Tibberton History

Welcome to the Village History section, dedicated to memories of the village collected and compiled by the people of Tibberton.
 
Meetings are held in Tibberton Church Room on the first Monday in the months of February, April, June (usually a walk) October and December. A wassail is normally held in January.
If you would like to contribute please contact: Carole Bevan 01452790424 – email: familybevan@talk21.com
 

Links to Genealogy and stories of events and characters in historical documents below the slide show of moments and memories from Tibberton in the past.

Documents describing historical events, the people of Tibberton and parish records.

Thumb 1068to1801_hundreds_of_stbriavels-inctibberton.pdf application/pdf

Maps of Tibberton with the Hundreds of St Briavels from 1068 to 1801

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Thumb 1675to1802_TayntonParishRecords.pdf application/pdf

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Thumb 1682to1837_TibbertonMarriageRecords.pdf application/pdf

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A description of Tibberton in 1712 provided by the then Clerk Nicholas Atkyns.

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Thumb 1753to1837_TayntonMarriageRecords.pdf application/pdf

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Thumb 1813to1856_TayntonParishRecords.pdf application/pdf

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Thumb 1841census-tibbertongloucestershire.pdf application/pdf

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The tale of the 'dreadful murder at Tibberton' in 1843 involving the death of a stepson, the trial and transportation of the convicted murderer. What happened to those involved.

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Thumb 1861census-tibbertongloucestershire.pdf application/pdf

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Thumb 1871census-tibbertongloucestershire.pdf application/pdf

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Thumb 1881census-tibbertongloucestershire.pdf application/pdf

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A ramble through Tibberton in August 1887 - Edited extract from an article in the Gloucestershire Chronicle Saturday 10th September 1887

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Thumb 1897directoryoftibbertongloucestershire.pdf application/pdf

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Thumb 1901_Meredith-picture.pdf application/pdf

A sepia photograph of Meredith taken in 1901

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Extracts from newspaper reports on the sad fatality of a young man that occurred in Tibberton on Saturday afternoon 22nd February 1913.

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Newent Man's Tragic Death in Tibberton on his way home from the Barton Fair, September 1920.

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Thumb 1921_Tibberton_Court_School_Prospectus.pdf application/pdf

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Thumb 1939_Police_pensioner_found_dead_Tibberton_pool.pdf application/pdf

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Thumb 1960_Foudroyant_Timber_TibbertonCourt.pdf application/pdf

The mysterious tale of how a portion of timber from a Nelson's flagship stood in the grounds of 'Tibberton Court'!

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Thumb 1960_Kings_Board_TibbertonCourt.pdf application/pdf

How the monument called the 14th Century King's Board monument was restored and stood in the grounds of Tibberton Court until 1937 when it moved to its current location in the Hillfield Gardens, a public park of London Road, Gloucester.

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Thumb 1968_HaroldJPhelps.pdf application/pdf

Mr Harold Phelps, a great authority on fruit and growing in the 1930's to 1960's as well as partner in a old established cider merchant at Tibberton.

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Thumb 1968_MajorGeneral_Urquhart-1906-1968.pdf application/pdf

Major-General Urquart was a military veteran of the Second World War awarded the DSO for his services in Normandy and later the owner of Meredith house in 1950's.

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Thumb 1970_Muzzle_Patch_Tibberton_Brochure.pdf application/pdf

A 1970's brochure for the unique Muzzle Patch development of 24 houses in Tibberton.

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Thumb 1976_WedderburnFamilyTree.pdf application/pdf

The Wedderburn family tree showing where the Meredith connection came from.

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Thumb 1980_History_of_Holy_Trinity_Church_Tibberton-Robbins.pdf application/pdf

A history of the Holy Trinity Church from 1283.

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Thumb 1988_Tibberton_Court-GloucesterhireCountryHousesExtract.pdf application/pdf

A history of Tibberton Court from 1624.

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Thumb 2003-HolyTrinityChurchGraveyard-ListofGraves.pdf application/pdf

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Thumb 2020_Tibberton_almshouses-gloucestershire.pdf application/pdf

A history of the Tibberton Almshouses from 1868.

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