Slimbridge Local History Society
The Society holds meetings at 7.30pm in the village hall on the third Thursday of alternate months, see below for the programme of speakers and topics and visits. Visitors are welcome, entrance fee £1-50 (including refreshments). Membership fee is £5 per annum
Among information available to researchers are the following items
Transcribed
Parish Registers for Baptisms, Marriages and Burials dating from 1635
Census Returns 1841 - 1901
Transcriptions of 16th and 17th Century Wills of local residents
Photographs of village buildings old and new
History of the school with photographs of pupils
Recorded reminiscences of some older residents
Archives containing articles and photographs on the history of Slimbridge
Slimbridge Millenium Photographic Archive AD2000 is available on CD.
The CD has a Folder containing over 300 photos of people, places, events, industry, & farming etc. A Second Folder has these Photos as a PowerPoint presentation to run your own slide show. Copies for members are £5, non-members £7.50. Further details from contacts below.
PROGRAMME of MEETINGS 2008/9
Sept. 18th. 2008
When the World passed by Slimbridge
Speaker: William Harris
Nov. 20th 2008
A Farmer’s View of the History of Field Systems
Speaker: David Wilcox
Jan. 15th 2009
Local Archives from a local archivist’s point of view
Speaker: Shawn Morley
Mar. 19th 2009
Doing Family History
Speaker: John Loosley
June 18th 2009
Annual General Meeting.and Members Night
NOTES
1. SCALE OF FEES
The Society is pleased to help researchers seeking details of their families history or other studies relating to the village.
Parish Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials are no longer available in the Church but the Society has Transcripts and Indexes compiled from the Registers and asks for an initial donation (min £12) £7 to be passed to the Church for access to the Registers and £5 to the Society to cover cost of collating extracts etc. which can be time consuming. This payment will also cover the cost of printing and postage but special requests, e.g. assistance with research, photographs etc, may be costed separately.
The Society is always interested in receiving new information about Slimbridge and its inhabitants and exchanging data on a quid pro quo basis.
2. CONTACTS
You can email us at rjayuu@argonet.co,uk (or just click on this link)
Margaret Weeks 01453 890059
Eric Carpenter 01453 890680
Last update 11th July 2008