Autumn 2017

Gloucestershire Heritage Hub

Spotlight on archives from South Gloucestershire

New accessions of archives relating to South Gloucestershire 

Over the last six months Gloucestershire Archives' staff processed and added details to the online catalogue for the following collections:

  • Account books relating to a firm of builders in Marshfield, 1786-1871 (D14383, gift)
  • Marshfield Reading Room, minutes and accounts, 1887-1947 (D14390, gift)
  • Deeds and related papers of property known as "The Stores", 2 High Street, Winterbourne, 1837-1974 (D14408, gift)
  • St Michael's C of E Primary School, Winterbourne: Celebrating 200 years, 1813-2013 (pamphlet examining the history of the School, including memories and archive photographs, and photographs of staff, pupils (by year) and the current premises) (S372/1, gift)
  • 133 scanned images and photographs of Filton factory site and air field, head office of the Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd, 20th cent (copies created in 2012 to support a proposal from South Gloucestershire Council for a reminiscence project to research and publish the history of Old and New Filton House (the original offices of the Bristol Aeroplane Company)) (D14448, gift)
  • Additional material concerning the Filton Community History HLF funded project: administration files, minutes of meetings, and results of research, including projects undertaken by pupils at Shield Road and Charborough Road Schools, 1999-2001 (D13476, deposited by Filton Community History Group)
  • Deeds relating to property in Castle Street, Thornbury, 1863 (D14454, gift)
  • Sandoe Luce Panes of Thornbury, estate agents and auctioneers: records of predecessor firms including sales particulars from Luce, Young and Alway, Moses Smith and Luce, Luce, Howes and Williams, and associated firms, 1873, 1890, 1900-1961, relating to properties in South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire and Somerset; valuation notebook number 132, 1953-1958; newscuttings of auction advertisements, 1900-1938, 1947-1950 (D4855, gift) . These records are a useful resource for anyone wishing to research the 20th century history of South Gloucestershire, for both local and landscape historians, and those interested in social history. Coverage is particularly good for about 1915-1928, a time when many larger estates were being broken up and sold off after the First World War, and for the 1950s, when more and more private individuals were buying, building and selling their own homes.

 

 

 

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