Place:Taynton, Gloucestershire, England

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Name	Taynton
Alt names	Tatinton	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 115
	Tetinton	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 115
Type	Parish
Coordinates	51.9°N 2.383°W
Located in	Gloucestershire, England
See also	Botloe Hundred, Gloucestershire, England	hundred in which the parish is located
	Newent Rural, Gloucestershire, England	rural district in which it was located 1894-1974
	Forest of Dean District, Gloucestershire, England	district municipality of which it has been a part since 1974

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Taynton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"TAYNTON, a parish in Newent [registration] district, Gloucester; 2½ miles SSE of Newent, and 4 ENE of Mitcheldean-Road [railway] station. Post town, Gloucester. Acres: 2,501. Real property: £4,352. Population: 689. Houses: 141. The property is much subdivided. [Taynton] House is the residence of B. Atherton, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value: £450. Patrons: the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. The church was restored in 1866. There are a national school, and charities £24."

From 1894 until 1974 Taynton was in Newent Rural District. Since 1974 it has been part of the Forest of Dean District.

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Registration Districts

Newent (1837 - 1937)
Gloucester Rural (1937 - 1974)
Gloucester (post-1974) (1974 - 2006)
Gloucestershire (2006 - )

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Research Tips

Gloucestershire Archives in Gloucester is where paper and microfilm copies of all records for this part of Gloucestershire are stored.

Online sources which may also be helpful:

GENUKI gives pointers to other archive sources as well as providing some details on each parish in the county. The emphasis here is on ecclesiastical parishes (useful before 1837)
A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 and tables of the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Do respect the copyright on this material.
The FamilySearch Wiki for Gloucestershire provides a similar but not identical series of webpages to that provided by GENUKI
A Vision of Britain through Time has a group of pages of statistical facts for almost every parish in the county
Unfortunately, A History of the County of Gloucester in the Victoria County History series provided by the website British History Online does not cover this part of the county
Ancestry.co.uk has recently added Gloucestershire Burials, 1813-1988; Confirmations, 1834-1913; Baptisms, 1813-1913; Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813; and Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938. (entry dated 1 Aug 2015)