Stockland Bristol

Infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 51.1871
longitude = -3.0837
official_name = Stockland Bristol
population =
shire_district = Sedgemoor
shire_county = Somerset
region = South West England
constituency_westminster = Bridgwater
post_town = BRIDGWATER
postcode_district = TA5
Postcode_area = TA
dial_code = 01278
os_grid_reference = ST243436

Stockland Bristol (formerly Stockland Gauntscite book |title=Portrait of the Quantocks |last=Waite |first=Vincent |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1964 |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |isbn=0709111584 |pages= ] ) is a village in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.

It was recorded in the Domesday book as Stocheland meaning 'A stockade with land' from the Old English "stoc" and "land". The name Bristol was added later meaning 'the bridge place' from the Old English "brycg" and "stow". [cite book |last=Robinson |first= Stephen |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Somerset Place Names |year=1992 |publisher=Dovecote Press |location= |isbn=1874336032 ]

The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea.

The Steart peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severerecent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, sea level rise and wave action had made someof the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result in 2002 The Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future. [cite web |url=http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/stolford_to_combwich.pdf.pdf |title=Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study |accessdate=2007-10-31 |format=PDF |work=Environment Agency ]

The original church was demolished in 1865 with only the font and chancel screen were preserved in the new church.

References

External links

[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18596 Stockland Bristol at British History Online]