In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Temple Cloud like this:

TEMPLE-CLOUD, a village in Camely parish, Somerset; on a commanding eminence, 10 miles S of Bristol. It is supposed to occupy the site of a Roman camp; and it has a post-office‡ under Bristol, a large police station, and a national school.

Temple Cloud through time

Temple Cloud is now part of BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Temple Cloud itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Temple Cloud, in Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25503

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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