In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoke Bishop like this:
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.
Additional information about this locality is available for Westbury on Trym
Stoke Bishop through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoke Bishop, in Bristol and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24003
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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