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Thornbury Roots has grown considerably since its creation in Spring 2006. 

July 2010 Clematis Cottage 15 Castle Street and 15 The Plain
May 2010 12 & 14 The Plain, The White Hart & Old Bank, 11 Castle Street, Porch House
April 2010 13 The Plain and Edward Mills Grace and Thornbury Grammar School Admissions (1879 - 1925)
March 2010 6 and 8 Castle Street,  The Police,  8 & 9 The Plain and the Savery family and the Councell family
February 2010 Porch House (10 & 11 The Plain),  The Mop
January 2010 Edmund Cullimore, Sawmill, Brickworks, Picture House and Francis Grace, 32 to 42 Castle Street, 2 Castle Street and Thornbury Grammar School Admissions (1907 - 1918)
December 2009 3 & 4 The Plain & The Royal George and Land Tax 1780 - 1784 (found under Thornbury Sources)
November 2009 4 Castle Street,  1 & 2 The Plain
October 2009 Various Land Tax records 1800 - 1830, 57, 59 & 61 St Mary Street, 10 Castle Street (Wigmore House), Railway,
September 2009 List of people contributing towards the War Memorial in 1918 (found under Thornbury Sources), 47 - 51 and 53 - 55 St Mary Street
August 2009 9, 28 and 28A Castle Street, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43 & 45 St Mary Street, Coombe Cottage, Gloucester Road and Christmas Gifts for the Troops 1916 and 1917, Roll of Honour 1915 and Land Tax records 1831-2 (found under Thornbury Sources)
July 2009 24 and 26 Castle Street, 27, 29 & 31 St Mary Street
June 2009 1,3,5, and 7 Castle Street
May 2009 8, 10, 12 & 14 St Mary Street
April 2009 4, & 6, 21, 23, 25 & 25A St Mary Street
March 2009 Staffords Almshouses, The Plough and 19 St Mary Street
February 2009 2, 7 & 9, 11, 13, 15 & 17 St Mary Street, the Malthouse and the 'Birt' House in St Mary Street
December 2008 Methodist Baptisms
November 2008 1 - 10 Bath Road
October 2008 Database Downloads - Rate Books & 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, & 16 Upper Bath Road
September 2008 3 - 9 & 11 - 19 Rock Street, Seven Stars and  7 & 9 Upper Bath Road
August 2008 10 - 20 Rock Street, 3 & 5 Upper Bath Road, the history of Water supplies in Thornbury
July 2008 9 - 19 Horseshoe Lane, 1 and 2 - 8 Rock Street
June 2008 7 Horseshoe Lane and Marylands, and Gloucester Quarter Session Convictions 1849 - 1861
May 2008 List of Mayors, Parish Chairmen and Clerks 1550 - 2004 and numbers 2, 4 & 5 Horseshoe Lane
April 2008 The history of the introduction of gas to Thornbury, Gillingstool Cottage and 1 & 3 Horseshoe Lane
March 2008 2 & 8 Pullins Green, new section on Gillingstool Hill & Horseshoe Lane including Jubilee House
January 2008 17, 19 & 23 St John Street and 1, 3 & 6 Pullins Green
October 2007 6 & 8 St John Street
September 2007 3, 7, 9 and 21 St John Street and 1 Sawmill Lane
August 2007 7 & 15 Pullins Green & 4 Sawmill Lane
July 2007 17, 21 & 23 Pullins Green, 1865 and 1874 Voters Lists and the history of the United Reformed Church including extracts from the birth, marriage and burial register  and the monumental inscriptions from the burial ground.
June 2007 1 & 15 St John Street, 10, 12, 19 and 25 Pullins Green & 1 Crispin Lane and, in the Miscellany Section, a list of all householders in the Thornbury Street Directory 1926/27 and the Voters List 1896.
May 2007 2, 4 and 13 St John Street, 4 and 6 Crispin Lane
April 2007 4 and 7 Pullins Green 11 St John Street + 225 extra MI's added to Thornbury Cemetery
March 2007 The Crispin, 2 Crispin Lane & 5 & 11 Pullins Green
February 2007 The history of Pullins Green and 5 St John Street and 13 Pullins Green
January 2007 The Miscellany section with reference to historical street names of Thornbury and a List of Coroner Inquests involving Thornbury people 1855- 1874.

The St John Street section starting with The Georgian House.

December 2006 A guestbook and 19th and early 20th century advert gallery (which can be found by opening the Thornbury Trade Directories page from the Home Page)
December 2006 New pages for the following properties in Gloucester Road: The Old Mill adjoining No. 6, the old cottages opposite Laburnum Terrace, once known as Nos: 1 - 6 Gloucester Road, and the garage and workshops known in modern times as 'Shipps Garage'.
December 2006 The inclusion of photographs of the Pitcher family kindly lent by an 'Old Thornburian' Jack Pridham and Nigel Pitcher, the grandson of Ernest Pitcher.
November 2006 New pages for the following houses in Gloucester Road: Gloucester House (No. 2/4), Laburnum House (No. 6) and Number 24, the house occupied by the Pitcher family for over 100 years.

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Chris and Sandra Doig