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STOKE-BISHOP, a tything and a chapelry in Westbury-upon-Trym parish, Gloucester. The tything lies on the river Avon, 2½ miles NW of Bristol r. station; has a post-office under Bristol; and contains many residences of the principal merchants and manufacturers of Bristol. Real property, £34.818. Pop. in 1851, 4,213; in 1861, 5,623. Houses, 887. The chapelry was constituted in 1860. Pop., 554. Houses, 88. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, not reported. Patrons, Trustees. The church is modern.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a tything and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Gloucestershire AncC |
Place: | Stoke Bishop |
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