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England Tyne and Wear  Sunderland

Guide to Sunderland, Tyne and Wear ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



Cemeteries (Civil)

 * Glastonbury Cemetery


 * Glastonbury Wells road Cemetery


 * Historic England Beckery Chapel and Cemetery

Church Records
According to very strong traditional and mythological indicators, as well as materials presently at Glastonbury Abbey, Christianity came to Glastonbury at a very early date. The first wattle church was reputed to have been built in 67 AD.

The abbey itself was founded in the 7th century and enlarged in the 10th century. It is one of the oldest Christian locations in England.

Glastonbury St John the Baptist parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Parishes

 * Church of St. John the Baptist.


 * Church of St. Benedictine


 * Glastonbury Abbey. While this is now a ruin, it is a major historical site in the UK,with hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

Non Conformists
Glastonbury is not a large town. However it is known for its pagan and Celtish following and these are particularly active during the solstices and the summer months. The following non Conformist groups are active:


 * Catholic
 * First Christian Church
 * Grace Community Church

There are communities of non Christian religions including the following:


 * Buddhist
 * Muslim
 * Sikh

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes.


 * UK BMD: Somerset


 * Forebears Glastonbury


 * Somerset Parish Records

Local Histories

 * Glastonbury History and Guide by Robert Dunning


 * Traditions of Glastonbury by Raymond Kapt


 * Local Histories; Glastonbury


 * History and Archaeology of Glastonbury Abbey

Maps and Gazetteers

 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain
 * Glastonbury street map
 * Genuki Glastonbury Gazetteer
 * Vision of Britain Glastonbury Gazetteer

Newspapers
Glastonbury itself does not have its own newspaper. Instead locals read the following:


 * Somerset Live

Occupations
Glastonbury has no indigenous industry. It survives primarily on tourism and as a local market town.

It is a center for religious tourism and pilgrimage. As with many towns of similar size, the center is not as thriving as it once was but Glastonbury supports a large number of alternative shops. As part of the redevelopment of the old industrial site, a project has been established by the Glastonbury Community Development Trust to provide support for local unemployed people applying for employment, starting in self-employment and accessing work-related training.

Societies

 * The Historical Society of Glastonbury


 * Somerset and Dorset Family History Society


 * Ancestry.com Somerset

Archives

 * Glastonbury Archive


 * Glastonbury Town Archives

Web Sites

 * Glastonbury Town Council


 * Mendip District Council