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Pill is a village in North Somerset, England, situated on the southern bank of the Avon, about 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Bristol city centre. The village is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Pill and Easton-in-Gordano (until 2011 named Easton in Gordano).
The parish within the Church of England structure has its roots in the Roman Catholic Church and survived the Reformation largely untouched. Church of England parishes are currently each within one of 44 dioceses divided between the provinces of Canterbury, with 30 dioceses, and York with 14. In 2017 there were approximately 12,600 Church of ...
The church was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1872 by Ewan Christian. [1] Conservation work was carried out on the tower in 2011. [4] In 2015 a grant was received to help towards the cost of the repair of the church roof. [5] The parish is part of the benefice of Pill, Portbury and Easton in Gordano within the Diocese of Bath and ...
Easton in Gordano (/ ɡ ɔːr ˈ d eɪ n oʊ /) is a village in Somerset, England, about 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7 km) northwest of Bristol city centre. It is part of the civil parish of Pill and Easton-in-Gordano and within the unitary authority of North Somerset. In 2011 the population of the parish was 4,828. [1]
Church of England church buildings in Somerset (8 C, 20 P) Churches in Bath and North East Somerset (2 C) F. Former churches in Somerset (34 P) M. Churches in Mendip ...
The ceremonial county of Somerset, England is divided into 417 areas known as civil parishes, which are lowest unit of local government in England.Parishes arose from Church of England divisions, and were given their current powers and responsibilities by the Local Government Act 1894. [1]
Huntspill was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Honspil, meaning 'Huna's Pill' (possibly from the Old English personal name Huna). The Welsh word Pîl, is a common element along the Somerset coast denoting a tidal inlet suitable as a harbour. [2] The parish of Huntspill was part of the Huntspill and Puriton Hundred, [3]
St Mary's Church in Portbury, Somerset, England, is an Anglican parish church close to the M5 motorway. It is a Grade I listed building. [1] It dates from the 12th century, with alteration and extension in the 13th and restoration between 1870 and 1875. It has a Norman doorway and a grand fifteenth-century porch. [1]