Place:Hucclecote, Gloucestershire, England

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Hucclecote is a village in Gloucestershire, England comprising a ward in the City of Gloucester, and an adjacent civil parish in the Borough of Tewkesbury. It is located on the periphery of Gloucester, between Barnwood and Brockworth along Ermin Street, an old Roman road connecting Gloucester with Cirencester and the Cotswolds. The entire community had a population of 10,158 in the UK census of 2011.

Hucclecote has been settled since ancient times, and a Roman villa dating from the second or third century AD has been found at Hucclecote.

Later, Hucclecote was a hamlet in the ancient parish of Churchdown, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Hucclecote. This covers activity in the area during and after World War II.

Registration Districts

Gloucester (1837 - 1937)
Gloucester Rural (1937 - 1974)
Gloucester (post-1974) (1974 - 2006)
Gloucestershire (2006 - )

For data prior to the time of registration districts, it is recommended to check the parish of Churchdown as well as Hucclecote.

Research Tips

• Gloucestershire Archives in Gloucester is where paper and microfilm copies of all records for this part of Gloucestershire are stored.

Online sources which may also be helpful:

• Hucclecote from A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4/City of Gloucester in the Victoria County History series provided by the website British History Online
• 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. 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
• England and Wales Jurisdictions 1851 provides a map illustrating the locations of the various Gloucester parishes. Enter "Gloucester" in the search box at the top left, then select the parish required from the list below the search box.