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BEVERSTON(E)
- Original source material relating to Beverston(e), and other parishes in
Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the
Gloucestershire Record Office.
- At its meeting on 7th April 2003, the Beverston(e) Parish Council decided,
as permitted under Section 65 of the Local Councils Act, to change the official
spelling of the parish from "Beverstone" to "Beverston".
For the purposes of this web site the spelling of Beverstone we adopted originally
in 1996 will be retained, as this variant will be found in many old records.
However, users should be aware that the presently adopted spelling may also be
found in other sources - as for instance on the OS (1:63,360) New Popular
Edition map (1945-8) images used for illustrating pre-1850 boundaries of
Historic Parishes of England & Wales. So literally 'there is nothing
new under the son'!
And yes, I know - we as family historians are quite used to dealing with place names
with extra, or missing letters - an 'e', 'l' or 't' is neither here nor there, but I
thought such an official change was worth documenting.
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[Last updated 14 Nov 2009 - 15:16 by Rosemary Lockie]
