Portbury

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Portbury is a settlement in North Somerset

Other current and historical names

Porberie
Porberia

Built-Up Area: Portbury
Parish/Community: Portbury
Unitary Authority: North Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°28'34"N 2°43'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 349500, 175500
OS Grid: ST495755
Mapcode Local: GBR JK.L6C5
Mapcode Global: VH88K.N5D5

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Portbury within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Portbury in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Portbury, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Somerset - par., 3849 ac. (130 water), pop. 791; vil., 8 miles NW. of Bristol; P.O.

Portbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Portbury hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1070; £15 in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 17 smallholders; 13 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 16 men's ploughs (18 plough lands)
- Meadow: 150 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 17 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value 6 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 15 cattle; 18 pigs; 2 cobs

British Place Names

Portbury, North Somerset

Portbury is a settlement in North Somerset

Portbury in historic gazetteers

Portbury in the Domesday Book