WESTON, a parish in the hundred of BATH-FORUM,
county of SOMERSET, 1 mile (N. W. by W.) from
Bath, containing 1919 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese of
Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £10. 1. 8.;
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated
to All Saints, has lately received an addition
of four hundred and fifty-three sittings, of which two
hundred and twenty-seven are free, the Incorporated
Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels
having granted £300 towards defraying the expense;
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists,
The parish is bounded on the south by the river Avon,
a stream tributary to which has its source in Lansdown
Hill, flows through the village, and is crossed by
a stone bridge of one arch on the high road from Bath
to Bristol.