In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Backwell like this:
BACKWELL, or Bachwell, a parish in Bedminster district, Somerset; 1 mile SE of Nailsea r. station, and 7 WSW of Bristol. It includes the hamlets of Church Town, Downside, Farley, Mooreside, and West-Town; and its Post Town is Nailsea. Acres, 2,902. Real property, £6,223. Pop., 926. Houses, 183. ...
The property is subdivided. Coal is extensively mined; and building-stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage, and a sinecure rectory, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value of the vicarage, £144; of the rectory, £253.* Patron of the vicarage, Mrs. Uniacke; of the rectory, the Marquis of Bath. The church is good, and has a very fine tower; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £46.
Backwell through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Backwell in North Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12360
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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