Thornbury Roots - Home Page

Photographs and histories of the old houses of Thornbury and of the families who lived in them. Church and cemetery records and other historical lists are now on our sister website Thornbury Roots 2. We have added to that website baptisms, marriages and burials covering the period up to 1840.

We were asked by Nigel Lane of Thornbury Radio to do a series of short talks on Thornbury history broadcast on his Sunday morning programme. You can listen to these talks by clicking on this link: Spotify

Places
Most of the older houses in Thornbury have their own page. Click here or use the ‘Places’ button on the menu bar to select a street. See also the Photo Gallery on the menu bar.

People
Use our search box to look for families and individuals associated with Thornbury. See also the Gallery on the menu bar for photo albums of families and of groups of people

Church & Cemetery
We have moved this information to the new website. Click here to go to the Home page from where you can find the separate pages to the various churches and the Cemetery.

Services
Click here or the Services button on the menu bar to read about the police, fire and postal services in Thornbury.

Utilities
Click here or use the ‘Services button on the menu bar to read about the introduction of gas, electricity, water and sewage services in Thornbury.

Transport
Click here or use the ‘Services’ button on the menu bar to read about the history of the railway in Thornbury.

Sport & Recreation
Click here to read about Sport & Leisure or use the ‘Other’ button on the menu bar to read about the way local people used their leisure time.

Thornbury at War
Click here or use the War button on the menu bar to read how Thornbury has been affected by the various wars.

Crime & Punishment
Click here or use the Crime button on the menu bar to read about various crimes. On the Crime and Punishment page we have a list of specific criminals and crimes committed in the Thornbury area with links to pages about each of them. There is also a table of details from the Quarter Sessions and a list of transportees

Sources
We have moved our information about Sources to our new website Thornbury Roots2. “Sources” includes Monumental Inscriptions, Trade Directories, Rate Books, Parish Records etc. They are as accurate as possible but please always check for yourself. Read More

Historical Accounts
We have collected a number of accounts of Thornbury and the surrounding area at various periods. Some of these have been sent to us by our readers. We are always grateful for more! Read More

Other
Use the ‘Other’ button on the menu bar or click here to read about various topics that do not fit into any obvious category. We hope you will enjoy them as much as we did.

This website was created by Chris and Sandra Doig, members of the Research Group of Thornbury & District Museum. If you have any comments, queries, corrections or additions, please contact us at thornburyroots@gmail.com We are always pleased to hear from you and to add to and improve our website.

Warning: Though due care has been taken to accurately transcribe entries into the database, no liability is implied or accepted by the transcribers for any errors or omissions. This database is intended only as a guide, the user should check relevant entries at source.

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