Discoveries about eminent people, everyday people, unusual places, or events - but frequently fascinating! They come from many sources - books, newspaper articles, official records, and the personal contributions of people I have met in the course of the study. Further contributions are always welcome, and the list will hopefully grow.

The facts are loosely grouped into various categories, but there are no hard and fast rules for what is grouped where, so please browse.

• Where does the name come from?. Norman-French? Scottish? Take your pick
• The earliest known mention of the name Glenister in the records of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge dating from between 1282 and 1349.
• Is there a Glenister coat of arms? There are several - although only one is genuine!
• John Glenister who petitioned Star Chamber in 1579
• Earliest emigrants to America in 1635 and 1718.

• Photo album - photographs of people and places
• The eminent Glenisters - public or prominent
• They died in the war - 34 civilians, soldiers and sailors
• The apprentice - from 1825 to 1832 training to be a blacksmith
• A grisly murder - in Bedfordshire in 1853

• Streets and buildings with the name Glenister.
• The town of Glenister in Alberta, Canada
• Glenisters on the Pacific island of Samoa

• Charge of the Light Brigade James Glanister was there in 1852
• 2,000 year old Roman gold ring discovered by Paul Glenister
• Glenister Gathering 28 June 2003 at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

• Books by or about Glenisters
• Films by or about Glenisters

• a fire tricycle
• a roller blind

• The most unusual Glenister name - but where are they now?