Dean Forest Holy Trinity, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Dean Forest Holy Trinity is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1817 from part of Forest of Dean extra-parochial.

The civil parish is known as Drybrook

Other places in the parish include: East Dean, Little Dean Walk;, Herberts Walk, and Blankney Walk.

Alternative names: Dry Brook, Drybrook

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1817
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Bible Christian Methodist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Dean Forest Holy Trinity or Drybrook Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Drybrook Holy Trinity, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1817-1913

Forest of Dean, Holy Trinity, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1817-1873

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Drybrook Holy Trinity, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1845-1938

Dean Forest Holy Trinity, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1845-1865

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Drybrook Holy Trinity, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1817-1988

Forest of Dean, Holy Trinity, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1817-1865

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DRYBROOK, a place near the mutual boundary of Gloucester and Hereford shires; 2 miles from Mitchel-dean, and 8 from Newnham. It has a post office under Newnham.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Westbury on Severn
  • Probate Court: Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Hereford, Post-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Forest
  • Poor Law Union: Westbury on Severn
  • Hundred: St Briavels
  • Province: Canterbury