Thornbury Roots

Latest Additions and Future Plans

  

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

May 2008 List of Mayors, Parish Chairmen and Clerks 1550 - 2004
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.

As regards to the future, we have the following ideas in the pipeline:

Gloucester Road Addition of 3 houses in the Shen, 10 houses opposite the Grammar School, the Grammar School House, Number 34, and The Coombe and Coombe Cottage.
Rock Street, Horseshoe Lane and Bath Road We are currently researching the history of all houses in this area and would welcome any information/photographs.
The Utilities We have an interest in how Thornbury got its water, gas and electricity and how it dealt with it sewage.  We hope to include a summary of this information.

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Chris and Sandra Doig