Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRISTON

PRISTON, a parish in Keynsham district, Somerset; 5 miles S W of Bath r. station. It contains Wilmingtonhamlet; and its post town is Bath. Acres, 1,850. Real property, £2, 703. Pop., 292. Houses, 60. The property is divided between two. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £384.* Patron, W. V. Jenkins, Esq. The church is ancient, was recently restored, and has two Norman arches and a tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Priston CP/AP       Keynsham RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Priston

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