Congresbury, Somerset

Description
Congresbury, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands on the river Yeo, with a station on the G.W.R., 132 miles from London, and 6^ N of Axbridge; has a post and money order office of the name of Congresbury (R.S 0.); telegraph office at the railway station. It was once a market-town, and still has a fair in Sept. A college is said to have been founded at it in 711 by St Congar, an Eastern prince, and an interesting ancient market cross is still here on five flights of steps. The parish comprises 4307 acres; population, 1167. Part of the land is marshy. The living is a vicarage, united with St Lawrence-Wick, in the diocese of Bath and Wells ; joint net yearly value, £591. The church is Early English. The vicarage of St Ann is a separate benefice, and the church of it was built in 1865. There is one dissenting chapel, and charities for distribution of bread. There is an interesting old vicarage with some beautiful carvings on the porch and windows, dated 1445.