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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitchurch like this:
WHITCHURCH, a parish, with a village, in Keynsham district, Somerset; 3¼ miles S of Bristol r. station. It is sometimes called Felton; and it has a post-office under Bristol. Acres, 2,194. Real property, £4,231. Pop., 394. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £200. Patrons, Sir J. Smyth, Bart., and W. G. Langton, Esq. The church was repaired in 1861. There are a boarding school, a national school, and charities £11.
Whitchurch is now part of BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitchurch itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitchurch, in Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13398
Date accessed: 11th December 2025
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