Easton in Gordano, Somerset

Historical Description

Easton-in-Gordano or St George, a parish in Somerset, on the left side of the river Avon, 5 miles WNW of Bristol, and 1 mile from Pill station on the G.W.R. It contains Pill pilot station, and has a post office under Bristol; money order and telegraph office, Pill. Acreage, 1868 of land, and 231 of tidal water and foreshore; population of the civil parish, 2400; of the ecclesiastical, 651. The surface is rather elevated, and commands beautiful prospects along the Avon and into the Bristol Channel. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £184. Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is modern. The vicarage of Pill is a separate benefice. There are Baptist and Wes-leyan chapels. There is a brewery at Lodway.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient County	Somersetshire
Ecclesiastical parish	Easton-In-Gordano St. George
Hundred	Portbury
Poor Law union	Bedminster

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Easton in Gordano from the following:

Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Easton-In-Gordano (St. George))

Maps

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Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
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National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
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Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Somersetshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.