Place:Wrington, Somerset, England

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NameWrington
Alt namesBroadfieldsource: hamlet in parish
Redhillsource: village in parish
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates51.362°N 2.761°W
Located inSomerset, England
Also located inAvon, England     (1974 - 1996)
See alsoBrent with Wrington Hundred, Somerset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Axbridge Rural, Somerset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Woodspring District, Avon, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-1996
North Somerset District, Somerset, Englandunitary authority covering the area since 1996
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Wrington (#38 on map) is a village and both a civil parish and an ecclesiastical or ancient parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset in Somerset, England. It lies in the valley of the Congresbury Yeo river, about 9 miles (14 km) east of Weston super Mare (#A) and 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Yatton (in Long Ashton RD). It had a population of 2,633 in the UK census of 2011. Both Yatton and Wrington include the nearby village of Redhill, but it is redirected here. Broadfield was a tything of Wrington. (Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time)

In 1933 Wrington absorbed the neighbouring parish of Burrington (#11). Wrington was historically part of the hundred of Brent-cum-Wrington and between 1894 and 1974 was part of the Axbridge Rural District.

Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, Wrington was in the Woodspring District of the county of Avon. The Local Government Act 1972 recommended that this part of Somerset stretching north to Bristol (which was mostly in Gloucestershire) and east to Bath should be converted into a new county named Avon. Like other counties following 1974 Avon was made up of several district municipalities and the one covering Wrington was the Woodspring District. Avon lasted until 1996 when Gloucestershire and Somerset were given back their old borders with a few adjustments. Since 1996 Wrington has been in the North Somerset District which is a unitary authority.

The Church of All Saints has 13th-century foundations. It was remodelled with the addition of a west tower about 1450. There was a restoration in 1859 and further restoration of the tower in 1948.

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Research Tips

  • The Somerset Heritage Centre (incorporating what was formerly the Somerset Record Office and the Somerset Local Studies Library) can be found at its new location at Langford Mead in Taunton. It has an online search facility leading to pages of interest, including maps from the First and Second Ordnance Survey (select "Maps and Postcards" from the list at the left, then enter the parish in the search box).
    The Heritage Centre has an email address: archives@somerset.gov.uk.
  • Three maps on the A Vision of Britain through Time website illustrate the changes in political boundaries over the period 1830-1945. All have expanding scales and on the second and third this facility is sufficient that individual parishes can be inspected.
  • Somerset Hundreds as drawn in 1832. This map was prepared before The Great Reform Act of that year. Note the polling places and representation of the various parts of the county.
  • Somerset in 1900, an Ordnance Survey map showing rural districts, the boundaries of the larger towns, the smaller civil parishes of the time, and some hamlets and villages in each parish
  • Somerset in 1943, an Ordnance Survey map showing the rural districts after the changes to their structure in the 1930s
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