For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district including both sides of the River Avon and the River Severn wherever the Seven Bore rolls.
Images of old postcards may be uploaded and reminiscences are particularly welcome.
(the image is the crest of the Great Western Railway linking London and Bristol)
Brycgstow or Brycgstowe (Old English): - Brycg=bridge; Stowe=Assembly place- the assembly place by the bridge: mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as ‘Bristou’, later written as ‘Bristow’
I am looking for any information on the marriage of Alexander LAKEMAN to ??? GIFFORD. Although I can find him in the 1841 census his wife has already died by
Hi Lorna, I checked my Bristol baptism CD and there was no baptism for a James WASHER 1754-1812. In all likelihood he was baptised in a village in Gloucester
Hi - I am researching my family tree and have hit a brick wall in Bristol with the WASHER Line. JAMES WASHER married FAITH SELY in 1814 at Temple church ,
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