BERKELEY, Gloucestershire

Archives and Libraries

• Original source material relating to Berkeley, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.

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).

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)

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.

Probate Records

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

Societies

• Berkeley Local History Society. Added 24 Feb 2006.