In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brislington like this:
BRISLINGTON, a parish in Keynsham district, Somerset; on the river Avon and the Great Western railway, 2½ miles SE of Bristol. It has a post office under Bristol. Acres, 2,393. Real property, £9,697. Pop., 1,489. Houses, 218. The property is divided among a few. Brislington House is a large and well-arranged lunatic asylum. ...
Brislington tunnel, on the line of the railway, goes through the shale and sandstone of the coalmeasures; is 3,148 feet long; and has four ventilating shafts. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £170. Patron, F. L. Popham, Esq. The church is good; and was not long ago enlarged. There are a national school and charities £12.
Brislington through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brislington, in Bristol and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12473
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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