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The following appear as names for Weston on Avon. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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WESTON ON AVON | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
WESTON UPON AVON | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Weston on Avon. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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WESTON | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 190. |
WESTON ON AVON | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 190. |
Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 190. | |
WESTON UPON AVON | Parish-level Unit (AP/CP) | 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Weston on Avon, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Weston on Avon, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Weston on Avon, in Stratford on Avon and Gloucestershire | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11457/names
Date accessed: 26th April 2024