Postcode: bs49

::: the congresbury yeo

the river yeo is often referred to as the congresbury yeo, after the village through which it flows, to avoid confusion with other similarly-named rivers

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[o] a wild wood (bristol 49)

‘a wild wood’, small way, congresbury, bristol 49

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[o] one up (bristol 49)

‘one up’, bristol rd, congresbury, bristol 49

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[o] at the alter of the magic tree in the car park of the ship (bristol 49)

‘at the alter of the magic tree in the car park of the ship’, off the high st, congresbury, bristol 49

originally uploaded by james koch

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::: congresbury – geographic nutshell

locally pronounced “congsbry”

a village and civil parish in north somerset, england

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in 2001 it had a population of 3,400

it lies on the a370, roughly equidistant between junction 21 of the m5 and bristol airport

approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of bristol city centre, and 7 miles (11 km) east of weston-super-Mare

the congresbury yeo river flows through the village

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[o] the great gig (bristol 49)

‘the great gig’, congresbury, bs49

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[o] wire (bristol 49)

‘wire’, congresbury, bristol 49

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[o] conduction stub (bristol 49)

‘conduction stub’, congresbury, bristol 49

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::: congresbury – the legend of st congar

congresbury’s christian origins lie in a period with little written history, but probably began with the village’s namesake, st. congar

it is possible that congar, also known as docco, lived in the late fifth century and was the first british saint

it seems that congar was a celtic missionary

he built a church and, with others, preached and ministered to the population in the area around today’s congresbury

he is credited with miraculously creating arable land from congresbury’s moors and with causing his walking stick to grow into a yew tree to provide shade in the churchyard

when king Ine of wessex (688-720 ad) heard of this he bestowed on st congar, although long since dead, land around congresbury

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[o] just a man (bristol 49)

‘just a man’, st andrews church, congresbury, bristol 49

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