PRISTON


'Priston' is a civil parish and village in the English county of Somerset.
Administratively Priston forms part of the district of Bath and North East Somerset.

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History
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History


Priston is the site of a Roman villa dating from about 100AD. A coffin from this site was discovered n 1917.[1]
Church of St. Luke and St. Andrew

The village in the Domesday Book of including the presence of a church at this time, possibly wooden, however the nave of the Church of St. Luke and St. Andrew was added in the 12th century, and has a tower dating from the 15th century. It has een designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.[2]
Priston was the site of a mine on the Somerset coalfield which closed in 1930.

References


1. Roman Coffin
2. ()

External links



★ Map of the parish on ''Google Maps''

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