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Gloucestershire is an historic county of England. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)

From The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72):

An inland, but partly maritime, county of England; bounded, on the NW, by Herefordshire and Worcestershire; on the N, by Worcestershire and Warwickshire; on the E, by Oxfordshire; on the SE, by Berks and Wilts; on the S, by Wilts and Somerset; on the W, by the Severn's estuary and by Monmouthshire.

Coal is mined in 60 collieries; and the output of it, in 1859, together with the output in Somerset and Devon, amounted to 1,250,000 tons.

County town: Gloucester
Also known as Gloucester.




Cemeteries
Cemeteries in Gloucestershire include Avon View Cemetery, Canford Cemetery & Crematorium, Filton Cemetery, Greenbank Cemetery, Mangotsfield Cemetery, Mayshill Cemetery, Ridgeway Park Cemetery, Shirehampton Cemetery, St Giles Churchyard ... View cemeteries

Communities
Communities in Gloucestershire include Adlestrop, Avonmouth, Berkeley, Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water, Bristol, Brockweir, Buckland, Cheltenham, Chipping Campden ... View communities

Family history & family records
 Birth, marriage and death records - nationwide
 BritishIslesGenWeb
 Census records
 Family Records Centre
 Genuki - Gloucestershire
 Genuki - England
 GenWeb page for Gloucestershire
 Gloucestershire Family History Society
 General Register Office - UK
 Immigration records
 Military records
 Probate records - Guide to obtaining
 Wills - Search National Archives

Obituaries
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Parishes
Parishes in Gloucestershire include Abenhall, Acton Turville, Adlestrop, Alderley, Alderton, Aldsworth, Almondsbury, Alstone, Alveston, Alvington ... View parishes

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