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ALVESTON, Gloucestershire

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Archives and Libraries

• Original source material relating to Alveston, and other parishes in Diocese of Bristol may be found at the Bristol Record Office.

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Helen's Churchyard, Alveston, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

Census

• Gloucestershire - Census Returns 1841-1901 - all you ever wanted to know about the Census.

Church History

• Photograph of St Helen's Church, Alveston, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of St Helen's Old Church, Alveston, from Phil Draper.

• Photograph of St Helen's Church (NE View), Alveston, from Alf Beard. Added 23 Sep 2006.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Alveston from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Population

"According to the testimony of John Cullimore (aged 81) the N^o of inhabitants of the Parish of Alveston in 1770 was 205, and only 5 communicants: the N^o of houses in 1786 was 47:- the N^o of houses in Alveston down, from the Ship Inn to the hollow beyond the lime kilns, going to Olveston, was 3 containing 7 inhabitants: the N^o of houses at Rudgeway in Alveston p^sh was 3."
(Note from John Rawes: Perp^l Curate)

Probate Records

• Abstracts from Alveston, Elberton, Littleton & Olveston WILLS 1540 - 1619 and 1620 - 1660, transcribed by Leslie Mahler.

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