SHIREHAMPTON, a chapelry in the parish of
WESTBURY-upon-TRIM, lower division of the hundred
of HENBURY, county of GLOUCESTER, 5 miles (N.W.
by W.) from Bristol, containing 635 inhabitants. The
chapel, dedicated to St. Michael, has lately received an
addition of one hundred and fifty-four sittings, of which
ninety-one are free, the Incorporated Society for the
enlargement of churches and chapels having granted
£ 100 towards defraying the expense. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. King-road and
Hung-road, two noted anchorages for ships, are within
the precincts of this chapelry.