North Weston, Somerset

North Weston
North Weston village hall
North Weston Location within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST4524975973
Civil parish	Portishead
Unitary authority	North Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS20
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Somerset
List of places UK England Somerset 51°28′13″N2°46′21″W / 51.4704°N 2.7726°W / 51.4704; -2.7726

North Weston is a village in the civil parish of Portishead, in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It lies between Portishead and Weston-in-Gordano, within the parish of Portishead. In the 2001 census the North Weston ward (which includes the Redcliffe Bay area of Portishead) had a population of 3,890. ^[1]

At the north end of the village is Gordano School. To the west of the village lies Weston Big Wood.

North Weston was historically a hamlet in the parish of Portishead. ^[2] It was created a separate civil parish on 31 December 1894. ^[3] On 1 April 1993 the parish was reunited with Portishead. ^[4] The name of the parish was then "Portishead and North Weston" from 1993 to 2011 when the name was changed to just Portishead. ^[5] In 1971 the parish had a population of 2469. ^[6]

References

1. ONS: 2001 Neighbourhood Statistics, North Weston (ward) ^{[ dead link ]}
2. National Gazetteer, 1868
3. "North Weston Somerset". Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 February 2018.^{[ dead link ]}
4. This is Bristol: 20 September 2008 Archived 5 May 2013 at archive.today
5. Langston, Brett. "North Somerset Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
6. "Population statistics North Weston CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 March 2024.^{[ dead link ]}