Priston

Also known as Priston, Somerset

Priston is a civil parish and village south west of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset, which is within the English ceremonial county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Wilmington.

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Place details

Locality: Bath
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 232
Timezone: Europe/London

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UK place.static_image_name: St Luke and St Andrew's Church, Priston, Somerset.jpg
UK place.static_image_alt: Gray building with arched windows. Square tower surmounted by a weather vane. Gravestones and crosses in grass in the foreground separated from the road by a stone wall.
UK place.static_image_caption: Church of St Luke and St Andrew, Priston
UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Priston
UK place.population: 232
UK place.os_grid_reference: ST694605
UK place.unitary_england: Bath and North East Somerset
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Somerset
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.post_town: BATH
UK place.postcode_area: BA
UK place.postcode_district: BA2
UK place.constituency_westminster: Frome and East Somerset

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Population: 232
Image: St Luke and St Andrew's Church, Priston, Somerset.jpg

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Commons category: Priston
OS grid reference: ST694605
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Priston is a civil parish and village south west of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset, which is within the English ceremonial county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Wilmington.

==History== A walled field boundary, which marks the boundary between the manor of Priston village and the former manor of Wilmington hamlet contains megaliths, indicating it may have been a boundary in pre-historic times.