Map sources for Clevedon at grid reference ST3971

Clevedon Village - circa 1907

Clevedon seafront is extremely windswept, as witnessed by this tree. The pier can be seen in the left of the picture.

Clevedon Pier over the Bristol Channel. Wales can be seen in the left of the picture.

Clevedon is a town in North Somerset, England. The name derives from the Saxon, 'Cleve' meaning Cleave or Cleft and 'don' meaning hill, the town being situated amongst a group of small hills alongside the Bristol Channel. The town has a population of 23,000 according to the UK government census of 2001. Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Clevedon Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Clevedon Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Clevedon Village - Somerset - circa 1907 - Project Gutenberg eBook 12287 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Clevedon Village - Somerset - circa 1907 - Project Gutenberg eBook 12287 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 588 KB) A windswept tree near the seafront at Clevedon, North Somerset, England. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 588 KB) A windswept tree near the seafront at Clevedon, North Somerset, England. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 579 KB) Clevedon Pier, Clevedon, UK, photo taken by me, 2005-08-05. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 579 KB) Clevedon Pier, Clevedon, UK, photo taken by me, 2005-08-05. ... Clevedon Pier is a seaside pier in the town of Clevedon, on the English side of the estuary of the river Severn. ... The location of the Bristol Channel The Severn Bridge and Bristol Channel, looking northwestward from England towards Wales The Bristol Channel coast at Ilfracombe, North Devon, looking west towards Lee Bay The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from South West... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² Ethnicity: 97. ... North Somerset is a unitary authority in England, historically part of the county of Somerset but now administered independently. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... See: Lower Saxon language (a variety of Low German) Anglo-Saxon language (the ancestor language of English) Old Saxon language (the ancestor language of Anglo-Saxon language) Upper Saxon language (a variety of High German) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... The location of the Bristol Channel The Severn Bridge and Bristol Channel, looking northwestward from England towards Wales The Bristol Channel coast at Ilfracombe, North Devon, looking west towards Lee Bay The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from South West... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

History

Clevedon was mentioned in the Domesday book (1086) as being a holding of a tenant in chief by the name of Mathew of Mortaigne, and was listed at that time as having eight villagers, and ten smallholders. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Events Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa of Japan starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. ...

St. Andrew's church, on a hill in the west of the town, was built in the thirteenth century AD, although there are thought to be Saxon foundations under the present building. It is the burial place of Arthur Hallam, subject of the poem In Memoriam by his friend Alfred Tennyson. Other literary figures associated with the town are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (who spent some months living in a cottage in the town after his marriage to Sarah Fricker), William Makepeace Thackeray (a frequent guest of the Elton family at Clevedon Court), and George Gissing (The Odd Women is set in the town). Saint Andrew (Greek: Andreas, manly), called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is the Christian Apostle, brother of Saint Peter. ... Arthur Henry Hallam (February 1, 1811 - September 15, 1833) was an English poet, best known as the subject of In Memoriam A.H.H., a major work by his best friend, Alfred Tennyson. ... In Memoriam A.H.H. is a long poem by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. ... Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, 1795 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and as one of the Lake Poets. ... William Makepeace Thackeray (July 18, 1811 – December 24, 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. ... George Gissing (November 22, 1857 – December 28, 1903) was a British novelist. ...

Clevedon Court lies at the other end of the town, close to the road to Bristol. It is one of only a few remaining fourteenth century manorial halls in England, having been built by Sir John de Clevedon circa 1320. Since the early eighteenth century the house has been owned by the Elton family, who were responsible for much building work on the house and many improvements in the town, and although the house itself is now owned by the National Trust, the associated estates are still owned by the Elton family. Sir Edmund Elton (1846-1920) was a well-regarded potter who produced unusually-shaped ware in a variety of richly-coloured glazes, including a gold glaze of his own invention. A clock tower in the centre of the town is decorated with "Elton ware". Sir Arthur Elton was a pioneer of documentary film-making, working mainly prior to the second world war in association with John Grierson. Clevedon Court is a manor house in Clevedon, England, dating from the early fourteenth century. ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the three administrative centres of South West England (the others being Plymouth and Exeter). ... Events January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, NT or The Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... John Grierson (April 26, 1898 - February 19, 1972) is often considered the father of modern documentary film. ...

During the Victorian era Clevedon became a popular seaside town, and a pier was opened in 1869, one of the earliest examples of a Victorian pier still in existence in England. The seafront stretches for approximately half a mile from the pier to Salthouse Field, and includes ornamental gardens, a Victorian bandstand, a marine lake (occasionally used for boating), a bowling green, tennis courts and other amusements. Salthouse Field has a light railway running round the perimeter and is still used for donkey rides during the summer. The shore at Clevedon is a mixture of pebbled beaches and low rocky cliffs. "Poet's Walk" is a footpath around Wains Hill and Church Hill, to the southwest of the seafront, and the upper part of the town contains many other footpaths through parks and wooded areas which were laid out in the nineteenth century. The Victorian craze for bathing in the sea was catered for in the late 19th century by saltwater baths adjacent to the pier (since demolished, though the foundations can still be seen), and bathing machines on the main beach. The seafront of Torquay, a seaside resort in Devon, England. ... Clevedon Pier is a seaside pier in the town of Clevedon, on the English side of the estuary of the river Severn. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Clevedon was served by a short branch line from the main railway at Yatton, opened in 1847, six years after the main line itself. This continued in operation for passengers until 1961, and the site of the station is now Queen's Square, a shopping precinct. St Marys Church, Yatton. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

At the dawn of the twentieth century Clevedon was still a popular resort and the "Curzon" cinema was built, which is thought to be the oldest purpose-built, continuously operated cinema or movie theatre in the world. The cinema opened a few days after the RMS Titanic sank and its premier matinee was held in order to raise funds for survivors of the disaster. A typical megaplex (AMC Rolling Hills 20 in Rolling Hills Estates, California). ... The New York Herald reports the disaster. ...

The rocky beach and the sedate nature of the amusements on offer meant that Clevedon lost almost all of its residential holiday trade by the middle of the twentieth century, though it is still a popular resort for day-trippers.

The modern town

Clevedon is now part of the North Somerset unitary authority, having formerly been part of Somerset, and between 1974 and 1996 the county of Avon. North Somerset is a unitary authority in England, historically part of the county of Somerset but now administered independently. ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single-tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Northavon Bristol Kingswood Woodspring Wansdyke Bath The County of Avon was a short-lived administrative county in the west of England, named after the River Avon which ran through it. ...

Clevedon has a certain amount of light industry, mainly in industrial estates near the M5 motorway junction, and it is also a dormitory town for Bristol. The Clerical Medical pensions and investments group has its headquarters in the town. The M5 is a motorway in the United Kingdom. ... This article or section should be merged with Bedroom community A dormitory town is generally a rural town where a large proportion of its population commute to nearby cities. ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the three administrative centres of South West England (the others being Plymouth and Exeter). ...

Clevedon Community School is a large secondary comprehensive school serving the whole town and the surrounding rural areas, and there are several primary schools in the town. Clevedon Community School, or just Clevedon School, located in North Somerset, England, (known locally as the comp) is a large secondary school of approximately 1200 pupils. ... A comprehensive school is a secondary school that accepts school students or pupils of all abilities, as opposed to a grammar school which depends on a system of selection. ...

External links

• Clevedon local government website
• Clevedon Court information at the National Trust
• Clevedon Pier Heritage Trail Website
• Domesday Book Online
• The Curzon Community Cinema
• Clevedon Civic Society