Bristol and Avon Family History Society
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An A-Z history of 200 Bristol street names.
Available as a booklet and a downloadable PDF file. The origins of street names may appear to be quite obscure. Some are self-explanatory, for example, those incorporating "bridge", "river" or "field" etc. Others take their names from the activity that took place on that site, for example, the growing or sale of crops, fruit or flowers. Several street names originate from Old English and Mid...
Supplied by: Bristol and Avon Family History Society Product Ref: BST- L1A
1891 Census Index Volumes 1 to 4.
Set of 53 microfiche in 4 volumes (also available on CD). Click to see an [example of the content.](http://www.bafhs.org.uk/images/shop/fiche_example_1891_census_index_vol1_4.jpg) **Volume 1 - Bristol & Bedminster.** Parishes covered: St Thomas, St Mary Redcliffe, Temple, Castle Precincts, St Peter, St John Baptist, Christchurch, St Ewen, All Saints, St Leonard, St Mary Le Port, St Nich...
Supplied by: Bristol and Avon Family History Society Product Ref: BST- BA90-93
1851 Census Index Volumes 16 to 20.
Set of 54 microfiche in 5 volumes (not available on CD). Click to see an [example of the content.](http://www.bafhs.org.uk/images/shop/fiche_example_1851_census_index_vol16_20.jpg) **Volume 16 - South West Avon.** Parishes covered: Abbots Leigh, Axbridge, Backwell, Banwell, Barrow Gurney, Blagdon, Bleadon, Brislington, Brockley, Burnett, Burrington, Butcombe, Cameley, Camerton, Charterh...
Supplied by: Bristol and Avon Family History Society Product Ref: BST- BAF01-05
Memorial Inscriptions of South Gloucestershire Churches Volume 1.
Set of 9 microfiche (not available on CD). Click to see an [example of the content.](http://www.bafhs.org.uk/images/shop/fiche_example_memorial_inscriptions_south_glos_churches.jpg) Including: St John the Baptist - Old Sodbury. St James the Great - Westerleigh. St James the Less - Iron Acton. St Peter's - Wapley. Codrington Baptist Church. Old Sodbury Baptist Church. ...
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Avon Monumental Inscriptions Finding Aid (index).
Set of 5 microfiche (not available on CD). Click to see an [example of the content.](http://www.bafhs.org.uk/images/shop/fiche_example_avon_monumental_inscriptions_finding_aid.jpg) Covering the former county of Avon, including Bristol Central in 6 parts. Part 1. North West Avon. Part 2. Bristol Central. Part 3. South Central. Part 4. South East Avon. Part 5. South West A...
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Bristol Marriages - St James Barton & St Pauls, Portland Square 1837-1885.
Set of 8 microfiche (not available on CD). Click to see an [example of the content.](http://www.bafhs.org.uk/images/shop/fiche_example_bristol_marriages_1837_1885.jpg) These indexes have been transcribed by Jane Baker and her co-workers, Vera Baber and Geoff Cook. They consist of four parts, a groom and a bride index for each church....
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Bristol diocese burial registers volume 3, 1754-1812
Available as a CD and a downloadable PDF file, the contents are divided into a [surname index](http://www.bafhs.org.uk/images/shop/cd_example_bristol_burials_vol3_1754_1812_surname_index.jpg) and a [transcript](http://www.bafhs.org.uk/images/shop/cd_example_bristol_burials_vol3_1754_1812_parish_trans.jpg) of the parish registers (click the links to see an example). **Parishes included:** A...
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Tracing your British Ancestors by Colin Chapman
A guide for researches tracing their family history in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. There are chapters covering census returns, parish registers and transcripts, probate records, other church records, old and new poor laws, land records, military records, family history societies and heraldry. Paperback, 92 pages....
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Godfrey Edition. Bristol (Redland) 1902.
Gloucestershire sheet 71.12, covering an area of approximately 1.5 miles by 1 mile....
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Around Yate and the Sodburys by Ian Bishop.
A photographic record, mainly from the early decades of the 20th century together with a small number of photographs from the 1950s. Covering Westerleigh, Nibley, Yate Rocks and (mainly) Chipping Sodbury and Old Sodbury. The inside back cover contains some examples of local advertisements from the mid 1930s - very formal with 2 and 3 digit telephone numbers! Paperback, 64 pages....
Supplied by: Bristol and Avon Family History Society Product Ref: BST- L36
Around Downend, Frenchay & Hambrook by Ian Bishop.
This is the 16th book in the "Around" series. It is packed with black and white photographs (and associated descriptions) from the first 50 years of the 20th century. Paperback, 64 pages....
Supplied by: Bristol and Avon Family History Society Product Ref: BST- L37
1891 Census Index Volume 1. Bedminster, St Philip & Jacob
Available as a CD and a downloadable PDF file, the contents are organised by [surname index](http://www.bafhs.org.uk/images/shop/cd_example_1891_census_vol1.jpg) (click the link to see an example). **Piece numbers & Parishes:** 1946-1952: Bedminster, Bishopsworth 1953: Long Ashton, Dundry, Winford, Felton, Wraxall, Barrow Gurney, Backwell, Flax Bourton. 1954-1955: Brockley, Clevedon,...
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Around Yatton by Ian Bishop
Old photographs of Yatton during the first half of the 20th Century. Including some nostalgic photographs of Yatton railway station between 1905 (its heyday) and the 1950's. Paperback, 60pages....
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Godfrey Edition. Bath 1883 (coloured edition)
Somerset sheet 14.05, covering approximately 1.5 miles by 1 mile around the central area of Bath. This map is in colour with the buildings shown in "carmine red", the water in "blue" and the roads in "burnt sienna", greatly adding to the legibility....
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Around High Littleton by Ian Bishop
Old photographs from the first 50 years of the 20th century covering the north east Somerset communities of High Littleton, Hallatrow and Farrington Gurney. Including photographs of Greyfield and Farrington collieries, Hallatrow railway station and a roadside petrol station (c1933) with one of the pumps displaying a price of 1/5d (about 7p), presumably per gallon! Paperback, 64 pages....
Supplied by: Bristol and Avon Family History Society Product Ref: BST- L39
Godfrey Edition. Bristol (Kingswood) 1903
Gloucestershire sheet 72.15, covering an area of approximately 1.5 miles by 1 mile....
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Baptismal Registers Collection
**Compiled from the following B&AFHS CDs:** - Bristol Baptismal Registers Vols 1 to 7, 1813-1837 - Bristol Baptismal Registers Vols 8 to 10, 1754-1812 - Bristol Baptismal Registers Vols 11 to 14, 1754-1812 - Nonconformist Baptismal Registers in Bristol Record Office, 1754-1837 The baptismal CDs listed above have been assembled into a (reduced price) "single CD collection", identical in every...
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Marriage Registers Collection
**Compiled from the following B&AFHS CDs:** - Bristol Marriage Registers Vol 8 1813-1837 - Bristol Marriage Registers Vol 9 1754-1812 - North Somerset Marriage Registers Vol 10 1754-1837 - South Gloucestershire Marriage Registers Vol 11 1837-1901 The marriage CDs listed above have been assembled into a (reduced price) "single CD collection", identical in every respect to the original CDs. Fo...
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Burial Registers Collection
**Compiled from the following B&AFHS CDs:** - Bristol Diocese Burial Registers Volume 3, 1754-1812 - They lived in Bristol. Bristol Burials 1813-1837 The burial CDs listed above have been assembled into a (reduced price) "single CD collection", identical in every respect to the original CDs. For parish coverage, please refer to the corresponding CDs shown elsewhere on this webpage. Just to b...
Supplied by: Bristol and Avon Family History Society Product Ref: BST- BACD21
Baptismal, Marriage & Burial Registers Collection
**Compiled from the following B&AFHS CDs:** - Bristol Baptismal Registers Vols 1 to 7, 1813-1837 - Bristol Baptismal Registers Vols 8 to 10, 1754-1812 - Bristol Baptismal Registers Vols 11 to 14, 1754-1812 - Nonconformist Baptismal Registers in Bristol Record Office, 1754-1837 - Bristol Marriage Registers Vol 8 1813-1837 - Bristol Marriage Registers Vol 9 1754-1812 - North Somerset Marriage R...
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Godfrey Edition. Bristol (Staple Hill) 1902.
Gloucestershire sheet 71.11, covering an area of approximately 1.5 miles by 1 mile. Showing the Tramway Depot in Broad Street (to the North), Rodway Hill Golf Course (to the East), Cockshot Hill (to the South) and Staple Hill railway station (to the West). The Midland Railway is shown running from Bristol (in the West) towards Mangotsfield (in the East)....
Supplied by: Bristol and Avon Family History Society Product Ref: BST- MP34
1891 Census Index Collection
**Compiled from the following B&AFHS CDs:** - 1891 Census Volume 1. Bedminster, St Philip & St Jacob - 1891 Census Volume 2. Barton Regis, Bristol North & East Suburbs - 1891 Census Volumes 3 & 4. Bath, North Avon & Clutton Registration District The census index CDs listed above have been assembled into a (reduced price) "single CD collection", identical in every respect to the original CDs....
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Bristol Apprenticeship Books Volumes 1(o) to 1(z) 1724-2009
Available as a CD and a downloadable PDF file. The Bristol Record Office (BRO) holds a continuous series of Apprenticeship Records dating from 1532 to 2009. They are contained in a set of 26 books, known as The Bristol Apprenticeship Books and were originally identified by the BRO as Volumes AB/1(a) to AB/1(z). This CD contains the 12 most recent volumes, namely 1(o) to 1(z) and its contents...
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Godfrey Edition. Bristol (Fishponds) 1902.
New map. Gloucestershire sheet 72.10, covering an area of approximately 1.5 miles by 1 mile....
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Around Winterbourne, Iron Acton and Frampton Cotterell by Ian Bishop
Now available - a new book by Ian Bishop. This is the 19th book in the "Around" series, taking a photographic journey back in time to the South Gloucestershire villages of Winterbourne, Iron Acton and Frampton Cotterell. The majority of photographs date from the early decades of the 20th century, showing the then rural nature of the area. A small number of aerial photographs, dating from the...
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