North Weston, Somerset

Human settlement in England
  • Portishead
Unitary authority
  • North Somerset
Ceremonial county
  • Somerset
Region
  • South West
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBRISTOLPostcode districtBS20PoliceAvon and SomersetFireAvonAmbulanceSouth Western UK Parliament
  • North Somerset
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UK
England
Somerset
51°28′13″N 2°46′21″W / 51.4704°N 2.7726°W / 51.4704; -2.7726

North Weston is a village in the civil parish of Portishead, in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It lies between Portishead and Weston-in-Gordano, within the parish of Portishead. In the 2001 census the North Weston ward (which includes the Redcliffe Bay area of Portishead) had a population of 3,890.[1]

At the north end of the village is Gordano School. To the west of the village lies Weston Big Wood.

North Weston was historically a hamlet in the parish of Portishead.[2] It was created a separate civil parish on 31 December 1894.[3] On 1 April 1993 the parish was reunited with Portishead.[4] The name of the parish was then "Portishead and North Weston" from 1993 to 2011 when the name was changed to just Portishead.[5] In 1971 the parish had a population of 2469.[6]

References

  1. ^ ONS: 2001 Neighbourhood Statistics, North Weston (ward)
  2. ^ National Gazetteer, 1868
  3. ^ "North Weston Somerset". Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. ^ This is Bristol: 20 September 2008 Archived 5 May 2013 at archive.today
  5. ^ Langston, Brett. "North Somerset Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Population statistics North Weston CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 March 2024.


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