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Congresbury is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated in the Unitary authority of North Somerset, and in 2011 had a population of 3,497.〔 It lies on the A370, roughly equidistant between Junction 21 of the M5 and Bristol Airport, approximately south of Bristol city centre, and east of Weston-super-Mare. The Congresbury Yeo river flows through the village. The parish which has a population of 3,400〔 includes the hamlet of Brinsea. The nearest operating railway station is Yatton railway station with trains provided by First Great Western, although Congresbury once had its own railway station on the Cheddar Valley Line from Yatton to Wells. It was also the starting point for the Wrington Vale Light Railway which went to nearby Wrington and then on to Blagdon. ==History== Congresbury is named after St Congar, who is said to have performed three miracles in the area. The second part of the name is thought to come from ''burh'' meaning fortified place. The remains of an Iron Age hill fort at Cadbury Hill have been discovered, as well as a Roman villa, temple and hoard of coins. Older Christian burial grounds have also been discovered on Cadbury Hill.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/download/asset/?asset_id=32656203 )〕 The archaeologist Mick Aston identified an Anglo-Saxon sculpture of St Congar which is believed to have come from St Andrews Church, and which is now in the Museum of Somerset in Taunton. The parish was part of the Winterstoke Hundred.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 The village cross dates from the 15th century and is a Grade II * listed building and Scheduled monument. A high 15th century cross on an octagonal plinth. The head of the cross was replaced in the early 19th century. The Vicarage includes an early 19th-century vicarage and former Priest's House from around 1446. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The village had a school founded in the 1870s that was split into separate infant and junior schools in the early 1970s. In September 2009, the two schools were re-joined as one primary school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Congresbury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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