Books, Documents and other Sources

currently included in the Potluck Index

Every effort has been made to identify copyright holders and due acknowledgement will be made if they can be contacted.

 

  1. Randwick and Roundabout by Evelyn Pollard. Published by Alan Sutton. 1986. ISBN: 86299 042 0
  2. Diary of a Trip to England from Australia on the Ormuz, 1892 by Clara Louisa KEMISH.
    Owner: Jennifer Johnson, 30a Hope Street, Wyong, NSW 2259, Australia. Email: daveandjenny@dingoblue.net.au
    Note: This diary is not paginated but the Gloucestershire parts can be viewed on http://www.nailsworth.com
  3. Notes and Recollections of Stroud by Paul Hawkins Fisher. 1871 re-printed 1966 by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud. ISBN: 0 862993 16 4. This index relies heavily on the late Ted Wildy's work. For a resumé of information about some of the names listed in this work, see:- http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Stroud/index.html
  4. Oddfellows Roll of Honour 1914 - 1919. Glass-framed Memorial on a wall in the Waiting Area, The Register Office, Sheep Street, Cirencester. Framed underneath glass, approx 20" x 34".
     
    LOVE - FRIENDSHIP - TRUTH
    Pro Patria
    ROLL OF HONOUR
     
    In Memory of the following Brethren of the Cheltenham and Cirencester District of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War.
     
     Lodge Letter Lodge Name Lodge Number
    A St. George's 421
    B Corinium 2904
    C Severn Pride 3252
    D Sudeley 3253
    E Widows and Orphans 3254
    F Imperial 3353
    G Hearts of Oak 3383
    H Britannia 3501
    I Friendship 3595
    J Sherborne 3596
    K White Rose 4416
    L Beaufort 4488
    M Cotswold 5480
    N Good Intent 5749
    O Prestbury 6306
    P Vale of Bourton 6638
     
  5. A Short History of the Old Alleys, Courts and Lanes of the Borough of Tewkesbury by John Rogers 1905, transcribed in 1995 by Chris Evans. This book is now out of print. The numbers in the Potluck Index relate to the sections in the book, rather than to pages which are not numbered.
  6. Foundation Stones, United Reformed, (formerly Methodist) Church, corner of Ashcroft Road and Ashcroft Gardens, Cirencester. External wall. The stones were laid on 25th June 1896.
  7. Taming the Phoenix. Cirencester & the Quakers 1612-1686 by Brian Hawkins 1998. Sessions of York, The Ebor Press, York. YO31 9HS, England. ISBN: 1 85072 205 6. An important, well-documented book detailing the little known activites of 17th century Dissenters.
    Catalogue of over 200 other titles available, particularly strong on Quaker, industrial and other history from: www.sessionsofyork.co.uk
  8. Sherborne. A Cotswold Village by Sybil Longhurst, Walter Tufnell and Alice Tufnell. 1992. Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, Phoenix Mill, Far Thrupp, Stroud Glos. ISBN: 0 7509 0081 4
  9. A World in a Grain of Sand by Tom Boyd. 1994. Englang Publishing (sic), Poulton House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 5HW England. ISBN 0 9523624 0 6.
    The village of Poulton and its inhabitants from time immemorial to the end of the 20th century. The material is well integrated with an interesting summary of many of the main features of English history. This book is available by post from the publishers or from Ottakers Bookshop, Cricklade St, Cirencester, Glos GL7 1LL
  10. The Secret Diary of Sarah Thomas, 1860 - 1865. Edited by June Lewis. 1994 The Windrush Press, Little Window, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos, GL56 0LL. ISBN: 0 900075 38 4. 180pp. (Out of print.)
    A gem! Easily the equal of Parson Woodforde's famous 18th century diary. In narrative form, with strong Baptist links and an intriguing love story, it is centred on Fairford and Cirencester with visits to Wiltshire, the Isle of Wight, Weymouth, Dorset, London and Bath. I urge everyone to read it.
    Indexing a document with many people identified by Christian name or surname only is precarious, so a careful reading of the text is essential. Linking of some names has been attempted but there is much work still to be done. Even so, a rich treasure awaits researchers of some of the 700 or so characters who people this fascinating book.
  11. Baptist Congregation at Shortwood, Nailsworth. Members who emigrated to Australia before 1864. An alphabetical list compiled 1987 by P M Walmsley, Foxhills, France Lynch, Stroud. Contributed by Kaye Purnell, NSW. Walmsley has attempted to identify the parents and sometimes siblings of those members marked as departed to Australia, so it includes the names of some Baptist Members who did not emigrate. A copy is in GLS RO (also available as a Word 6 document). Note. GLS RO Reference: D2424/4 is an indexed abstract of a church book with Members' names and places of residence in 1848. Note. Walmsley indicates only those whose residence was given as Australia; extracting the rest will be a nice little project for someone.
  12. Poor Law Emigration to Australia by A B M James. An eight-page article published in Descent the journal of the Society of Australian Genealogists Dec 1989 Contributed by Kaye Purnell, NSW. Available as four scanned zipped files. pp158 - 165 contain very valuable reference notes to the existence of documents on the Bounty System of Emigration to Australia in general and to Bisley in particular.
  13. Letters of an Australian Pioneer Family 1827-1880 edited by Graeme Bucknall & Lorna McDonald
    1984 ISBN 0 9590680 0 7 ca 200pp. Limited edition of 1,000 copies (sometimes to be found on second hand book sites). Contributed by     Kaye Purnell, NSW. Produced by the Bucknall Family Association, it is based on letters written by three generations of Bucknall family members between Stroud GLS, London, Australia & South Africa 1827- 1880. The family tree at the front of the book is unpaginated but is represented in Potluck Index in lower case Roman numerals. Includes photos of many named in the family trees and of family properties in Australia. Names are extracted from the body of the book, reasonably supposed to refer to people living in or originating from Gloucestershire.
    The progenitor of the Australian family, Edward Gittins Bucknall is referred to as Gittins Bucknall.
  14. Chronicles of Shortwood 1705 - 1916. by Frank Thompson Smythe, 1916. 'Being a record of events from 1705 leading up to the formation of the Church in 1716 and a history of the Church from that year to 1916. From 1716 to 1881, the place of meeting was in the hamlet of Shortwood, in the parish of Horsley, Gloucestershire, and afterwards at Nailsworth.'.
  15. Who's Who in Gloucester 1910. The Williams Press Ltd., Newport on Usk, 1910.
    Includes thumbnail sketches of some citizens, with photographs.