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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wapley like this:
WAPLEY-CUM-CODRINGTON, a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester; 2 miles SE of Yate r. station. Post town, Chipping-Sodbury. Acres, 2,448. Real property, £4,757. Pop., 358. Houses, 73. The manor belongs to W. Codrington, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £400.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church was restored in 1862.
Wapley 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 Wapley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wapley, in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24007
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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