Place:Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England

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NameWoodchester
Alt namesFrogmarshsource: Family History Library Catalog
Udecestresource: Domesday Book (1985) p 115
Widecestresource: Domesday Book (1985) p 115
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates51.717°N 2.233°W
Located inGloucestershire, England
See alsoLongtree Hundred, Gloucestershire, Englandhundred of which the parish was a part
Stroud Rural, Gloucestershire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Stroud District, Gloucestershire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Woodchester is a Gloucestershire village in the Nailsworth (or Woodchester) Valley, a valley in the South Cotswolds in England, running southwards from Stroud along the A46 road to Nailsworth. Woodchester is approximately at the midpoint, about two miles south of Stroud. It is divided into North and South Woodchester, with a side valley between the two settlements.

Registration Districts

Stroud (1837 - 2006)
Gloucestershire (2006 - )

Research Tips

Online sources which may also be helpful:294-295218-221 The Victoria History of Gloucestershire] chapter on Woodchester, available online on 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
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