EASTON-IN-GORDANO, or St. George, a parish in Bedminster district, Somerset; on the Bristol and Portishead railway, and on the left side of the river Avon, 5 miles WNW of Bristol. It contains Pill pilot station; and has a post office under Bristol. Acres, 1, 931; of which 40 are water. Real property, £5, 478. Pop., 2, 028. Houses, 440. The surface is rather elevated, and commands beautiful prospects along the Avon and into Bristol channel. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £265.* Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is modern. The vicarage of Pill is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and charities £18.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))