In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bower Ashton like this:

BOWER-ASHTON, a hamlet in Long Ashton parish, Somerset; 2½ miles SW of Bristol. It has a post office under Bristol.

Bower Ashton through time

Bower Ashton is now part of BRISTOL City. Click here for graphs and data of how BRISTOL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bower Ashton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bower Ashton, in Bristol and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24098

Date accessed: 11th December 2025


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