The Victoria History of Gloucestershire is the definitive reference for information on places in Gloucestershire.  The series is not yet complete.  The source material for the series is mainly found in Gloucestershire Archives, supplemented by material in the National Archives at Kew, Local Studies libraries in Gloucestershire and documents in private or other institutional hands.

The area to be covered by the Gloucestershire V.C.H. is essentially the old county of Gloucestershire, as it was prior to the 1974 local government re-organistion, together with some areas which are now in Worcestershire or Warwickshire and the City of Bristol.  The intention is that there will be twenty volumes altogether, the first three being general volumes, two covering the cities of Gloucester and Bristol, the rest will comprise the histories of the 323 ancient parishes and smaller towns, arranged by hundreds, the ancient administrative divisions of the county.  So far,eleven volumes have been produced. They are:

Check the following table to see if the area of your interest has been covered yet.

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