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BERKELEY, Gloucestershire

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Archives and Libraries

Guide to Research Sources for the parish of St Mary, Berkeley

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Mary's Churchyard and Cemetery, Berkeley, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St John the Evangelist's Churchyard, Purton, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

• Photograph of Tomb of Thomas Pearce, Berkeley, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of War Memorial (Inside Church), Berkeley, from Alf Beard.

  See also Newport.

Census

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

Church History

• Photographs of St Mary the Virgin's Church are available in our Berkeley Photo Gallery, provided by Alf Beard.

• There is also a Montage of St Mary the Virgin's Church, Berkeley, showing the Church has changed over the years, again provided by Alf Beard. Updated 26 Jan 2007.

• Photograph of St Michael's Church, Breadstone, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of St John the Evangelist's Church, Purton, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of St John the Evangelist's Church, and Photograph of Inside St John the Evangelist's Church, Purton, from Phil Draper.

Church Records

• Scribes Alcove - a site to enable searches of baptism, marriage and burial indexes from six Gloucestershire parishes: Berkeley, Thornbury, Oldbury-upon-Severn, Hill, Stone & Rockhampton.
  The period covered for St Mary's Church is 1700-1900CMB (except 1790-1801M).

Description and Travel

• As well as providing information about St Mary's Church, the Saint Mary's Minster, Berkeley web pages feature information about Berkeley itself, the Jenner Museum, and more.

• Various scenes of bygone Berkeley are available amongst our Pictures of the Past of Berkeley, dating from the 1950s.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Robson's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1837 for Berkeley & Newport, by Cathie Bennett.

Gazetteers

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

Historical Geography

• "Ancient parish included Alkington, Breadstone, Hamfallow, Hinton, Ham and Stone, which all remain in (the) modern ecclesiastical parish except Stone. Alkington, Hamfallow, Hinton and Ham & Stone are all civil parishes since 1894"
  (Ref: Guide to the Parish Records of the City of Bristol and the County of Gloucester; I. Gray & E. Ralph, 1963)

Manors

• Berkeley Hundred Court Rolls 1543, taken from Gloucestershire Notes & Queries, "An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted To The History And Antiquities Of Gloucestershire", Vol V 1891-1893; transcribed by Brenda Pickard.

Military History

• Information about Berkeley Castle is available as part of the Camelot International site featuring Castles and Historic Houses. Berkeley Castle is open to the public.

Nobility

• There is a fascinating account of The Murder of King Edward II by Sir Thomas Gourney and others at Berkeley Castle in September 1327, compiled by John E. Trivett as part of his TRIVETT Family History pages.

  Edward II had married Isabella of France; her dissatisfaction with the marriage, and her alleged liaison with William Wallace was portrayed rather vividly in the film Braveheart, with Wallace played by Mel Gibson. Following Edward's murder, his burial became an issue, as the abbots of the nearest abbeys refused to perform the ceremony, for fear of offending Queen Isabella. Eventually, however Abbot John Thokey of Gloucester agreed to it, and Edward was buried in the abbey just before Christmas 1327. However, as is customary, public opinion is fickle; whilst in life he was an unpopular king, in death he became a martyr, and as a result the Abbey at Gloucester became a site for major pilgrimage.

  The pilgrims brought money, and as a result, a major rebuilding programme was undertaken for what was to become Gloucester Cathedral. Much of the building we see today dates from the years following Edward's death.

Probate Records

• Abstracts from Berkeley, Stone & Hill WILLS 1541 - 1571, transcribed by Leslie Mahler.

Societies

• Berkeley Local History Society. Added 24 Feb 2006.

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