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	In putting together this website, we have used old maps, census records, church records, newspapers, rate books, land tax records, wills, deeds, electoral registers and trade directories, military and school records and most importantly other people. Please contact us if you have anything we can add to the website so that they can be shared with others. You can click on the links below to enable you to access a few lists which you might find useful in your research
	Church & Cemetery Records	We have copied the monumental inscriptions in the older section and most of the 'middle' section' of Thornbury Cemetery at Kington Road and those and around St Mary's Church and the United Reformed Church. We also have copies of various baptism, marriage and burial registers belonging to the United Reformed Church up to 1904, a few baptism records relating to the Methodist Chapel and a few inscriptions from Berkeley Cemetery with connections to families from Thornbury. Thornbury Cemetery St Marys Church United Reformed Church Methodist Chapel Berkeley Cemetery
	Trade Directories	A database of various Thornbury trade directories from 1790 to 1973 searchable by name, occupation street or local area
	Prewett's Street Directories for Thornbury	The Street Directories shown below are lists of all the householders living in the various streets of Thornbury. In some cases, the name of a business is shown as well as the name of the individual associated with the business. In the case of the 1916 Directory we also have interesting information about the public services and organisations in Thornbury and the names of their officials. 1916 Street Directory 1916 Services and Organisations 1926/27 Street Directory
	Rate Books	Gloucester Archives has a collection of rate books for Thornbury covering the period from 1859 to 1926. Many of these books show the main occupant of each house and the owner and we are finding this a really useful way of identifying who lived in each house and helping us sort out problems caused by being unsure of the precise route used by the census enumerators. The files are downloaded in PDF format.
	Land Tax Records	Gloucester Archives also has lists of owners of property for which land tax is payable and together with the occupants of their property. These lists cover the years 1775 to 1832, although not the records for some years have not survived. We will be adding our own comments as to which house each item refers to. The files are downloaded in PDF format.
	Poor Rate Assessments	We are grateful to Meg Wise of Thornbury Museum for copying and transcribing two assessment made upon the Occupiers of Lands in the Parish of Thornbury for the Relief of the Poor of the said Parish. They lists owners and some occupants in 1769 and 1770.
	Voters Lists	Lists of Thornbury people allowed to vote in elections: Voters List 1865 Voters List 1874 Voters List 1896
	Roll of Honour 1915	A composite list of the men and women shown as serving in the Forces as published in the Gazette on 16th January 1915 and the Bristol Times and Mercury 25th December 1915. The file is downloaded in PDF format.
	Charities	Several benefactors in Thornbury left money or property to provide alms for the poor. This was used to provide apprenticeships for poor boys and girls, coats and shawls and other gifts at Christmas and various houses to provide free or cheap accommodation. The charities were originally managed through appointed trustees called feoffees but the responsibility became vested in the Mayor and Corporation. Following the Municipal Corporations Act 1883, the Corporation became extinct. By 1890 their responsibilities for running almshouses were vested in the Thornbury Town Trustees. Click on the links below for more details. Mayors' Christmas Gifts St Mary Street Almshouses Hilpe's bequest Attwells Free School The Grammar School Charities John White and the Groats
	Christmas Gifts for the Troops 1916 list 1917 list	In December 1916 the Gazette reported that nearly £50 was raised in Thornbury for the purpose of sending each soldier and sailor from the town a Christmas parcel and over 200 were sent out. Each parcel contained one tine of gingerbread biscuits 50 cigarettes, one khaki handkerchief, and one tablet of soap provided out of the money subscribed and in addition one pair of socks made and given by the ladies knitting party in connection with the Thornbury working party. In 1917 a Christmas card was added to the parcels and the socks were displayed in Williams's shop window prior to dispatch. The files are downloaded in PDF format.
	Thornbury War Memorial 1919	A list of the local people who contributed towards the erection of the Town's war memorial. The file is downloaded in PDF format.
	Thornbury Mayors	List of Thornbury Mayors, Parish Chairmen and Clerks 1550 - 2004
	Gloucester Quarter Sessions Convictions 1849 - 1878	Records extracted from the Quarter Session records at Gloucester Archives which relate to people living in Thornbury
	Coroners Inquests 1855 - 1874	Records extracted from the records of Coroners Inquests at Gloucester Archives which relate to people living in Thornbury
	Historical street names of Thornbury	The streets of Thornbury have changed their names over the years which sometimes makes it confusing for people researching their families in census and other records.
	Thornbury Grammar School Admissions	Details of Grammar School admissions between 1879 and 1925

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