Wick and Abson
Archives and Libraries
- Original source material relating to Wick & Abson, and other parishes in Diocese of Bristol may be found at the Bristol Record Office.
Cemeteries
- Inscriptions, and Notes on the War Memorial, recorded by George H. Hall.
Churches
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Wick and Abson area or see them printed on a map.
Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Abson from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wick and Abson to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Historical Geography
- "Abson, St. James... served as church of Wick and Abson until formation of ecclesiastical parish of Wick, 1880."
"Wick, St. Bartholomew... ecclesiastical parish formed from Abson, q.v. 1880."
(Ref: Guide to the Parish Records of the City of Bristol and the County of Gloucester; I. Gray & E. Ralph, 1963)
You can see the administrative areas in which Wick and Abson has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST700730 (Lat/Lon: 51.455178, -2.433153), Wick and Abson which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.