Description

Almondsbury, a village, a tithing, and a parish in Gloucestershire. The village stands at the foot of a ridge of limestone rocks, 2 miles from Patchway station on the G.W.R., and 8 N of Bristol. It has a post office (R.S.O.) The heights above it, and the grounds of Knole Park, a beautiful country seat adjacent on the SW, command a very noble and extensive view, embracing the estuary of the Severn and the hills of Monmouth and Wales. Over Court is another fine seat in the vicinity; here are remains of a Roman camp. The parish comprises 7009 acres; population of the civil parish, 2047; of the ecclesiastical, 1543. Some lands belonged anciently to the priory of St Augustine in Bristol. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; value, £325. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is cruciform and Early English, with tower and spire at the intersection of the nave and transept; it contains some interesting monuments and a good stained-glass East window, in memory of Dr. Gray, Bishop of Bristol.