Bath Baptisms Index 1800-1837

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Parishes included: St. Swithin, Walcot.

Compiled by Philip Jackson and members of the Bath Branch.

Bristol Baptisms Volumes 1 to 7. 1813-1838

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Volume 1 - St James.

Volume 2 - North suburbs of Bristol. Parishes included: Compton Green, Filton, Frenchay, Henbury, Horfield, Redland Green, Shirehampton, St George, Stapleton, Stoke Gifford, Westbury-on-Trym, Winterbourne.

Volume 3 - Bristol SS Philip & Jacob.

Volume 4 - Eastern suburbs of Bristol. Parishes included:
Bitton, Hanham Abbots, Kingswood, Mangotsfield, Oldland, Siston.

Volume 5 - Central parishes of Bristol. Parishes included:
All Saints Bristol, Christchurch Bristol, Holy Trinity St Philip, St Andrew Clifton, St Augustine, St George Brandon Hill, St John Baptist Bristol, St Mary Le Port (Bishop's transcripts), St Michael on the Mount, St Nicholas, St Paul Portland Square, St Peter (Bishop's transcripts), St Stephen, St Thomas, St Werburgh, Temple (aka Holy Cross).

Volume 6 - South Gloucestershire parishes. Parishes included:
Abson, Almondsbury, Alveston, Aust, Codrington, Dodington, Doynton, Dyrham, Elberton, Frampton Cotterell, Littleton on Severn, Northwick, Olveston, Pucklechurch, Redwick, Tormarton, Wapley, Westerleigh, Wick, Yate.

Volume 6A - More South Gloucestershire parishes. Parishes included:
Cold Ashton, Iron Acton, Marshfield.

Volume 7 - North Somerset parishes. Parishes included:
Abbots Leigh, Bedminster St John, Brislington, St Mary Redcliffe, Whitchurch.

Bristol Marriages. St James Barton & St Pauls, Portland Square. 1837 - 1885

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These indexes have been transcribed by Jane Baker and her co-workers, Vera Baber and Geoff Cook. They consist of four parts, a groom and a bride index for each church.

Bristol Burials Index 1813 - 1837

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City of Bristol Churches included:
Bristol Cathedral, All Saints, Christchurch, Holy Trinity St Philips, St Augustine the Less, St George Brandon Hill, St James, St John the Baptist, St May le Port, St Mary Redcliffe, St Michael on the Mount without, St Nicholas, St Paul Portland Square, St Peter, SS Philip and Jacob, St Stephen, St Thomas, St Werburgh, Temple (aka Holy Cross).

Churches outside Bristol included:
Bedminster St John, Brislington St Luke, Clifton St Andrew, Downend Christchurch, Fishponds St Mary (see Stapleton Holy Trinity), Mangotsfield St James, Redland Green, St George Glos, Shirehampton St Mary, Stapleton Holy Trinity, Westbury on Trym Holy Trinity.

Non-Conformist Chapels included:
Congregational, Brunswich Chapel, Brunswick Square.
Congregational, Hope Chapel Hill, Clifton.
Congregational, Whitfield Tabernacle, Kingswood.
Moravian, Kingswood.
Unitarian (Presbyterian), Lewis Mead.
Methodist, Wesley, Baptist Mills.
Methodist, Langton Street.
Methodist, St Philips Chapel, Old Market Street.
Methodist, Portland Square, Kingsdown.
Methodist, Wesley, Redfield.

Memorials Inscriptions of South Gloucestershire Churches Volume 1

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Churches included: St John the Baptist - Old Sodbury; St James the Great - Westerleigh; St James the Less - Iron Acton; St Peter's - Wapley; Codrington Baptist Church; Old Sodbury Baptist Church; Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church (including burial records); Grace Evangelical - Westerleigh plus various registers for Westerleigh Tabernacle.

Avon Monumental Inscriptions Finding Aid

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Coverage: Part 1 - North West Avon; Part 2 - Bristol Central;
Part 3 - South Central; Part 4 - South East Avon;
Part 5 - South West Avon; Part 6 - North East Avon.

Compiled by Ron Lewin and members of the Bristol & Avon Family History Society.

Bristol Burgess Index Volumes 1 to 21. 1557-1995

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The Burgess Books of Bristol record the names of thousands of men (and occassionally women) admitted to the freedom of the city in an almost unbroken sequence from 1557 to 1995. For more information, please click here to see an article located elsewhere on this website.

These books effectively comprise 23 Volumes, although they are actually numbered from 1 to 21, with Volumes 1 and 3 each comprising of two parts.

Volume 1, 5th October 1557 to 2nd June 1599
Volume 2, 29th September 1607 to 23rd October 1651
Volume 3A, 20th November 1651 to 16th April 1662
Volume 3B, 21st April 1662 to 8th February 1690
Volume 4, 4th February 1690 to 29th September 1705
Volume 5, 1st October 1705 to 26th September 1713
Volume 6, 30th September 1713 to 16th January 1727
Volume 7, 18th January 1727 to 11th August 1732
Volume 8, August 1732 to October 1739
Volume 9, October 1739 to November 1743
Volume 10, November 1743 to January 1749
Volume 11, February 1749 to February 1755
Volume 12, February 1755 to October 1759
Volume 13, December 1759 to February 1768
Volume 14, February 1768 to October 1774
Volume 15, October 1774 to August 1780
Volume 16, August 1780 to September 1786
Volume 17, September 1786 to September 1812
Volume 18, September 1812 to October 1818
Volume 19, October 1818 to September 1828
Volume 20, October 1828 to September 1830
Volume 21, December 1830 to May 1995

They Sailed Under the Bridge. Index to Crew Lists at Bristol Record Office Volume 1

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This index, entitled "They sailed under the Bridge", reflecting the fact that many ships registered in Bristol sailed from the City Docks and under the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

The Bristol Record Office holds most of the crew lists for ships registered at the Port of Bristol for the years 1863 to 1913. The lists are organised by year followed by the official number of each ship.

The following information is included:
Surname, Firstname(s), Age/Birthday, Birthplace, Rating, Ships name, Off number and Date. This index covers the years 1866, 1871, 1876, 1881 and 1886 (every 5th year).

They Sailed Out The Mouth. Index to Crew Lists at Bristol Record Office Volume 2

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This index, entitled "They sailed out of the Mouth", reflecting the fact that many ships of this period were too large to navigate the River Avon into the City Docks and now sailed from the new docks at Avonmouth.

The Bristol Record Office holds most of the crew lists for ships registered at the Port of Bristol for the years 1863 to 1913. The lists are organised by year followed by the official number of each ship.

The following information is included:
Surname, Firstname(s), Age/Birthday, Birthplace, Rating, Ships name, Off number and Date. This index covers the years 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906 and 1911 (every 5th year).

Bristol Royal Infirmary In-patient Register Index 1751-1775

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The Bristol Royal Infirmary was founded in 1737 and was one of the earliest major hospitals in the country. Admitting patients from Somerset, Gloucestershire and into Wales, unless they were suspected of suffering from venereal disease, fits, smallpox or infectious distemper, when they would be turned away. Records of admissions were kept from the very first day in 1737, in large ledger books, of both out-patients and in-patients. Entries were made across the full double page under the following headings: Patients Name; Age; Parish; Recommender; Admission Date; Distemper (ailment); Discharge Date; State (cured, transferred, died).

These records are still kept today, the early ones having been deposited with the Bristol Record Office.

The information contained in this index includes the patients surname, first name, age on admission, date of admission and parish or town of residence.

1891 Census Index Volumes 1 to 4

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Volume 1 - Bristol & Bedminster.
Parishes covered: St Thomas, St Mary Redcliffe, Temple, Castle Precincts, St Peter, St John Baptist, Christchurch, St Ewen, All Saints, St Leonard, St Mary Le Port, St Nicholas, St Stephen, SS Philip & Jacob-In, St Paul-In, St James-In, St Michael, St Augustine, SS Philip & Jacob-Out, Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Long Ashton, Dundry, Winford, Felton, Wraxall, Barrow Gurney, Backwell, Flax Bourton, Brockley, Clevedon, Kenn, Kingston Seymour, Nailsea, Tickenham, Yatton, Cleve, Claverham, Abbots Leigh, Clapton, Easton in Gordano, Pill, Portbury, Portishead, Walton in Gordano, Weston in Gordano.

Volume 2 - Barton Regis, Bristol North & East suburbs.
Parishes covered: Kelston, North Stoke, Bitton, Oldland Common, North Common, Hanham, Siston, Warmley, Mangotsfield, Staple Hill, Downend, Oldland, Kingswood, Clifton, St James & St Paul-Out, Horfield, St George, Westbury on Trym, Stoke Bishop, Shirehampton, Henbury, Charlton, Lawrence Weston, Kingsweston, Hallen, Compton Greenfield, Stapleton, Eastville, Fishponds, Stoke Gifford, Winterbourne, Hambrook, Frenchay.

Volume 3 - Bath & North Avon.
Bath parishes covered: Twerton, Charterhouse Hinton, English Combe, Combehay, South Stoke, Dunkerton, Wellow, Shoscombe, Freshford, Bathwick, Monkton Combe, Claverton, Bathampton, Lyncombe & Widcombe, St James, St Peter & St Paul, St Michael, Walcot, Weston, Langridge, Woolley, Charlcombe, Swainswick, Batheaston, St Catherine, Bathford, Newton St Loe, Saltford, Compton Dando, Burnett, Corston, Markbury, Stanton Prior, Priston, Wilmington, Keynsham, Queen Charlton, Whitchurch, Brislington.

North Avon parishes covered: Westerleigh, Coalpit Heath (part), Pucklechurch, Wapley & Codrington, Chipping Sodbury, Old Sodbury, Dodington, Cold Ashton, West Littleton, Doynton, Wick & Abson, Marshfield, Dyrham & Hinton, Acton Turville, Alderley, Hawkesbury, Tresham, Upton, Hillsley, Horton, Great Badminton, Little Badminton, Little Sodbury, Tormarton, Wickwar, Yate, Frampton Cotterell, Coalpit Heath (part), Iron Acton, Almondsbury, Pilning, Alveston, Ridgeway, Olveston, Redwick & Northwick, Aust, Elberton, Littleton upon Severn, Thornbury, Cross Ways, Morton, Falfield, Oldbury on Severn, Rockhampton, Cromhall, Rangeworthy, Tytherington, Berkeley, Alkington, Newport, Woodford, Breadstone, Charfield, Hill, Hamfallow, Hinton, Ham & Stone, Tortworth.

Volume 4 - Clutton registration district.
Parishes covered: Nempnett Thrubwell, Ubley, Compton Martin, West Harptree, East Harptree, Hinton Blewett, Cameley, Temple Cloud, Chew Magna, Bishop Sutton, Stowey, Chew Stoke, Stanton Drew, Pensford, Publow, Norton Malreward, Chelwood, Farmborough, Timsbury, Paulton, High Littleton, Hallatrow, Clutton, Midsomer Norton, Welton, Clandown, Camerton, Radstock, Farrington Gurney, Ston Easton, Chilcompton.

1851 Census Index Volumes 16 to 20

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Volume 16 - South West Avon.
Parishes covered: Abbots Leigh, Axbridge, Backwell, Banwell, Barrow Gurney, Blagdon, Bleadon, Brislington, Brockley, Burnett, Burrington, Butcombe, Cameley, Camerton, Charterhouse Mendip, Cheddar, Chelvey, Chelwood, Chew Magna, Chew Stoke, Chilcompton, Christon, Churchill, Clapton in Gordano, Clevedon, Clutton, Compton Bishop, Compton Dando, Compton Martin, Congresbury, Corston, Dundry, East Harptree, Easton in Gordano, Farmborough, Farrington Gurney, Flax Bourton, High Littleton, Hinton Blewett, Hutton, Kenn, Kewstoke, Keynsham, Kingston Seymour, Litton, Locking, Long Ashton, Loxton, Marksbury & Houndstreet, Midsomer Norton, Nailsea, Nempnett Thrubwell, Newton St Loe, North Widcombe, Norton Hawkfield, Norton Malreward, Nyland, Paulton, Portbury, Portishead, Priston & Wilmington, Publow, Puxton, Queen Charlton, Radstock, Rowberrow, St Thomas in Pensford, Saltford, Shipham, Stanton Drew, Stanton Prior, Ston Easton, Stowey, Tickenham, Timsbury, Ubley, Uphill, Walton in Gordano, West Harptree, Weston in Gordano, Weston Super Mare, Whitchurch, Wick St Lawrence, Winford, Winscombe, Worle, Wraxall, Wrington, Yatton.

Volume 17 - North Avon.
Parishes covered: Acton Turville, Alderley, Alkington, Almondsbury, Alveston, Aust, Breadstone, Berkeley, Charfield, Chipping Sodbury, Cold Ashton, Cromhall Abbotts, Dodington, Doynton, Dyrham & Hinton, Elberton, Falfield, Frampton Cotterell, Great Badminton, Ham, Hamfallow, Hawkesbury, Hill, Hinton, Horton, Iron Acton, Kington, Little Sodbury, Littleton on Severn, Marshfield, Northwich & Redwick, Oldbury, Old Sodbury, Olveston, Pucklechurch, Rangeworthy, Rockhampton, Stone, Thornbury, Tormarton, Tortworth, Tytherington & Itchington, Wapeley & Codrington, Westerleigh, West Littleton, Wick & Abson, Wickwar, Yate.

Volume 18 - North and East Suburbs of Bristol.
Enumeration sub-districts: Ashley, Bitton, Clifton, Oldland, St George (Glos), Stapleton, Westbury-on-Trym.

Parishes & Institutions covered: Bitton, Charlton, Clifton, Compton Greenfield, Filton, Frenchay, Hambrook, Hanham, Henbury, Horfield, Horfield Barracks, Kelston, Kings Weston, Lawrence Weston, Mangotsfield, Muller's Orphanage, North Stoke, Oldland, Shirehampton, Siston, St Andrew, St Barnabas, St George (Glos), St James & St Paul (without), Stapleton, Stoke Bishop, Stoke Gifford, Stowick, Westbury-on-Trym, Winterbourne.

Volume 19 - Bristol, Bedminster, SS Philip & Jacob.
Enumeration sub-districts: Bedminster, Castle Precincts, SS Philip & Jacob, St Augustine, St James, St Mary Redcliffe, St Paul.

Parishes and Institutions covered: All Saints, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Castle Precincts, Christchurch, SS Philip & Jacob (within), SS Philip & Jacob (without), St Augustine the Less, St Ewen, St James, St John Bedminster,St John Bristol, St Leonard, St Mary le Port, St Mary Redcliffe, St Michael, St Nicholas, St Paul Bedminster, St Paul Bristol, St Peter, St Peter's Hospital, St Stephen, St Thomas, St Werburgh, Temple.

Volume 20 - Bath.
District parishes covered: Abbey, Batheaston, Bathford, Bathampton, Bathwick, Charlcombe, Claverton, Combehay, Dunkerton, Englishcombe, Freshford, Forscote, Hinton Charterhouse, Langridge, Lansdown, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Monkton Combe, St Catherine's, Southstoke, Soper's Farm, Swainswick, Twerton, Walcot, Wellow, Weston, Wolley, Writhlington.