Gloucestershire Historical Studies (1967-1982)

Introduction

Between 1965 and 1982, the Extra-Mural Studies Department of the University of Bristol arranged a series of evening classes at what is now Gloucestershire Archives, where class members studied topics of their choosing. The class met for typically 24 evenings of which three or four were taken up with lectures or discussions. In some cases the students pursued their studies outside Gloucestershire Archives – at the Public Record Office (now The National Archives), the Gloucestershire Collection which was then housed at Gloucester City Library, among private archives and in field-work.

The then County Archivist, Brian S. Smith acted as tutor for the majority of the seasons and encouraged the students to write up the results of their studies, which he edited for publication in this series. In some cases, it was the first time that the student had carried out detailed historical research.

However under the expert tutelage, many of the accounts still serve as a useful introduction to their topic, more than 40 years on from publication. In a number of cases, the students went on to author books on the topics that they started in the classes.

The first of these publications was entitled Gloucestershire in the 18th Century (1966) and the 13 subsequent issues form the series Gloucestershire Historical Studies (1967-1982).

Ray Wilson

Acknowledgements

Christopher Rainey of Cheltenham Library and Dr Steven Blake provided valuable assistance by supplying some of the volumes. Digitisation of the series was carried out by Dr Ray Wilson [Coaley.net].

Gloucestershire in the 18th Century     (1966)    Download

  • The Affairs of a Country Gentleman 1780-1790: The Parsons Correspondence   by   Anon     3-12
  • Charles Coxwell of Ablington   by   Marjorie Joy     13-18
  • Farming at Oxenhall   by   D. M. Kay and B. S. Smith     19-21
  • The Correspondence of G. G. Ducarel in the Service of the East India Company 1764 – 1784   by 
    Mrs J. Whiting     22-26
  • Vagrancy In Gloucestershire 1730 – 1834: Part 1   by   John W. Wyatt     27-49
  • Vagrancy In Gloucestershire 1730 – 1834: Part 2   by   Irene Wyatt     50-60

Gloucestershire Historical Studies

Volume 1   (1967)         Download

  • The building of Old Frampton Court, Frampton-on-Severn   by   I. Wyatt     1-4
  • Cheese-making and cheese chambers in Gloucestershire   by   V. C. Nielsen     5-10
  • Some Catholic families of Gloucestershire in the 18th century   by   H. Crisp and V. Ferry     11-15
  • The accounts of the overseers of the poor of Coln St Dennis, 1776-1812   by   K. M. Munn     16-21
  • A Severnside merchant: Richard Wintle of Newnham   by   M. A. R. Palser     22-25
  • The Frampton Volunteers   by   J. R. S. Whiting     26-31
  • Correspondence between the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Redesdale, 1837-1851   by   R. Manning     32-36

Volume 2   (1968)         Download

  • A Feldon Manor in 1327   by   Jo Farrant     1-6
  • Oxenhall Church   by   M. Smyth     7-13
  • Prisoners in the County Gaol, 1789 – 1814   by   I. & J. W. Wyatt     14-24
  • A coroner’s notebook   by   G. Kemp     25-31
  • The Diary of Thomas Sutton Estcourt of Shipton Moyne   by   V. C. Nielsen     32-35
  • Over Bridge, Gloucester   by   J. C. Frost     36-40
  • William Cother of Longford   by   L. A. Dadham     41-43

Volume 3   (1969)         Download

  • The transportation of criminals from Gloucestershire, 1718-1773   by   J. W. Wyatt     2-16
  • Some transportees from Gloucestershire   by   I. Wyatt     17-25
  • The cider industry in Gloucestershire   by   S. F. Baldock     26-36
  • The construction of the Stroudwater Canal   by   R. A. Taylor     37-42
  • 18th century Gloucestershire Inns   by   A. Bailey     43-46
  • Notes on the Chepstow and District Turnpike Trust   by   R. R. Chaplin     47-57
  • The turnpike roads from Gloucester to Cheltenham and Tewkesbury   by   B. J. Roberts & J. F. Bayes     58-68
  • The poor at Stow-on-the-Wold #1836   by   E. A. Christmas     69-83

Volume 4   (1970)         Download

  • Windmills in Gloucestershire   by   B. J. Roberts     2-9
  • A youth at Oxford: Richard Ducie, 1661 – 1669   by   K. Powell     10-15
  • Gloucester Cathedral Library, 1629 – 1669   by   A. Bailey     16-20
  • Gloucester and Hereford Turnpike Trust   by   J. F. Bayes     21-23
  • The Gloucestershire poacher   by   J. W. Wyatt     24-33
  • Farming in Oxenhall, 1755 – 1912   by   J. Perarson     34-36
  • The Cook Road Gang   by   I. Wyatt     37-46
  • A Grand Tour   by   W. H. Hyett of Painswick by B. Taylor     47-59
  • Darkhill Ironworks and the Mushet Family   by   D. E. Bick     60-64

Volume 5   (1972)         Download

  • Elmbridge Furnace, Oxenhall   by   R. A. Stiles     2-11
  • The supervision of the building of Dyrham Dark   by   C. M. Mitchell     12-18
  • The Newent Turnpike Road   by   R. J. Owens     19-23
  • The structure of land-ownership at Stoke Orchard   by   P. E. S. Davie     24-25
  • The treatment of poverty in Newent   by   R. P. Ricketts     26-30
  • The poor law records of Bitton   by   I. and J. W. Wyatt     31-44
  • Isaac Taylor’s map of Gloucestershire   by   M. J. Denison Light     45-46
  • The construction of the Stroudwater Canal   by   J. James     47-54
  • The reform of Gloucester Prison   by   R. K. Howes     55-60
  • Some 18th and 19th century recipes   by   P. Bath     61-65
  • Estcourt park Estate Accounts   by   P. Bath     66-74
  • The Newent Coalfield   by   D. E. Bick     75-80

Volume 6   (1974/5)         Download

  • Saxon parishes of Gloucestershire   by   A. Bailey     2-8
  • Occupations and Physique in 1608   by   J. W. Wyatt     9-15
  • Constables’ accounts of Welford on Avon   by   F. Storr     16-22
  • Poor Law Studies: Chipping Campden   by   J. James     23-31
  • Poor Law Studies: Chedworth   by   M. Powell     32-34
  • Poor Law Studies: Bitton   by   J. W. Wyatt     35-49
  • Horsley House of Correction   by   E. J. Hart     50-54
  • Farm buildings about 1800   by   R. K. Howes     55-57
  • Joseph Pitt and Pittville   by   R. K. Howes     58-60
  • Electoral corruption at Gloucester in 1880   by   S. Smith     61-65
  • 19th century village schools: Tirley, Staunton, Forthampton, Redmarley   by   F. E. Z. & R. J. Nelmes     66-70

Volume 7   (1976)         Download

  • Trades and Occupations in Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Cirencester in 1608   by   J. W. Wyatt     2-12
  • Huntley field and placenames   by   J. M. Eastwood     13-15
  • Humanity, a West Indian negro slave, 1758 – 1818   by   M. Tweedy     16-19
  • Joseph Pitt, Landowner   by   R. Howes     20-24
  • The Magistrate F. E. Witts   by   E. J. Hart     25-29
  • Swing Riots   by   I. Wyatt     30-340
  • 19th century cholera epidemics in Gloucester   by   A. Bailey     35-40
  • A Victorian builder in Painswick: D. and H.T. Spring   by   J. Simmons     41-42

Volume 8   (1977)         Download

  • Men and Armour for Gloucestershire in 1608   by   J. W. Wyatt     1-8
  • Gloucester’s walls and defences   by   D. J. Parker     9-21
  • A demographic study of Huntley   by   J. A. Eastwood     22-33
  • Huntley Manor Estate   by   J. M. Eastwood     34-40
  • Inventories, 1732   by   P. Burt     41-46
  • The poor in Tetbury   by   D. Greenhalgh     47-55
  • Young Gentlemen’s Education   by   M. M. Gunston     56-58
  • Gloucester Gaol calendars   by   M. Powell     59-61
  • The rise and fall of Joseph Pitt   by   R. Howes     62-72
  • The Quaker miller of Nailsworth: Anthony Fewster   by   J. Simmons     73-76
  • Life and times of Sandhurst, 1830-60   by   J. Taylor     77-81
  • Sandhurst minor and field names   by   H. L. Cole     82-83
  • James Estcourt and the American N. E. Boundary Commission   by   R. A. Bullock     84-89

Volume 9   (1978)          Download

  • Westgate Street, Gloucester in 1455   by   P. Smith     2-4
  • Huntley, 1551 -1801. A study in population growth   by   J. A. Eastwood     5-18
  • How reliable is Men and Armour?   by   J. W. Wyatt     19-30
  • The Bibury Turnpike Trust   by   G. N. Crawford     31-40
  • The Packers of Painswick   by   Colleen Haine     41-49
  • Rodborough Workhouse   by   Sister M. Wulstan     50-52
  • The formation of the Stroud Methodist Circuit   by   D. Micklewright     53-55
  • Transportation from Gloucestershire, 1821-30   by   I. Wyatt     56-63
  • Poor law settlement and Cheltenham’s population growth in the first half of the 19th century   by   R. J. Rathbone     64-67
  • Huntley poor relief, 1830-41   by   J. M. Eastwood     68-74

Volume 10   (1979)         Download

  • The Cloth Trade along the Painswick Stream   by   Colleen Haine     2-11
  • Industry in Gloucestershire, 1608   by   J. W. Wyatt     12-19
  • Population changes in Huntley, 1601 – 1800   by   J. A. Eastwood     20-34
  • 18th century correspondence from Westonbirt   by   D. Greenhalgh     35-41
  • Nursing in Gloucester Infirmary, 1755-1865   by   F. H. Storr     42-49
  • Kingswood Coalfield, The Rudgeway Drainage Level   by   R. A. Stiles     50-55
  • The development of Gloucester Docks   by   Hugh Conway-Jones     56-58
  • Juveniles transported to Australia and Tasmania   by   I. Wyatt     59-63
  • The Inclosure of Upton St Leonards   by   R. Davis, E. M. and J. V. Ruffell     64-77
  • The Manorial Court Rolls of Upton St Leonards   by   E. M. Ruffell     78-79

Volume 11   (1980)         Download

  • Men and Armour for Gloucestershire, 1608 The Armour   by   J. W. Wyatt     2-11
  • The Gloucestershire maps of Ferdinando Stratford   by   A. Bailey     12-21
  • The Cloth Trade along the Painswick Stream   by   Colleen Haine     22-31
  • 18th century migration and its impact on Huntley’s Population   by   J. A. Eastwood     32-43
  • The silk industry in the Chalford Valley   by   Hugh Conway-Jones     44-49
  • Huntley Mill   by   J. M. Eastwood     50-55
  • Old houses in Cudnall Street, Charlton Kings   by   the Charlton Kings group     56-72
  • The Duke of Norfolk’s Lodgings, Gloucester   by   B. J. Drake     73-81
  • Bowden Hall, Upton St Leonards   by   J. V. Ruffell     82-89
  • A maniac’s chain, the Charlton Kings Workhouse   by   M. J. Greet     90-99

Volume 12   (1981)         Download

  • Flour milling in Gloucester   by   Hugh Conway Jones     3-8
  • Some historic houses in Westgate Street   by   Barbara Drake     9-23
  • The last days of the cloth trade along the Painswick Stream   by   Colleen Haine     24-36
  • Gloucester and the Spanish Armada   by   John W. Wyatt     37-42
  • Struggles in the early development of nurse training at the Infirmary in Gloucester   by   F.H. Storr     43-50
  • The Lord Cobham survey of Upton St Leonards, 1589   by   John V. Ruffell     51-58
  • The Lovesy family of Charlton Kings   by   Jean Paget     59-67
  • Charles Baker – the work of a nineteenth century surveyor   by   A. Bailey     68-72
  • Tenements and tenants in Charlton Kings, 1557 – 1564   by   Mary Paget     73-85

Volume 13   (1982)         Download

  • The Cloth Trade along the Painswick Stream, The Cloth Mills (part 1)   by   Colleen Haine     3-18
  • Gloucester Quay 1780-1820   by   Hugh Conway-Jones     19-22
  • Tewkesbury Local Board of Health 1848-1853   by   R. J. Lyon-Smith     23-36
  • The Court Rolls of the Manor of Upton St Leonards   by   J. V. Ruffell     37-43
  • The Booth Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester   by   Barbara Drake     44-50
  • Charlton Kings Wills 1542-1552: Some Conclusions   by   M. J. Greet     51-54
  • The Poor School, Gloucester   by   J. M. Price     55-59
  • Nursing in the Gloucester Union Workhouse Hospital   by   F. H. Storr     60-63