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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chipping_SodburyChipping Sodbury - Wikipedia

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   Chipping Sodbury is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Bristol and directly east of Yate. The town was founded in the 12th century by William le Gros.

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     A History of Chipping Sodbury | Exploring the Cotswolds

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3. www.gazetteseries.co.uk › news › 11021198Ten fascinating facts about Yate and Chipping Sodbury

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   Feb 19, 2014 · However, opposition in Chipping Sodbury caused Yate to become the favoured site. 10. Ridgewood Community Centre, on Station Road, was built for the princely sum of £2,090 as the Chipping Sodbury ...

4. www.gazetteseries.co.uk › news › yateandsodburynewsNews from the Yate and Chipping Sodbury area from the Gazette ...

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   Brits to enjoy four-day Bank Holiday weekend in celebration of the Queen. The latest Yate and Chipping Sodbury news stories from the area. Updated coverage of all stories from the Gazette Series.

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6. www.sodburytowncouncil.gov.uk › the-communityHistory - Sodbury Town Council

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   The town of Chipping Sodbury and village of Old Sodbury are the main constituents of the parish of Sodbury (Little Sodbury has its own parish). The total population of the parish is over 5,000. Geographically it is a fairly large parish, including much farming land and describing an L shape stretching down The Ridge on its western side, and extending well to the east of Old Sodbury almost as ...

7. www.bbc.co.uk › news › articlesThornbury and Yate: All you need to know about the rural seat

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   Jun 17, 2024 · Thornbury and Yate is a large, rural constituency bordering Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset. ... Frampton Cotterell and Westerleigh, as well as the market town of Chipping Sodbury.

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8. www.gazetteseries.co.uk › news › 24662811Iconic pop star to headline Chipping Sodbury festival

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   Oct 18, 2024 · THE ORGANISERS organisers of a local music and comedy festival in Chipping Sodbury have announced their next headline act as double Brit award winner Will Young. He shot to fame as winner of Pop ...

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   Where is Chipping Sodbury?

   • The wide main street of Chipping Sodbury. Cars are parked where market stalls would once have been. Chipping Sodbury is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Bristol and directly east of Yate.

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   What makes Chipping Sodbury different from Yate?

   • Chipping Sodbury’s compact development contrasts with that of Yate which expanded rapidly during the 20th century filling up the surrounding fields right up to the the Ridge, the natural boundary with Chipping Sodbury.

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   Why is Chipping Sodbury so famous?

   • Chipping Sodbury benefited from this and its main street still boasts many inns. Other visitors to the town were the Welsh drovers who, from the 14th to the 19th centuries, brought cattle from as far away as Carmarthen to the markets of London.

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   Where did Chipping Sodbury come from?

   • Thus Chipping Sodbury was born. He placed his new town on raised ground near the river at an important crossing on the Bristol to Cirencester road and the ancient salt route from Droitwich (also the Pilgrims Way between Kingswood and Keynsham Abbeys). Whether there was already a settlement here is not known.

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   When did Chipping Sodbury reopen?

   • Chipping Sodbury had a station from 1903 to 1961. [ 5 ] Yate station, on the Bristol to Birmingham main line, closed in January 1965 but reopened in May 1989. The WESTlink on-demand bus serves the town.

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   When was Chipping Sodbury built?

   • It was quickly recognised, however, that the busy inhabitants of the new town could not be expected to make the long walk east so a chapel of ease, with the same dedication to St John the Baptist, was built in Chipping Sodbury in 1284 on a somewhat restricted site next to the river.

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10. chippingsodburytic.co.uk › history-2 › historyYate | Chipping Sodbury Tourist Information Centre

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    The Chipping Sodbury Union Workhouse, known as the Spike was built in the 1830’s to serve the whole Union area. Yate has an interesting industrial past mainly due to the mineral deposits found in the area. Limestone was extracted and used for building purposes and for the production of lime. The advent of Turnpike and later metalled roads ...