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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Falfield like this:
FALFIELD, a tything and a chapelry in Thornbury parish, Gloucester. The tything is conjoint with moorton; and lies 2 miles NE by E of Thornbury, and 4 NW of Wickwar r. station. Real property, £2, 159. Pop., 884. Houses, 189. The chapelry is less extensive than the tything. Post town, Thornbury, under Bristol. Pop., 700. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £60. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church was built in 1860.
Falfield 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 Falfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Falfield, in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10659
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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