On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:26:35 -0000, <Bernpeg@aol.com> wrote: > The following is from Pigot's 1830 directory. Although a village in 1830 > it's now very much a part of the city of Bristol. > BRISLINGTON, is a neat village, in the county of Somerset, three miles > from Bristol, on the Bath road. This is a very genteel neighbourhood, > and is > the residence of many opulent merchants of Bristol. Here is a private > asylum for those afflicted with insanity, conducted by Dr Fox, upon the > most humane and salutary principles, and has long been celebrated as one > of the most superior establishments of its kind. The number of > inhabitants in the > parish in 1821 was 1,216. Here's a snippet to add to Bernice's information: There were 43 people eligible to vote in Brislington in the 1832 Somerset election. Most of them lived in Brislington, but the abode of John WILLSHIRE was recorded as Brislington & Bristol, while for five others abodes were noted as Stapleton, near Bristol, Westbury, Chilton Foliat, Wilts, Weston Zoyland and Cheltenham. I see that the Cheltenham abode was for Sidenham TEAST whose qualification to vote was a freehold house with John HILL as tenant. (I've seen the first name of Sidenham spelt Sydenham in other Bristol resources.) -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com