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Name | Acton Turville |
Alt names | Achetone | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 111 | | Achetone | source: Wikipedia | | Acton-Turville | source: Family History Library Catalog |
Type | Village |
Coordinates | 51.533°N 2.283°W |
Located in | Gloucestershire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Avon, England (1974 - 1996) | | Gloucestershire, England (1996 - ) |
See also | Grumbalds Ash (hundred), Gloucestershire, England | hundred in which the parish was located | | Chipping Sodbury Rural, Gloucestershire, England | rural district in which it was situated 1894-1935 | | Sodbury Rural, Gloucestershire, England | rural district in which it was situated 1835-1974 | | South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England | unitary authority in which it has been situated since 1996 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Acton Turville is a parish in the Cotswold Edge ward within South Gloucestershire, England. It lies 17 miles (27 km) east-northeast of Bristol and 93 miles (150 km) due west of London, with the M4 south of the parish. Acton Turville consists of a cluster of households across 1,009 acres, with a total population of 370 people. Acton Turville is also listed as "Achetone" in the Domesday Book.
According to John Marius in 1870, From the imperial gazetteer of England and Wales - Acton Turville is: "a parish in Chipping Sodbury district, Gloucester; near the Fosse way and under the Cotswold Hills. It lies 5.5 miles east of Chipping Sodbury, and 7.5 miles east of Yate railway station".
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Online sources which may also be helpful:
- GENUKI gives pointers to other archive sources as well as providing some details on each parish in the county. The emphasis here is on ecclesiastical parishes (useful before 1837)
- A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 and tables of the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Do respect the copyright on this material.
- The FamilySearch Wiki for Gloucestershire provides a similar but not identical series of webpages to that provided by GENUKI
- A Vision of Britain through Time has a group of pages of statistical facts for almost every parish in the county
- Unfortunately, A History of the County of Gloucester in the Victoria County History series provided by the website British History Online does not cover this part of the county
- Ancestry.co.uk has recently added Gloucestershire Burials, 1813-1988; Confirmations, 1834-1913; Baptisms, 1813-1913; Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813; and Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938. (entry dated 1 Aug 2015)
Categories: Gloucestershire, England | Grumbalds Ash (hundred), Gloucestershire, England | Chipping Sodbury Rural, Gloucestershire, England | Sodbury Rural, Gloucestershire, England | Acton Turville Rural, Gloucestershire, England | Avon, England | South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England
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