In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Congresbury like this:
CONGRESBURY, a village and a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset. The village stands on the river Yeo, 2 miles S by E of Yatton r. station, and 6½ N of Axbridge: has a post office, of the name of Congresbury, Somerset; was once a market-town; and still has a fair on 14 Sep. A college is said to have been founded at it, in 711, by St. ...
Congar, an Eastern prince; and an interesting ancient market cross is still here, on five flights of steps. The parish comprises 4, 443 acres. Real property, £12, 203. Pop., 1, 190. Houses, 267. The property is much subdivided. Part of the land is marshy. The living is a vicarage, united with St. Lawrence-Wick, in-the dio. of Bath and Wells. Value, £800.* Patron, R. Hunt, Esq. The church is later English. The vicarage of St. Ann is a separate benefice; and the church of it was built in 1865. There are two dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £14.
Congresbury through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Congresbury in North Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12674
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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