|
The Victoria County History (VCH) is an encyclopaedic record of England's places and people from earliest times to the present day. It has been described as the greatest publishing project in English local history. This series describes the history of the county of Gloucestershire.
Publication dates vary between 1888 (vol. 4) and 1996 (vol. 5).
The following volumes are available online:
- A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2. A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county, including the early history of Gloucester cathedral.
- A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4, the City of Gloucester. The volume takes both a chronological and a thematic approach to the history of the City from before the Norman Conquest to the twentieth century.
- A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean. This volume covers a complex area of west Gloucestershire, with a core of formerly extra-parochial, royal demesne land of the Forest of Dean and a periphery of 14 parishes, including Lydney and Mitcheldean.
- A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6. The history of the parishes of Slaughter hundred, and the upper divisions of Tewkesbury and Westminster hundreds, all in the eastern part of the county. The volumes includes accounts of the parishes of Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold.
- A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 8. Histories of the parishes of the hundreds of Cleeve, Deerhurst and Tibblestone [or Tibaldstone], and the lower divisions of the hundreds of Tewkesbury and Westminster. The volumes includes an account of the borough of Tewkesbury.
- A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 9, Bradley Hundred. The Northleach Area of the Cotswolds. Covers the sixteen parishes of Bradley hundred, to the east of the county.
- A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10, Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds. The history of the six parishes in Westbury hundred and the sixteen in Whitstone hundred. Both hundreds abut the River Severn.
- A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11, Bisley and Longtree Hundreds. Covering the 18 parishes of the Cotswold hundreds of Bisley and Longtree and includes the market towns of Stroud, Tetbury, Painswick, and Minchinhampton.
|
