Wrington
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Wrington is a village and a civil and ecclesiastical parish on the north slopes of the Mendip Hills in North Somerset, England. Both include nearby Redhill. Wrington lies in the valley of the Congresbury Yeo river, about east of Weston-super-Mare and south-east of Yatton. Its population was 2,633 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bristol
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,918
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.population
- 2,633
- UK place.static_image_name
- Wringtonhighstreet.jpg
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Street scene showing shops and houses with cars.
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Wrington High Street
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Wrington
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Somerset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Somerset
- UK place.post_town
- BRISTOL
- UK place.postcode_district
- BS40
- UK place.postcode_area
- BS
- UK place.dial_code
- 01934
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST470628
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Somerset
- Population
- 2633
- Image
- Broad Street, Wrington looking westwards - geograph.org.uk - 99225.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01934
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- Commons category
- Wrington
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wrington
- postal code
- BS40
- OS grid reference
- ST470628
- P8168
- Cf
- P12749
- Willigis
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Church
- Primary school
- Butcombe Brewery
- Notable residents
- Sports
- References
- External links
Wrington is a village and a civil and ecclesiastical parish on the north slopes of the Mendip Hills in North Somerset, England. Both include nearby Redhill. Wrington lies in the valley of the Congresbury Yeo river, about east of Weston-super-Mare and south-east of Yatton. Its population was 2,633 at the 2011 Census.
==History== The village was inhabited in Roman times and there is evidence of Saxon occupation as well. Historically it was part of the hundred of Brent-cum-Wrington.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wrington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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