Chipping Sodbury
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 32 ′ N , 2 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 5066 | ||
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| Post town | BRISTOL | ||
| ZIP code section | BS37 | ||
| prefix | 01454 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Ceremonial county | Gloucestershire | ||
| Unitary authority | South Gloucestershire | ||
| British Parliament | Thornbury and Yate | ||
Chipping Sodbury is a town in the Unitary Authority of South Gloucestershire in England . Chipping Sodbury has 6,660 inhabitants (2001) and is located near Bristol .
The place was founded in the 12th century by William Cassius , Lord of Sodbury, and has always been a market town; hence the name chipping comes from . The main street is lined with a row of houses from the 17th century; there is also a house from the Tudor period built around 1460 . Chipping Sodbury was connected to the railway network in 1903 by the Great Western Railway ; the station was closed in 1961.
Chipping Sodbury was formerly part of Gloucestershire . In 1974 the place became a city in the newly formed County of Avon and was part of the district of Northavon . However, this county was dissolved in 1996; since then Chipping Sodbury has been part of the Unitary Authority of South Gloucestershire.
A number of sources give Chipping Sodbury as the birthplace of Harry Potter author Joanne K. Rowling , but according to other sources (including her official website) she was born in the neighboring town of Yate .
sons and daughters of the town
- Philip Bliss (1787–1857), antiquarian
- Joe Fry (1915–1950), racing car driver
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
