In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Corston like this:
CORSTON, a parish in Keynsham district, Somerset: on the Great Western railway, adjacent to the river Avon, about a mile SW of Saltford r. station, and 3¾ W of Bath. Post town, Twerton, under Bath. Acres, 1, 190. Real property, £2, 730. Pop., 472. Houses, 103. The property is divided among a few. ...
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath-and Wells. Value, £150.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church is early English; consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and is in good condition. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and charities £15.
Corston through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Corston in Bath and North East Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12678
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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