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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PORTBURY, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Somerset. The village stands adjacent to the Bristoland Portishead railway, near Wans dyke, 1½ mile W of the river Avon, and 6 W N W of Bristol; occupies the site of a Roman station, where Roman coins, foundations of Roman villas, and other Roman relics have beenfound; and has a post-office under Bristol, and a railway station. The parish includes the tythings of Abbots, Caswell, Claptons-Wick, Court, Cross, Failand, Hamgreen, Happerton, Honor, Peters, Sheepway, Watchouse, and Woolcombe; and is in Bedminster district. Acres, 3, 849; of which 130 are fore-shore water. Real property, £7, 310. Pop., 677. Houses, 135. The manor belongs to Sir W. Abdy, Bart. An Augustiniancell to Bromere priory was here, and has left some vestiges. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £400.* Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is ancient; and consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and chapel, with a fine tower. There are a parochial school, and charities £9. The hundred contains also eleven other parishes. Acres, 26, 369. Pop.in 1851, 10, 765; in 1861, 11, 558. Houses, 2, 242.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Portbury CP/AP Portbury Hundred Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Portbury |
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