Place:Breadstone, Gloucestershire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Breadstone from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BREADSTONE, a tything in Berkeley parish, Gloucester; 2 miles NE of Berkeley. Population: 129. Houses: 26."

Breadstone was a tything and chapelry within the parish of Berkeley until 1935. From 1866 until 1935 it was a civil parish (1894-1935 in Thornbury Rural District). In 1935 the civil parish was abolished and the 1202 acres of Breadstone was absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Hamfallow. Since 1974 Hamfallow has been located in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire.

Research Tips

• The website British History Online provides eight chapters out of at least eleven of the Victoria County History Series on Gloucestershire. Some of these are outlines of topics concerning the whole county, others contain descriptions of cities, towns and villages of varying sizes throughout the area.
• Brett Langston's Registration Districts in Gloucestershire follows the history of registration district provision in Gloucestershire from its inception in 1837 through to the present day.
• GENUKI has a brief overall guide to various sources of information for the county.
• The FamilySearch Wiki on Gloucestershire provides information similar to that in GENUKI.
• Gloucestershire Archives for older sources such as pre-1837 parish registers and other contemporary documents. Address: Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, England GL1 3DW