Rowington Parish Records was formed in the spring of 2003 with the aim of collecting photographs and documents about the parish of Rowington, which might otherwise have been destroyed, and mounting them in an exhibition for the benefit of parishioners. Since then over 1000 photographs and documents have been collected and work continues.

Five large exhibitions have been staged so far, the most recent being over the weekend of 19 and 20 May 2007 in Lowsonford Village Hall at which most of the collection was available for view. In addition, a number of smaller exhibitions have been staged for the benefit of local organisations at their respective meetings.

 

A database of information about houses, other buildings and events in the parish has been built up and a list of everything contained in the collection is available to view by clicking on the link to the Parish Records Database (last updated in February 2008) at the top left of this page. The group also plans to make available the names of all people shown in its collection of photographs and documents, for the benefit of those within the parish and elsewhere who are researching their Rowington family history. The compilation of a list of field names is also being considered for the future.

 

The group has received tremendous support from the people of the parish. Many have helped by donating or lending photographs and documents for the collection and putting names to faces on old photographs. All the exhibitions staged so far have been very well attended.

 

The group has started to receive enquiries from elsewhere in the UK and from abroad, from people researching their family history.

 

 

Links to information about the history of Rowington and to local and national family history websites can be found on the left of this page.