Winterbourne Family History Online... by Frenchay Village Museum
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The Homepage  tab brings you back to this page The Maps tab shows the area covered by this web site The Museum tab tells you about the Frenchay Village Museum and how to find its Web Site The Archives tab is the key page for all the research data available on this web site You are welcome to use the Contacts tab for comments and queries about this site The Messages tab is for you to locate other researchers of your own family

 

 

New book available

See details JS Fry & Sons

Now on sale at Frenchay Museum!

the Story of Fry's Chocolate in Bristol

by Alan Freke

The Alpine Club Exhibition is now on display at Frenchay Museum

The family history research material available on this site is mainly related to the Civil Parish of Winterbourne, South Gloucestershire.

This includes the ecclesiastical parishes of Winterbourne, Winterbourne Down and  Frenchay.

Also the hamlets of Watley's End, Hicks Common, Pye Corner, Whiteshill and Hambrook; all within the Civil Parish.

New - The Harding Family of Hambrook

New - Message re James Brown of Hambrook House

New - Nov 2012 - Brinkworthy School photo c1898

Nov 2012 - Photos of the Flux and Hill families of Hambrook

New - October 2012 - Oscar Leslie, Butler at Winterbourne House

New - September 2012 - Photo of one of the Edwards family...

Have we found JK Rowling?

Message re the Perry family in the Winterbourne area.

New - More information received about the Priscilla Fry enigma...

New - Letters from Frederick Tuckett, Surveyor for the New Zealand Company    1841-1844     Including his experience at the Wairau Affray and his surveying for the foundation of Dunedin.

Use the Archives tab above to access the following...

Parish records: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Tithe maps.

Parish Magazines from 1878 to 1951

Headstones: Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyards.

Censuses from 1841 to 1901.

School Registers and Master's Log Books.

Hospital records and the US Hospitals.

Kelly's Directories, with descriptions of the hamlets and lists of local trades people and gentry.

Cricket Clubs: and score books.

Photographs and Biographies of local people.