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Paganhill ...... 3 Painswick (St Mary) ...... 5 Parkend (St Paul) ...... 7 Patchway (St Chad) ...... 9 Pauntley (St John the Evangelist) ...... 11 Pebworth (St Peter) ...... 13 Pilning (St Peter) ...... 15 Pinnock-cum-Hyde ...... 17 Pitchcombe (St John the Baptist) ...... 19 Poole Keynes (St Michael & All Angels) ...... 21 Poulton (St Michael & All Angels) ...... 23 Prescott ...... 25 Prestbury (St Mary & St Nicholas) ...... 27 Preston Nr Cirencester (All Saints) ...... 29 Preston, nr Ledbury (St John the Baptist) ...... 31 Preston-on-Stour (St Mary)...... 33 Prinknash ...... 35 Pucklechurch (St Thomas a Becket) ...... 37

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Painswick, St Mary (registers start from 1547) Painswick is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. The parishes of Sheepscombe and Slad were formed from Painswick 1844, and the parish of Edge was formed from Painswick and adjacent parishes in 1873.

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 Painswick by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P244/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 Painswick for the years: 1570-91, 1601, 1607, 1613-14, 1617, 1620, 1622-26, 1628-29, 1632, 1636, 1638-40, 1660- 62, 1664, 1666-67, 1669-70, 1674-97, 1700-03, 1705-27, 1729-34, 1736-95, 1797-1812, 1972-1812, 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 1547-1812 (Phillimore vol. VIII – light green) Parish register index: Marriages 1547-1812 (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: Painswick (Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Quaker, Undenominational) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Stroud, Uplands, Pitchcombe, Harescombe, Brookthorpe, Upton St. Leonards, Cranham, Miserden or Bisley (See Map)

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Parkend, St Paul (registers start from 1822) Parkend St Paul is an ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester, it was formed in 1842 from extraparochial areas of the Forest of Dean and part of Newland parish. The benefice included St Luke's mission church at Yorkley Wood from 1909. In 1968 St Luke's was closed and the parsonage at Yorkley was adapted for the mission and was known as Yorkley Church Centre; the mission was ended in 1991 and the parsonage was sold in 1993.

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 Parkend by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P245/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 Parkend for the years: 1822-1859 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

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 Parish register transcripts: Burials 1916-1931 ( D6842/1) 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: No Non-conformist records for Parkend have been deposited. But try: Yorkley (Baptist); Cinderford (Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian); Newland (Baptist, Congregational, Countess of Huntingdon, Methodist, Undenominational); Lydbrook (Baptist, Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Newland, Coleford, Cinderford, Viney Hill, Bream, Christchurch or Lydbrook. (See Map)

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Patchway, St Chad Patchway is a parish in the Diocese of Bristol

The registers for Patchway are held at Bristol Archives (reference P/PAT)

Baptisms: 1939-1967 Marriages: 1939-1970, 1980-1988 Burials:

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Pauntley, St John the Evangelist (registers start from 1538) Pauntley is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It was united with Oxenhall until 1955 and was subsequently united with Upleadon.

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 Pauntley by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P246/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 Pauntley for the years: 1586-91, 1599-1601, 1606, 1608-9, 1612, 1617-19, 1621-24, 1640, 1672-73, 1675-90, 1692, 1694-1735, 1737, 1740-97, 1799-1810, 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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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: Pauntley (Methodist) See also: Newent (Congregational, Methodist); Dymock (Baptist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Dymock, Newent, Oxenhall, Upleadon, Redmarley D’Abitot or Staunton (See Map)

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Pebworth, St Peter Pebworth is a parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. The parish was in the County of Gloucestershire until 1931, when it was transferred to Worcestershire.

The registers for Pebworth are held by the Worcestershire Archives Service The following are held on microfilm at The Hive: Baptisms: 1595-1960 Marriages: 1595-1966 Burials: 1595-1966 For more information about Worcestershire Archives Service please visit www.worcestershire.gov.uk/records or phone (01905) 766351

Resources available at Gloucestershire Archives: Parish register index: Marriages: 1612-1726 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1872, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester'

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Pebworth for the years: 1613, 1617, 1620-25, 1629, 1637-39, 1664, 1669-70, 1672, 1675-1787, 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. 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

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Pilning, St Peter St.Peter's, Pilning, was originally a chapelry in the parish of Almondsbury. It became a parish in 1881 formed from parts of Almondsbury, Henbury and the tithing of Redwick.

The registers for Pilning are held at Bristol Archives (reference P/Pil)

Baptisms: 1855-1987 Marriages: 1855-1997 Burials 1856-1982

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Pinnock-cum-Hyde Pinnock-cum-Hyde has been annexed to Didbrook since 1738.

See Didbrook.

See also Farmcote, Guiting Power and Toddington.

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Pitchcombe, St John the Baptist (registers start from 1709) Pitchcombe is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It was united with Harescombe until 1932, and was then united with Edge 1932-1982. It has been united with Edge, Harescombe and Brookthorpe since 1982.

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 Pitchcombe by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P250/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 Pitchcombe for the years: 1619, 1639, 1680-82, 1686-92, 1693, 1694-1726, 1728-29, 1731, 1733-38, 1740-42, 1744- 1782, 1783-1812, 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, Marriages and Burials 1709-1743 (Parish transcripts – Ref: P250 IN 4/1) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1872, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Pitchcombe (Congregational) See also: Painswick (Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Quaker, Undenominational) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Harescombe, Painswick, Haresfield, Whiteshill, Randwick or Stroud (See Map)

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Poole Keynes, St Michael & All Angels (registers start from 1632) Poole Keynes is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. Before 1837 the parish was in the diocese of Salisbury. It has been united with Kemble since 1924. The parish was transferred from Wiltshire to Gloucestershire in 1897.

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 Poole Keynes by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P251/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 reg ister 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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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: 1605-1973 (P251 IN 1/6) Marriages: 1605-1970 (P251 IN 1/6) Burials: 1605-1979 (P251 IN 1/6) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1872, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Poole Keynes (Methodist) See also: Kemble (Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Kemble, Somerford Keynes or parishes in Wiltshire (See Map)

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Poulton, St Michael & All Angels (registers start from 1695) Poulton is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. The parish was transferred from the Diocese of Salisbury in 1837 and from the county of Wiltshire in 1844. The old church was pulled down in 1873 and replaced with a new church on a different site, which opened in 1874; a new school was built in 1872 and opened in January 1873.

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 Poulton by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P252/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 are held at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre

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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, Marriages and Burials: 1695-1979 (Parish transcripts – PMF 252) Monumental inscriptions: Survey of gravestones at burial ground, Priory Farm, Poulton, on site of Gilbertine Priory, 1974 (Ref: D3019/1) Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Poulton (Methodist) See also: Ampney St Mary (Methodist); Ampney St Peter (Methodist); Maiseyhampton (Baptist) See Non-Conformist Guide

Neighbouring parishes: Try Maiseyhampton, Ampney St Mary, Ampney St Peter or Down Ampney (See Map)

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Prescott Prescott is an Extra-Parochial area and does not have a parish church

See Toddington, Woolstone, Winchcombe, or another neighbouring parish.

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Prestbury, St Mary & St Nicholas (registers start from 1633) Prestbury is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. The mission church at Prestbury was a daughter church of St Mary's parish church until its rededication as St Nicholas' in 1969.

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 Prestbury by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P254/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 Prestbury for the years: 1605-08, 1612-13, 1616-18, 1620, 1622-28, 1631, 1636-37, 1660, 1662-63, 1667, 1669-70, 1672-73, 1675-77, 1679-1732, 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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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 1633-1837 (Phillimore vol. XV – light green) Parish register index: Marriages 1633-1837 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1872, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non Conformist Registers: Prestbury (Methodist) See also: Cheltenham (Baptist, Congregational, Countess of Huntingdon, Jewish, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Quaker, Unitarian); Charlton Kings (Baptist, Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Cheltenham, Charlton Kings, Swindon, Southam, Charlton Abbots, Sevenhampton or Whittington (See Map)

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Preston Near Cirencester, All Saints (registers start from 1677) Preston is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Siddington 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 Preston by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P255/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 Preston for the years: 1578, 1580, 1612-13, 1617-18, 1620, 1622-26, 1629, 1637-39, 1665, 1670, 1672, 1676-96, 1698-1731, 1734-1803, 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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Non Conformist Registers: There are no non-conformist records for Preston. But try: Cirencester (Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Quaker, Unitarian); Ampney Crucis (Methodist); South Cerney (Methodist) See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Cirencester, Siddington, South Cerney, Baunton, Ampney Crucis, Harnhill or Driffield (See Map)

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Preston, near Ledbury, St John the Baptist (registers start from 1665) Preston is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It has been united with Kempley since 1955, and has been in the civil parish of Dymock 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 Preston by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P256/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 Preston for the years: 1586-92, 1599-1602, 1607, 1612-13, 1616-18, 1620-23, 1625-26, 1629, 1637, 1639-40, 1660, 1675, 1678-79, 1682-85, 1687-1718, 1720-36, 1740-52, 1754, 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. 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

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Preston-on-Stour, St Mary Preston-on-Stour was transferred from the Diocese of Gloucester to the Diocese of Coventry in 1918. In 1931 the parish was transferred from Gloucestershire to Warwickshire.

The registers for Preston-on-Stour are held at Warwickshire County Record Office.

The following dates are covered: Baptisms: 1540-1907 Marriages: 1540-1970 Burials: 1540-1965

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 Preston-on-Stour for the years: 1606-07, 1613, 1617, 1620, 1622-23, 1628-29, 1631-32, 1637-38, 1666-67, 1678-80, 1682, 1684-88, 1693, 1695-1700, 1702-04, 1706-17, 1719, 1721-25, 1730-33, 1735-1800, 1802-03, 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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Resources available at Gloucestershire Archives: Parish register transcripts: Marriages 1541-1812 (Phillimore vol. IV – light green) Parish register index: Marriages 1541-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1872, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers or the Bishop’s Transcripts? Try: Non Conformist Registers: There are no non-conformist records for Preston-on-Stour. See Non-Conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Quinton, Admington, Clifford Chambers or parishes in Warwickshire (See Map)

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Prinknash Prinknash Park is an extra-parochial area.

See Upton St Leonards.

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Pucklechurch, St Thomas a Becket The Ancient parish of St Thomas a Becket, Pucklechurch is in the Diocese of Bristol. It was united with the parish of St Peter, Dyrham on 29th July 1955.

The registers for Pucklechurch are held at Bristol Archives (reference P/PUC) Baptisms: 1590-1978 Marriages: 1612-1995 Burials 1590-1991

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: Marriages 1813-1837 (Roes Marriage Index Bristol vol. 2)

Parish register index: Marriages 1813-1837 (Roes Marriage Index Bristol vol. 2) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1872, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Pucklechurch for the years: 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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