Thornbury: Anglican Parish

IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

Reference code(s): P330

Title: Thornbury: Anglican Parish

Date(s): 1550 - 1989

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 14 boxes

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Administrative/Biographical history: Diocese of Gloucester; ancient parish included Falfield and Oldbury-on-Severn, both ecclesiastical parishes since 1863 and civil parishes since 1894; Rangeworthy was formerly a parochial chapelry

Archival history: Deposited and given (accession 5617, item P330 MI 7) by Vicar and PCC

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CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

Scope and content: Registers 1550-1988; registers of services 1886-1983; benefice papers 1904-1950; incumbent's memorandum book c.1873-1881; churchwardens' rates and accounts 1779-1843 and rates 1844-1864; churchwardens' and PCC accounts 1876-1989; churchwardens' inventory 1751; deeds of Buckover chapel 1905; churchwardens' property papers 1958-1984; vestry and PCC minutes 1805-1859, 1936-1967, 1977-1989; overseers' accounts 1655-1774, 1848-1868; building committee papers 1848-1849; tithe 1839-1840; Thornbury school managers' minutes 1894-1943; accounts 1888-1952; Buckover school managers' minutes 1894-1943; accounts 1890-1924.

Record of note, dated 5 June 1797 (Ref:P330 IN 1/5):' Susannaa Young, late of St Elizaabeth, Jamaica, a free woman of colour aged 55 was buried. Fied at and brought from Alveston'

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Conditions governing access: These records are immediately available for research

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Language/scripts of material: English

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DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

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Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Interest: Black

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Local government

Personal/Corporate names

Young, Susanna

Places

Alveston, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

St Elizabeth, Jamaica