HERITAGE CENTRE AND LIBRARY




HERITAGE CENTRE RESOURCES
 Library/Research Room and Artefacts Store

The John Malin Library/Research Room holds the society's main archive. Access to the library can be arranged for research into ancestry and other topics. Open on Thursdays between 2pm and 4pm; we recommend that you make an appointment and discuss your requirements with the Curator - Roger Thornburgh (01386 701235).

Non-members who are contemplating using the Society's research facilities should discuss their requirements with the Curator in advance.  The Heritage Centre also has a store of local artefacts which are not generally viewable but are used in our occasional exhibitions.

THE NORTH ROOM
This room is primarily an exhibition space.

RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY INCLUDE:
Blockley Censuses
1827 (from 'A Guide to Blockley by Rev, W T Eyre),  1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901. 1911.
Blockley Parish Records:
  Baptisms 1538 - 1901
  Marriages 1539 - 2000
  Banns of Marriage 1894 - 1944
  Burials 1538 - 2000
  Blockley Baptist Church Baptisms
Bourton on the Hill:
  Baptisms 1931 - 2005
  Marriages 1989 - 2006
  Banns of Marriage 1823 - 2006
  Burials 1917 - 2006
Blockley with Aston Magna:
   Baptisms 1959 - 2004
  Marriages 1944 - 2006
  Banns of Marriage 1944 - 2006
  Burials 1980 - 2006
Blockley Electoral Rolls
   1911 - 1915, 1918 - 1922, 1926 - 1939, 1935 - 1948, 1949 - 1980, 1984 - 1989, 1992 - 1994, 2004, 2008 - 2009
Register of Electors
  For Aston Magna, Draycott, Blockley and Paxford
  1882 - 1991
Maps:
   Various, including OS 25 inch to 1 mile of the whole Parish 1923
Graveyards Surveys:
   1880, 2000 + amendments 2023.
Enclosure Awards:
  Blockley 1773 + map
   Moreton in Marsh 1821 + map
   Bourton on the Hill 1821 + map
   Cutsdean 1776 + map
   Snowshill 1762 + map
Blockley places:
  Various documents relating to (amongst other places), Northwick Park
Blockley people
  Various documents relating to (amongst others):
  Rushouts
  Edward Spence Churchill
  Joanna Southcott
  John Malin & family
  Dee family
Archives:
  Belcher archive
  Warner archive
  Dee archive
  Haggart archive
  Colebrooke House
Press cuttings:
  1906 - 2011
Blockley Church
  Various documents
Baptist Church
Blockley Schools
  Various documents relating to:
  Boys' School
  Girls' and Infants School
  Paxford School
  Blockley School
  Malvern House School
  Coach House Nursery School
  Miscellaneous
Jubilee Centre
Blockley Organisations
  Blockley Players
  BASD Company
  Blockley Blokes Choir
  Blockley Ladies' Choir
  Blockley Antiquarian Society
  Blockley Women's Meeting
  Infant Welfare Group
Blockley Events and Activities
Blockley Photographs
  Large collection, in the process of being catalogued
Books
  Large collection of books on Blockley and the Cotswolds for reference
Magazines
  Parish Council Newsletter
  Church & Village News 2002 - 2014
  Blockley Directory 2001
  Town & Country Planning 1963, 1964
  Conservation Bulletin 2004 - 2011
  Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Transactions:
  1960, 1963 - 1974, 1976 - 1982,  1984, Index to Vols. 79 - 90 (1960 - 1971)
  'The Countryman' 1939 - 1998
  'Gievensis' (Gloucestershire & District Arch. Research Group Review) 1977 - 1978
  'Gloucestershire Life'  1973 - 1974
  'Gloucestershire Life & Avon Life' 1975, 1978, 1981
  'Gloucestershire History' 1987 - 1984, 1995 - 1999, 2003 - 2006, 2008 - 2011
  GISA Journal (Gloucestershire Soc.of Industrial Archaeology) 2002
  Journal of Roman Studies Vol. 51, parts 1 & 2 (article on Dorn) 1961
  Local History Bulletin (Gloucestershire Community Council) 1968 - 1986
  New from Archaeological Service (Gloscs. C C) 2007, 2010
  'Punch' 1913 - 2011
  'Current Archaeological' 1990 - 2011

Updated 2024