clifford Chambers is an ancient parish in the Diocese in Gloucester. It was transferred to Warwickshire in 1931.

The registers for Clifford Chambers are held at Warwickshire County Record Office. The following dates are covered: Baptisms: 1538-1948 Marriages: 1538-1836 Burials 1538-1954

For more information about Warwickshire County Record Office please visit www.warwickshire.gov.uk/cro or phone 01926 738959

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Clifford Chambers for the years: 1623, 1625-26, 1629, 1631-32, 1638, 1660, 1669-70, 1672, 1677-80, 1682-92, 1694-96, 1698-1749, 1751-1803, 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.

You can access the Ancestry website for free from Gloucestershire Archives or any Gloucestershire Library with wi-fi, or from home with a subscription to www.ancestry.co.uk Gloucestershire Archives holds the following sources you can try: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register transcripts: Marriages 1538-1812 (Phillimore vol. V – light green) Baptisms 1538-1837 (Parish transcripts - PA89/2) Marriages 1812-1837 (Parish transcripts - PA89/2) Burials 1538-1837 (Parish transcripts - PA89/2) Parish register index: Marriages 1538-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1791, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester'

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Clifford’s Mesne

See Gorsley (P155)

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Clifton, St Andrew Clifton is a parish in the Diocese of Bristol. This church is also known as Bristol, St Andrew (Clifton). Although this is the original church in Clifton, there are many other churches in the area.

The registers for Clifton (St Andrew) are held at Bristol Archives.

Baptisms: 1538-1951 Marriages: 1538-1951 Burials 1538-1942

Please Note: There are several other churches in the Clifton area.

For more information about Bristol Archives please visit www.bristol.gov.uk/archives or phone 0117 922 4224

Resources available at Gloucestershire Archives:

Parish register transcripts: Baptisms 1538-1837 (Parish Transcripts) Marriages 1538-1837 (Parish Transcripts) Burials 1538-1837 (Parish Transcripts) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1791, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester'

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Coaley, St Bartholomew (registers start from 1582) Coaley 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 Coaley, St Bartholomew by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P90/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 Coaley, St Bartholomew for the years: 1580, 1605, 1609, 1617, 1620-21, 1625-27, 1631, 1638, 1660-72, 1676, 1680- 88, 1690-97, 1699-1709, 1711-14, 1716-32, 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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Coalpit Heath, St Saviour Coalpit Heath was fomed from the parishes of Westerleigh and Frampton Cotterell in 1845. It is in the Diocese of Bristol.

The registers for Coalpit Heath are held at Bristol Archives (reference P/CH)

Baptisms: 1845-1951 Marriages: 1845-1972 Burials 1845-1975

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Coates, St Matthew (registers start from 1566) Coates is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. it includes part of the hamlet of Tarlton, which has a chapel of ease.

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Coberley, St Giles (registers start from 1539) Coberley is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It is sometimes spelled Cubberley. It has been united with Cowley since 1928.

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Codrington

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Cold Ashton, Holy Trinity (registers start from 1734) Cold Ashton is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Bristol.

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Cold Aston

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Coleford, St John (registers start from 1768) St John's, Coleford, is an ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It was a chapelry of Newland until 1872 and has been united with Staunton since 1922. For records before 1872, also try Newland.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) See Newland

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Coleford, Broadwell, The Good Shepherd (registers start from 1972) The Church of the Good Shepherd, Broadwell, Coleford, is dependent on St John's, Coleford, in the Diocese of Gloucester. See 'Victoria County History' vol V.

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Coleford, St Luke St Luke's, Coleford, is a daughter church of St John's, Coleford, in the Diocese of Gloucester; it was built in Milkwall in 1933 and closed on 18 October 1998.

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Colesbourne, St James (registers start from 1632) Colesbourne is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.

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Coln Rogers, St Andrew (registers start from 1755) Coln Rogers is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Coln St Dennis since 1915.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Coln Rogers for the years: 1613, 1617-18, 1620-21, 1623-24, 1637-40, 1665, 1667, 1669, 1671, 1673-74, 1676-1721, 1723-28, 1729-1731, 1734-68, 1770-72, 1774-86, 1789-1803, 1805-12, 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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Coln St Aldwyn, St John the Baptist (registers start from 1650) Coln St Aldwyn is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Hatherop and Quenington since 1928. The civil parish has been spelled Coln St Aldwyns since the 1950s.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Coln St Aldwyn for the years: 1580, 1606-07, 1614, 1616-18, 1620-21, 1623-25, 1629, 1631, 1637-38, 1640, 1660, 1662-63, 1665, 1669, 1672, 1674-77, 1679-1729, 1731, 1734-38, 1741-1803, 1805-12, 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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Coln St Dennis, St James the Great (registers start from 1561) Coln St Dennis is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Coln Rogers since 1915.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Coln St Dennis for the years: 1570-76, 1578, 1617-18, 1620, 1622-23, 1625, 1627, 1629, 1636, 1639-40, 1665, 1671-72, 1674-75, 1679-1701, 1703-23, 1729-33, 1735-50, 1751, 1752-57 and MF 535 for 1759-1803, 1805-12, 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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Compton Abdale, St Oswald (registers start from 1720) Compton Abdale is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Hazleton since 1930 and with Salperton since 1935.

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Compton Greenfield, All Saints Compton Greenfield is a parish in the Diocese of Bristol.

The registers for Compton Greenfield are held at Bristol Archives (reference P/CG)

Baptisms: 1583-1969 Marriages: 1590-2000 Burials 1585-1988

For more information about Bristol Archives please visit www.bristol.gov.uk/archives or phone 0117 922 4224

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Condicote, St Nicholas (registers start from 1688) Condicote is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Sezincote and Longborough since 1927.

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Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Condicote for the years: 1612, 1618, 1624-26, 1628, 1637, 1663, 1665, 1667, 1669-70, 1672, 1676-77, 1679-80, 1682, 1684-92, 1694-1747, 1749-57, 1759-1803, 1805-10, 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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Corse, St Margaret (registers start from 1661) Corse is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Staunton since 1952.

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 Corse by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P101/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 Corse for the years: 1609-10, 1612-13, 1616-17, 1619-24, 1627-29, 1632, 1636, 1638, 1640, 1662-65, 1667, 1670- 72, 1675-94, 1696-98, 1702, 1705-13, 1715-30, 1731-1733, 1735-37, 1740-43, 1749, 1756, 1763-64, 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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Cow Honeybourne Cow Honeybourne is a chapel within the parish of Church Honeybourne. Cow Honeybourne had a separate civil identity early in Gloucestershire. It was ecclesiastically united to Church Honeybourne and the union was reaffirmed 1885. Cow Honeybourne was transferred from Gloucestershire to Worcestershire in 1931.

Records are held by the Worcestershire Archives Service

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Cowley, St Mary (registers start from 1676) Cowley is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester; it has been united with Coberley since 1928.

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 Cowley by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P102/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 Cowley for the years: 1578, 1596, 1604, 1606, 1610, 1614, 1616, 1618, 1620-23, 1624, 1626, 1628, 1632, 1636-37, 1639, 1661, 1665, 1670, 1674-89, 1694, 1698, 1705, 1709, 1718-19, 1722, 1724-31, 1733-48, 1750-80, 1782-1812, 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.

You can access the Ancestry website for free from Gloucestershire Archives or any Gloucestershire Library with wi-fi, or from home with a subscription to www.ancestry.co.uk

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' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: There are no non-conformist records for Cowley See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Coberley, Elkstone, Brimpsfield, Great Witcombe or Badgeworth (See Map)

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Cranham, St James (registers start from 1666) Cranham 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 Cranham by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P103/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 Cranham for the years: 1616-17, 1622, 1624-25, 1628, 1636, 1660, 1667, 1670, 1672, 1676-90, 1692, 1693, 1694- 1734, 1736-45, 1747-48, 1750-51, 1753-84, 1785, 1786-1812, 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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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 1813-1837 (Roe's Marriage Index vol. 6 - blue) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1791, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Cranham (Congregational, Methodist) Also try: Miserden (Methodist); Painswick (Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Quaker, Undenominational); Upton St Leonards (Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Brockworth, Great Witcombe, Brimpsfield, Miserden, Painswick, or Upton St Leonards (See Map)

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Cromhall, St Andrew (registers start from 1653) Cromhall 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 Cromhall by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P104/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 Cromhall for the years: 1571-78, 1605-07, 1609-10, 1621, 1623-24, 1628, 1638, 1640, 1670, 1676, 1678-81, 1683-93, 1695-98, 1700-1803, 1806-1812, 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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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: Baptisms 1653-1720 (Parish transcripts - P104 IN 4/3/1, 2) Marriages 1653-1664 (Parish transcripts - P104 IN 4/3/2) Marriages: 1571-1837(Roe's Marriage Index vols. I, IB, III - blue) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1791, 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 Cromhall But try: Wickwar (Congregational) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Gotherington, Falfield, Tortworth, Charfield, Wickwar (See Map)

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Cubberley

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Cutsdean, St James (registers start from 1696) Cutsdean was formerly a chapelry and detached part of Bredon (Worcestershire). It has been a chapelry of Temple Guiting, in the Diocese of Gloucester, since 1912.

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 Cutsdean by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P106/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 Cutsdean for the years: 1634-1676 (Originals held by Worcestershire Archive Service)

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