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WOTTON UNDER EDGE, Gloucestershire

Archives and Libraries Cemeteries Census Church History Church Records

Directories Gazetteers History Names, Personal Schools

Archives and Libraries

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

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Mary's Churchyard and Cemetery, Wotton under Edge, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard. Updated 18 May 2009.

• Photograph of War Memorial, Wotton under Edge, from Alf Beard.

Census

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

Church History

• Photograph of St Mary's Church, Wotton under Edge, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of Baptist Church, Wotton under Edge, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of Methodist (United Reformed) Church, Wotton under Edge, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of Independent Meeting House (1701-3), Wotton under Edge, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of The Tabernacle, Wotton under Edge, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of St Mary's Church, Photograph of Inside St Mary's Church, Photograph of St Mary's Church (The Organ), and Photograph of St Mary's Church (Thanatos), Wotton under Edge, from Phil Draper. Added 9 Dec 2004.

Church Records

• The Wotton under Edge Heritage Centre is a registered Museum run by the Wotton under Edge Historical Society. In addition to the Museum, there is also a Research Room in the Centre (admission requires a small daily fee) which has an extensive collection of records (including copies of Parish Registers) and several indexes of interest to family historians. More details, and opening hours on the site.

Directories

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

Gazetteers

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

History

• A Short History of Wotton under Edge is provided on Wotton under Edge Town Website. The site also provides a map, photos and accounts of some of the more interesting buildings in the town including St Mary's parish church - well worth a visit!

• History and Old Photographs of Wotton under Edge on the Cotswold Edge website, with features on The Post Office, The Ram Inn, and Katharine Lady Berkeley School. Updated 14 Jan 2007.

• Dave Hedges' Pages - History, Genealogy and Life around Wotton-Under-Edge - past and present, has a wealth of information on Wotton Local History.

Names, Personal

• Graham Thomas has compiled a list of Wotton under Edge Names and Items of Interest, as part of his Master Index to the South Cotswolds. The list of names dates from A.D. 957.

Schools

• A Grammar School was founded here in 1384. For more information see the Katharine Lady Berkeley School on the Cotswold Edge website. Updated 14 Jan 2007.

  Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of shorthand, was a master at the British School in Bear Street, which he founded in 1837 (another source says 1832). Updated 14 Jan 2007.

• Photograph of The Tabernacle Sunday School, Wotton under Edge, from Alf Beard. Added 11 Oct 2005.

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