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Gloucestershire Towns & Parishes

PAINSWICK, Gloucestershire

Archives and Libraries Cemeteries Census Church History Description and Travel

Gazetteers History Occupations Societies

Archives and Libraries

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

Cemeteries

• Painswick Tombs - a new (2007) project to catalogue and restore the famous table tombs and monuments in the churchyard. Added 24 Jun 2007.

• There is also a Cemetery on Painswick Hill (used for burials since about 1850) and searches can be undertaken by the Parish Clerk - an email address is available on the Painswick Parish Council website. Added 24 Jun 2007.

• Inscriptions on the War Memorial, recorded by John Hyde.

• Monumental Inscriptions, taken from the first volume of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries (pub. 1881, edited by Rev. Beaver H. Blacker, M.A). The inscriptions themselves were recorded in 1879, and most are from inside the church. This modern transcription is by Stuart Flight.

Census

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

Church History

• There are photographs of the Lychgate, and Churchyard in The Andrews Pages Picture Gallery - Painswick GLS, a Cotswolds Town.

Description and Travel

• Notes on Painswick and surrounding villages: Description, population, nonconformist chapels and meeting houses - including memorial inscriptions etc. collected by Stuart Flight.

Gazetteers

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

History

• There is an interesting account of Painswick's history on the Painswick Parish Council website. Added 21 May 2007.
  (This account is by the webmaster of Painswick Local History Society - see below)

Occupations

• The Post Office at Painswick is widely claimed to be the oldest working Post Office in Britain, but apparently this claim is a bit misleading. The building it is housed in dates from 1428, and thus it is probably the oldest known building which also contains a Post Office. It is not known when the Post Office itself first opened its counter, so there are probably other contenders for the title.

Societies

• Painswick Local History Society - History, Houses, Photos, &c. The site also has details of the War Memorial, and an animated Map showing how Painswick has grown over the last hundred years. Added 24 Jun 2007.

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