Winford, Somerset
Historical Description
Winford, a parish, with Winford village and two hamlets, in Somerset, 4 miles from Nailsea station on the G.W.R.; and 6 SW of Bristol. It has a post office under Flaxbourton, money order and telegraph office. Chew Magna. Acreage, 3340; population of the civil parish, 935; of the ecclesiastical, 845. Winford Manor is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; gross value, £350 with residence. Patron, Worcester College, Oxford. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1796, and was reseated in 1868. There are Congregational and Baptist chapels.
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 | Windford St. Mary and St. Peter | |
Hundred | Hartcliffe with Bedminster | |
Poor Law union | Bedminster |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Somerset Archives & Local Studies, have images of the Parish Registers for Somerset online.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Winford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Windford (St. Mary and St. Peter))
Maps
Online maps of Winford are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Somerset papers online:
- Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette
- Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser
- Western Gazette
- Wells Journal
- Somerset County Gazette
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Somersetshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.