Listed here are the resources available in the Heritage Centre for research into the local and family history of Wotton-under-Edge. Additional material is constantly being added and this listing may not be fully comprehensive at any given time. Every so often it is intended to amend the listing in order to provide an accurate reflection of current resources.

It is always worthwhile to enquire on the availability of particular information and our staff of volunteers will be pleased to help you.

Family History Society : International Genealogical Index (I.G.I)

All other resources belong to, or are on loan to, the Wotton-under-Edge Historical Society.

Indexes

Names, Places & Topics Indexes : Not all the sources of the Information indexed are available in the Heritage Centre, e.g. some are from the Gloucester Record Office, some from schools, etc.

People, Places and Topics Indexes : Continually being extended as new items are added to the collections.

Baptism Index : from parish register transcripts, 1565 to 1715.

Gloucestershire Marriage Index

Census Index : 1851 (partial), 1881, 1891, and 1881 for Charfield and Kingswood.

Street Index : for the 1851 and 1881 censuses with heads of households.

North Nibley : Census Indexes for 1841 to 1881

North Nibley : Census Index of 1891

Other Indexes : Ozleworth parish registers

Quarter Sessions

Press cuttings scrapbooks

Miscellaneous Indexes including poll books

Tomb Trail available for purchase at the reception desk

Census Transcripts Wotton and district, 1881. Also 1861 and 1871 extracts.

Parish Registers
:on microfiches: including Alderley, Charfield, Kingswood, North Nibley, Ozleworth, and Wotton - (not Hillesley nor Tresham).
Parish Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials: 1565 to 1715 and ca. 1800 to ca. 1840; Parish Magazine entries from 1884 to 1898.

Directories
Published directories, e.g. Kelly's
Photocopies of extracts
Directories in some, mostly later, Wotton Journals.

Books

Indexes
Lindley: Wotton-under-Edge
Perry: Wotton-under-Edge
Hornsby & Griffin: Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
BGAS Transactions

Manuscript
books and documents

Microfiches
Parish Registers
1891 Census1811
Gloucestershire Poll Book
Pigot's and Salter's Directories
Gloucestershire Family History Society's Directory of Member's Interests.

Family History
including People, Memoirs and Apprentices

Maps
1763 Berkeley Estate Map which includes properties, owners and tenants.
1840 Tithe Maps cross-referenced to plot numbers, descriptions, owners and tenants
1882 Ordnance Survey large scale map.

Reference Books
for Local and Family History.