WOTTON UNDER EDGE, Gloucestershire

Archives and Libraries

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

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.

Schools

• A Grammar School was founded here in 1384 - known as the Katharine Lady Berkeley School.

• 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.