Portbury
Sign in to savePortbury is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the unitary authority of North Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet Sheepway, which is situated on moorland at the northern edge of the Gordano valley, between the Gordano services on the M5 motorway and Portishead, near the Royal Portbury Dock. The parish has a population of 827.
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Place details
- Locality
- Portbury
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Portbury church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Square stone tower behind churchyard with cross and gravestones.
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Church, Portbury
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Portbury
- UK place.population
- 827
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Somerset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Somerset
- UK place.post_town
- BRISTOL
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +948
- Image
- Portbury church.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
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Portbury is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the unitary authority of North Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet Sheepway, which is situated on moorland at the northern edge of the Gordano valley, between the Gordano services on the M5 motorway and Portishead, near the Royal Portbury Dock. The parish has a population of 827.
==History== The Romans are known to have had a wharf or hard at Portbury, probably for shipbuilding, as the commander of the logistics port of Ad Sabrinam at Seamills was charged with supplying ships to carry troops and supplies to the legions across the Severn in South Wales. It was used for the export of lead and tin from mines on the Mendip Hills. Sheepway (Old English schip weg) - the port of Portbury - was probably in use in later, Saxon, times. The Marina dock in Portishead had a right-angled southern dogleg navigable down to Sheepway, giving the town its name - the "Port's headland".