Redwick, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Redwick, a hamlet in Henbury parish, Gloucestershire, on the Severn, 10 miles NW of Bristol. Together with Northwick and part of Pilning it forms a township. Acreage, 1263; population, 385.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Gloucestershire | |
Civil parish | Henbury | |
Hundred | Henbury | |
Poor Law union | Thornbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
For church records see Henbury
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Thomas
The church of St. Thomas, Northwick, rebuilt in 1840 on the site of the old church, is an edifice of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, north transept, south porch and a low western tower containing 2 bells: it has 300 sittings.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Redwick from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Redwick are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Gloucestershire online:
- Gloucester Citizen
- Gloucester Journal
- Gloucestershire Chronicle
- Gloucestershire Echo
- Cheltenham Chronicle
- Cheltenham Looker-On
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.