As a council we are working in partnership with Gloucestershire Archives so that we can preserve the heritage, cultural and corporate memory of South Gloucestershire. Check our on-line resource, which brings together South Gloucestershire Archives located at Gloucestershire Archives and Bristol Record Office.
Gloucestershire Archives contact address:
Gloucestershire Archives
Clarence Row
Alvin Street
Gloucester
GL1 3DW
Telephone: 01452 425295
Email: archives@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Website: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives
Opening hours
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Wednesday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Thursday: 9.00am - 6.30pm
Friday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am - 1.00pm
Sunday: CLOSED
Local history
We hold many resources which may help you research the history of your house or area. These include:
- Maps and plans
- Photographs
- Deeds
- Trade directories
Family history
We hold many records which may help you to find out about your family history. These include:
- Free access to Ancestry website
- Indexes to all births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales, 1837 - 1996.
- Schools registers
- Parish registers
- Wills
- 1841 - 1904 census returns
- Workhouse records
- Electoral registers (to 1974)
Free access to Ancestry is also available from all South Gloucestershire (and Gloucestershire) libraries.
A window on the world
Archives can help us to understand national and international history. Some important collections we hold include:
- Granville Sharp and the abolition of the slave trade.
- Ivor Gurney, First World War poet and musician.
- Family and estate papers of Codrington of Doddington and Blathwayt of Dyrham.
- Political papers of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer.