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CIRENCESTER, Gloucestershire

Archives and Libraries Bibliography Cemeteries Census Church History

Description and Travel Directories Gazetteers History

Archives and Libraries

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

Bibliography

• "Taming the Phoenix, Cirencester & The Quakers 1642-1686", a history of Quakers in Cirencester, by Brian Hawkins, published by William Sessions, York, 1998. ISBN 1 85072 205 6.

  Brian has also published another book "Quakers in Cirencester, The First Fifty Years" which is a source book rather than a history. No bound copies are available, but he has deposited copies with some libraries, and the Gloucestershire Record Office. This book is ideal for family historians as it has a list of names of Friends between 1655 and 1705. [Information supplied by Rob Wilson]

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in The Cemetery, Cirencester, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard. Added 26 Sep 2005. Updated 7 Jun 2009.

• Photograph of The Cemetery, and Photograph of The Cemetery (War Graves), Chesterton (Cirencester), from Alf Beard. Added 13 Oct 2005.

• Inscriptions on the following Cirencester War Memorials, recorded by John I. Jones. Lists those in the Memorial Hospital and Parish Church - previously separate webpages, combined into one page 20 May 2007.

Census

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

• Transcription of the Census for Cirencester Union Workhouse, 1891, kindly contributed by Tony Woodward.

Church History

• The Anglican Church in Cirencester - information about the Parish Church (St John the Baptist), St Lawrence (Chesterton), and Holy Trinity (Watermoor). Added 17 Apr 2006.

Description and Travel

• Here are a series of Pictures of the Past of Cirencester, dating from around 1923, contributed by John I. Jones.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Pigot's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1830 for Circencester, by Ted Wildy.

• Cirencester Trades Directory, 1850, transcribed from Slater's Directory of Gloucestershire by Paul A. Best. Added 29 Mar 2006.

• A list of Commercial and Trades, 1889 entries, transcribed from Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire by Paul A. Best. Added 21 Nov 2005.

Gazetteers

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

History

• Some brief notes on Cirencester History. There is an invitation on the page to submit articles on the town's history, so hopefully these pages will develop further.

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