In addition to links, this section contains files in Portable Document Format (PDF). which you can download. .PDF files have full search features for locating words or phrases in documents.  If Adobe^® Reader is not already installed on your computer, click the icon below to freely download the software.

1. An index prepared by Ron Lewin listing occupations of  Bristol citizens the 18th century:

Download Occupationsrlewin.pdf

2. Blank members interests form for you to download and print.

Blank Members Interests form (pdf)

3. Thornbury Marriages - missing from Phillimore's Gloucestershire Vol. XV. As listed by E.A. Roe from Gloucester Bishops Transcripts.

thornburymarriages.pdf

5. Neil Dun's FreeBMD Church Cross-reference.

Neil Dun and Derek Allen have been analysing the data on the FreeBMD web site (http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/).  Many members and visitors to our research room have found this index to be a helpful aid in locating marriages at churches in Bristol and surrounding districts.  You can use this index to look up the FreeBMD reference for a marriage and there is a high probability that it will identify the church.  This can save you time and money if you live in the Bristol area (or maybe you can ask someone to do a 'look-up' for you) because you can then visit the Bristol Records Office and search for it there in the parish records. This is not now a "download" but a link to Neil's website but we've left the link here by popular demand!

To access the data, visit Neil's own website at:
http://www.neildun.co.uk/marriagexref/live/mainpage.htm

6. Christchurch Parish Baptisms in alphabetical order -  omitted from the index on the B&AFHS CD Bristol Diocese Baptismal Registers Vols. 11 to 14 : Index & Transcriptions 1754 - 1812.  This index includes reference data which allows you to locate the individual Christchurch transcription entries on the CD.

7. Table of parishes in and around Bristol with data included on B&AFHS CDs or our website.

8. Non Conformist Baptisms - Roman Catholic, St Joseph (later St Mary on the Quay) 1835 - 1837

In 2008 the society issued a CD - "Nonconformist Baptismal Registers in the Bristol Records Office 1754 - 1837".  The records for St Joseph 1835 - 37 were not ready when the CD was issued.  They are now available as a free downloadable .PDF file (please see note above about Adobe^®Reader which you will need to read the file). When you have downloaded the file you will be able to search the document and also print it if you wish but please think of trees before you do this?.

9. Butcher, Baker, Candle Maker - Chipping Sodbury from 1795 - a downloadable index of surnames from the book

This index in .PDF format was complied by John and Val Gearing and contains 1262 surnames with relevant map references.  When you have downloaded the file you will be able to search the document and also print it if you wish (26 pages) but please think of trees before you do this?.

10. Places of Worship Past and Present in BAFHS geographic area (the former county of Avon 1974-1966) 

This record is being compiled as a result of a personal interest in the subject and is an ongoing project.  It is offered here as an aid for research purpose for family historians but also for anyone else who benefits from using the data.

It has been produced from many sources and was originally based on a detailed piece of work relating to Bristol by one of our members, Keith Howell, who does not live locally and who was seeking help in completing it.  Further research has uncovered more demolished or defunct places of worship and further detailed information has been added to the record from multiple sources including the Bristol Record Office, Bristol Diocesan Board of Finance (Nigel Sherratt), Bath and Wells Diocesan Board of Finance, the Reece Winstone Archives, Shirley Hodgson and other Members of BAFHS, and also from many books about churches and other places of worship.

This information is not held up to be comprehensive or totally accurate for reasons such as:-  Much of the knowledge to validate the record is beyond living memory.  There is a problem with understanding what the dates represent:  for example, dates relating to the closure of places of worship vary according to different perceptions of ‘closure’, i.e. is it the date of the last service, the day the doors closed or the day the relevant authority ceased to have formal involvement with the property?

The record may never be 100% complete or totally up-to-date and is always open to amendments. We would like to hear from you with any corrections additions which can be validated. Please send to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Hopefully, readers will find something useful in this record.

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