Wick St Lawrence
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 Ancient cross and Church of St Lawrence |
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| Wick St. Lawrence shown within Somerset | |
| Population | 1,331 |
| OS grid reference | ST365655 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Weston-super-Mare |
| Postcode district | BS22 0 |
| Dialling code | 01934 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Wick St. Lawrence is a civil parish and village in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset. The population of the parish, which includes Bourton, in the 2011 census was 1,331.
The parish of Wick St Lawrence was part of the Winterstoke Hundred, while Bourton was in Portbury Hundred.
The village lies near a small creek known as Slutspill near the River Yeo which was inundated in the Bristol Channel floods, 1607.
The last wharf on the river was a pier connected by a spur to the former Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway (at what is known as "Tutshill Ear"). The railway track was removed between October 1942 and late 1943. The wharf was used to import coal from South Wales mostly by sailing barges. The coal was off-loaded by steam crane or by the barges’ derricks into wagons.
The 15th century village cross stands on an area of grass opposite the parish church, raised up on five ascending octagonal stone platforms. The crosshead was destroyed during the time of the English Civil Wars. It is a Grade II* listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The Ebdon Bow Bridge which carries the road from the village to nearby Worle over the River Banwell was built in the late 18th or early 19th century.
The parish has seen a vast increase in population in recent years, due to the building of the Ebdon Grounds housing development. This is an extension of the development of the neighbouring North Worle area, and the village itself remains separate from the new estate.
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