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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Elberton like this:
ELBERTON, a parish in Thornbury district, Gloucester; near the river Severn, 2 miles E of North Passage r. station, and 2¼ SW of Thornbury. Post town, Thornbury, under Bristol. Acres, 1, 673; of which 150 are water. Real property, £2, 769. Pop., 180. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. Remains exist of a Roman camp of two acres. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £226.* Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is good. Charities, £5.
Elberton is now part of SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Elberton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Elberton, in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10638
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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