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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Christon like this:
CHRISTON, a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset; 2½ miles SE of Weston-super-Mare Junction r. station, and 4 NW of Axbridge. Post town, Banwell, under Weston-super-Mare. Acres, 571. Rated property, £662. Pop., 81. Houses, 19. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £99.* Patron,R. Wainwright, Esq. The church is early English.
Christon is now part of NORTH SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Christon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Christon, in North Somerset and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12592
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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