Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bitton

Bitton, par. and township with ry. sta., W. Gloucestershire, 6 miles SE. of Bristol -- par., 7191 ac., pop. 11,662; township, 3379 ac., pop. 3788; P.O.; contains coal and ironstone mines; also Roman antiquities.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bitton CP/AP       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Bitton

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