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BISHPORT, or Bishopsworth, a chapelry in Bedminster parish, Somerset; near Wans Dyke and the Bristol and Exeter railway, 3 miles SW of Bristol. It has a post office of Bishopsworth under Bristol. Pop., 1,606. Houses, 337. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop. The church was built in 1842. There are an Independent chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bedminster Parish Somerset Ancient County |
| Place names: | BISHOPSWORTH | BISHPORT | BISHPORT OR BISHOPSWORTH |
| Place: | Bishopsworth |
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