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KINGSWOOD (nr. WOTTON)

Archives and Libraries Census Description and Travel Gazetteers

Historical Geography History Occupations

Archives and Libraries

• Original source material relating to Kingswood (nr. Wotton), and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Record Office.

Census

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

Description and Travel

• There is a brief description of Kingswood on the Wotton under Edge Town site (Surrounding Villages section).

Gazetteers

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

Historical Geography

• "Formerly a detached portion of Wiltshire; transferred to Gloucestershire, 1844."
  (Ref: Guide to the Parish Records of the City of Bristol and the County of Gloucester; I. Gray & E. Ralph, 1963)

History

• Dave Hedges' Pages - History, Genealogy and Life around Wotton-Under-Edge - past and present, has information on Kingswood History, including a History of Kingswood, and of Kingswood Abbey - select the link on his page to Local History to access this information.

Occupations

• Information on the Woollen Cloth industry in the Dursley area (including Mills at Kingswood) is available via (GSIA) Links to Industrial Archaeology.

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