History of Gloucester in Gloucestershire

Place:

Gloucester Gloucestershire

Names from historical writing:

The following appear as names for Gloucester. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name	Author	Source
BARTON ST MICHAEL	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
BARTON ST MICHAEL	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CAER GLOW	William Camden	Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
CATHERINE ST	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CILVUM	William Camden	Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
CLAUDIOCESTRIA	William Camden	Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
COLONIA GLAVUM	William Camden	Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GLAVECESTER	William Camden	Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GLEAVECESTER	William Camden	Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GLEAWANCESTER	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
GLEAWANCESTER. GLEAWECESTER OR GLEWCESTER	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
GLEAWECESTER	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
GLEUVCESTER	William Camden	Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GLEVUM	William Camden	Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GLEWCESTER	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
GLOCESTER	William Camden	Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
GLOCESTER	Celia Fiennes	Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary (London: Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1888).
GLOCESTERTOWN	Celia Fiennes	Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary (London: Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1888).
GLOUCESTER	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
GLOUCESTER	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
GLOVERIA	William Camden	Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
HAMLET	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
HAMLET	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
HAMLET NORTH	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
HAMLET NORTH	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
HAMLET SOUTH	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
NORTH HAMLET	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
NORTH HAMLET	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
POOL MEADOW	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
SOUTH HAMLET	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
SOUTH HAMLET	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ST CATHERINE	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.

Names for administrative units:

These names were used for units associated with Gloucester. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:

Name	Unit Type	Source
23UE	District/Unitary Authority	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ALDATE ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BARTON ST MICHAEL	Parish-level Unit (Hmlt/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CAERLOYW	Ancient District (Borough)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 26.
CAERLOYW	Local Government District (RD)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 26.
CATHERINE ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/Ch/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
COLLEGE PRECINCTS	Parish-level Unit (ExP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOCESTER	Ancient District (Borough)	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER	1841 Occupation reporting area	1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'.
	Ancient District (CntyOfIt/AD_City)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. XIII.
	Ancient District (Borough)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 607.
	Archdeaconry	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 779.
	Constituency (BCon/PBCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
	Diocese	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 779.
	Diocese	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 778.
	District/Unitary Authority	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
	Local Government District (RD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 611.
	Local Government District (CB)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 607.
	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
	Poor Law Union/Reg. District (PLU/RegD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 608.
	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 778.
	Sanitary District (USD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 609.
	Sanitary District (RSD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 609.
	Urban Labour Market	Great Britain Historical GIS Project
GLOUCESTER ALL SAINTS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ALL SAINTS	Parish-level Unit (AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL	Diocese	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 779.
GLOUCESTER BARTON ST MARY	Parish-level Unit (Hmlt/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER BARTON ST MICHAEL	Parish-level Unit (Hmlt/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER CHRIST CHURCH	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER CITY	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 779.
GLOUCESTER COLLEGE PRECINCTS	Parish-level Unit (ExP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER HOLY TRINITY	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER HOLY TRINITY	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER NORTH	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 779.
GLOUCESTER NORTHERN	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
GLOUCESTER NORTH HAMLET	Ecclesiastical Parish (EExP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER NORTH HAMLET	Parish-level Unit (ExP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER POOL MEADOW	Parish-level Unit (ExP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER SOUTH	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 779.
GLOUCESTER SOUTHERN	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
GLOUCESTER SOUTH HAMLET	Ecclesiastical Parish (EExP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER SOUTH HAMLET	Parish-level Unit (ExP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST ALDATE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST ALDATE FINLAY ROAD	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST AUDONEI	Parish-level Unit (AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST CATHERINE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST CATHERINE	Parish-level Unit (AP/Ch/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST CATHERINE WITH KINGSHOLM ST CATHERINE	Parish-level Unit (AP/Ch/CP)	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
GLOUCESTER ST GEORGE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST JAMES	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST LUKE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST LUKE THE LESS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST MARK	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE CRYPT	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE CRYPT	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE CRYPT WITH ALL SAINTS AND ST OWEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE CRYPT WITH ALL SAINTS AND ST OWEN AND ST MICHAEL WITH ST MARY DE GRACE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE CRYPT WITH ALL SAINTS AND ST OWEN WITH ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE GRACE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE GRACE	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE LODE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE LODE	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE LODE AND ST NICHOLAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE LODE WITH HOLY TRINITY	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST MICHAEL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST MICHAEL	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST NICHOLAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST NICHOLAS	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST OWEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST OWEN	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST PAUL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 175.
GLOUCESTER ST STEPHEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
HOLY TRINITY	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
JOHN THE BAPTIST ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MARY DE CRYPT ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MARY DE GRACE ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MARY DE LODE ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MARY ST DE LODE	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MICHAEL ST	Parish-level Unit (Hmlt/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MICHAEL ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NICHOLAS ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NORTH HAMLET	Parish-level Unit (ExP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
OWEN ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
POOL MEADOW	Parish-level Unit (ExP/CP)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
SOUTH HAMLET	Parish-level Unit (ExP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SOUTH HAMLET	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST ALDATE	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST CATHERINE	Parish-level Unit (AP/Ch/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST MARY DE CRYPT	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARY DE CRYPT WITH ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 174.
ST MARY DE GRACE	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARY DE LODE	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MICHAEL	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST NICHOLAS	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST NICHOLAS	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST NICHOLAS WITHOUT	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 184.
ST OWEN	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
THE HOLY TRINITY	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Gloucester, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:

For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of whose names is the name of the city followed by a saint's dedication, with just the saint's name as another variant. Parish names will sometimes also include "places" within towns.
Districts usually contain more than one settlement, and some districts had their names changed to take the name of a completely different settlement. As we link each administrative unit to just one of our "places", usually the last place the unit was named after, in these cases the name for a completely different place will appear on this page.
Similarly, a unit may sometimes be named after a particular settlement it contains and sometimes to indicate its location within a higher level unit. This was very common among British parliamentary constituencies in rural areas, one name referring to their main town and another indicating that they were in, say, the southern part of the relevant county.

Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Gloucester, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gloucester in Gloucestershire | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/390/names

Date accessed: 29th September 2023

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