In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Compton Dando like this:
COMPTON-DANDO, a parish in Keynsham district, Somerset; on Wans dyke and an affluent of the river Avon, 2 miles E by N of Pensford, and 3 SSW of Saltford r. station. It includes Tucking-Mills hamlet and part of Woolard; and its post town is Pensford under Bristol. Acres, 1, 974. Real property, £3, 081. Pop., 347. Houses, 77. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £180.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church has a square lower, and is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £75.
Compton Dando through time
Compton Dando is now part of Bath and North East Somerset district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bath and North East Somerset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Compton Dando itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Compton Dando in Bath and North East Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12662
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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