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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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STAPLETON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Clifton district, Gloucester. The village stands midway between the Bristoland Gloucester and the Bristol and South Wales Union railways, 2 miles NE of Bristol; and has a post-office under Bristol.—The parish comprises 2,554 acres. Real property, £11,914; of which £258 are in mines, and £155 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 4,840; in 1861, 5,355,-of whom 51 5 were in Clifton workhouse, 845 in Bristol workhouse, and 154 in Bristol lunatic asylum. Houses, 796. There are numerous good residences. A pa1ace for the Bishops of Gloucester and Bristol was built in 1840, and is now a charity school for 120 boys. The living is a p. curacy, united with Fishponds chapelry, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £190.* Patron, Sir J. H. G. Smyth, Bart. The church was built in 1856; and is in the decorated style, with tower and lofty spire. A section, with a pop. of 546, is in Easton chapelry. There are a diocesan training school, three national schools, and charities £69. Hannah More was a native.—The sub-district contains four parishes. Acres, 8,819. Pop., 9,184. Houses, 1,653.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stapleton CP/AP Stapleton SubD Barton Regis RegD/PLU Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Stapleton |
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