Place:Dursley Rural, Gloucestershire, England

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NameDursley Rural
TypeRural district
Coordinates51.681°N 2.354°W
Located inGloucestershire, England     (1894 - 1974)
See alsoStroud District, Gloucestershire, Englanddistrict municipality which absorbed the rural district in 1974

Dursley Rural District is centred on the town of Dursley in Gloucestershire, England. The rural district existed from 1894 until 1974 when it was replaced by the larger Stroud District.

Dursley stretched south from Slimbridge parish on the River Severn to Kingswood (near Wotton under Edge) on the Wiltshire border and from Thornbury Rural District on the west to Stroud and Tetbury Rural Districts on the east.

List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionDurationNotes
Cam ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Coaley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Dursley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Kingswood (near Wotton under Edge) ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
North Nibley chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Nympsfield ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Owlpen chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Slimbridge ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Stinchcombe ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Uley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Wotton under Edge ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974

Research Tips

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)