Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

LAWRENCE-WESTON, a tything in Henbury parish, Gloucester; on the river Avon, 4¼ miles NW of Bristol. Acres, 1, 100. Real property, £4, 320. Pop., 334. Houses, 61.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Lawrence Weston by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Kings Weston 0 2
Shirehampton 0 2
Henbury 0 3
Westbury on Trym 0 2
Sea Mills 0 2
Stoke Bishop 0 2
Avonmouth 0 2
Barton Regis 0 2
Pill 0 2
Henleaze 0 1
Easton in Gordano 0 4
Compton Greenfield 0 2
Abbots Leigh 0 2
Redland 0 1
Bristol 288 7
Horfield 0 2
Bishopston 0 2
Over 0 2
Filton 0 3
Almondsbury 0 2