You need to apply to the Probate Office in Bristol with the year of death and they will search up to 5 years afterwards for the the grant of probate which is given when a will is administered.
The address is
2 Redcliff Street
Bristol England
BS1 6GR
Dorothy Augusta Osborne
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1899
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1979
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Bristol
Inferred County: Avon
Volume: 22
Page: 0312
Dorothy May Osborne
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1901
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1979
Age at Death: 78
Registration district: Bristol
Inferred County: Avon
Volume: 22
Page: 0585
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