Local History Resources at Gloucestershire Archives

for anyone who wants to know about the history of the historic county of Gloucestershire and the City of Gloucester

Books and periodicals

• We aim to hold a copy of every published book about people, places and topics related to Gloucestershire.  Check the Archives catalogue for our holdings.
• Victoria County History of Gloucestershire (most volumes are also available online) 
• Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
• Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club
• Periodicals published by Local History groups across the County.

Newspapers

• Gloucester Journal from 1730
• The Citizen from 1876
• Cheltenham Examiner (article index)  The Cheltenham Examiner newspaper is only available at Cheltenham Local and Family History Centre, please contact the staff for copies.
• We hold a range of local newspapers covering the County.

Maps

• Tithe and Inclosure maps and awards
• Estate maps
• Ordnance Survey maps of Gloucestershire (1880's, 1900's, and 1920's)
• GOAD maps, these show businesses in town centres from 1970's to date.
• Modern Ordnance Survey maps and street plans from the 1950's.

Trade directories

• These survive from the late 18^th century and cover the whole county with individual volumes for Gloucester, Cheltenham and some of the market towns in the county.

Borough and Town records

• Cheltenham Borough, 1786 to 20th century (Catalogue reference CBR)
• Gloucester Borough, 16th to 20th centuries (Catalogue reference GBR)
• We hold a range of town and borough records for other towns in the County. Check the Archives catalogue for our holdings

Illustrations

• We hold an extensive collection of prints, postcards and photographs. Check the Archives catalogue for our holdings.

Census enumerators' returns

• Microfilm copies of the census returns, 1841 - 1901, for the whole of Gloucestershire including Bristol, with street indexes for Gloucester and Cheltenham