WHITCHURCH, a parish, with a village, in Keynsham district, Somerset; 3¼ miles S of Bristol r. station. It is sometimes called Felton; and it has a post-office under Bristol. Acres, 2,194. Real property, £4,231. Pop., 394. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £200. Patrons, Sir J. Smyth, Bart., and W. G. Langton, Esq. The church was repaired in 1861. There are a boarding school, a national school, and charities £11.

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