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Thurston Family of Thornbury

Catalogue reference: D866

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This record is about the Thurston Family of Thornbury dating from 1587-20th Century.

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Reference
D866
Title
Thurston Family of Thornbury
Date
1587-20th Century
Description

Records of the Thurston family including Parish and Charity Papers relating to schools almshouses, hospital and workhouse.

Held by
Gloucestershire Archives
Language
English
Creator(s)
<famname>Thurston family of Thornbury, Gloucestershire</famname>
Physical description
169 files
Immediate source of acquisition

Records given by Miss Ursula Thurston, deceased per Messrs. Thurston, Jolly and Burbridge, solicitors, Thornbury, August 1952 and others received from Mr. W.A. Caffall, April 1951

Custodial history

The records deposited by Mr. Caffall (given to him for purposes of research by Mr. Lawrence Thurston, uncle of Miss Ursula Thurston) have been amalgamated with the main body of the records, as it is clear that all came from the same source.

Administrative / biographical background

The records here probably do not represent the whole of the archives of the Thurston family. They throw much light on the activities of a country yeoman family in Thornbury from the later part of the 17th century. Parish and charity records included here show them to have been actively engaged in local affairs as overseers of the poor, churchwardens, feoffees of the various charities etc. Obediah Edward Thurston was an attorney practising in Thornbury in 1870, and the firm later became Thurstons, Jolly & Burbridge, now Thurstons & Setchell.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/935f1fa7-5306-44f3-8d52-02300a1fd732/

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Thurston Family of Thornbury