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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in South Gloucestershire, England}}<br />
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{{Infobox UK place<br />
|country= England<br />
|coordinates= {{coord|51.471534|-2.426714|display=inline,title}}<br />
|official_name= Abson<br />
|static_image_name= Abson, South Gloucestershire, Church of St James the Great - geograph.org.uk - 96069.jpg<br />
|static_image_caption= St James the Great Church, Abson<br />
|population= 1,930<br />
|population_ref= ([[Wick and Abson]]) (2021)<br />
|shire_district= [[South Gloucestershire]]<br />
|shire_county= [[Gloucestershire]]<br />
|region= South West England<br />
|constituency_westminster= [[Thornbury and Yate (UK Parliament constituency)|Thornbury and Yate]]<br />
|post_town= BRISTOL<br />
|postcode_district= BS30<br />
|postcode_area= BS<br />
|dial_code= 0117<br />
|london_distance_mi= 113<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --><br />
|london_direction=E<br />
}}<br />
'''Abson''' is a small village in [[South Gloucestershire]], England, it forms part of the [[civil parish]] of [[Wick and Abson]].<br />
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== Location ==<br />
Abson is located on a minor road between the villages of [[Wick, Gloucestershire|Wick]] and [[Pucklechurch]]. It is a mainly [[Nucleated village|nucleated]] in pattern with some additional outlying farms and settlements. The centre of the village is a small [[village green]] and the church.<br />
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Abson is part of the [[Church of England]] [[parish]] of Wick and Abson, and is part of the parliamentary constituency of [[Thornbury and Yate]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
The name Abson is a corruption of Abbotston - a place belonging to the Abbot. This was the Abbot of [[Glastonbury]], as the manor of Pucklechurch (including Abson and other surrounding villages) was given to the Abbot after the murder of [[Edmund I of England|King Edmund]] at neighbouring Pucklechurch.<ref>[http://www.nascr.net/~bishop_books/pucklechurch.htm Pucklechurch Then And Now] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622171906/http://www.nascr.net/~bishop_books/pucklechurch.htm |date=22 June 2006 }}</ref> In the 16th century the village was called Abston, and was since shortened to Abson.<ref>Richard Kent (compiler), ''Doynton Local History Group Booklet #2'' (Feb. 1990), p. 12.</ref><br />
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Blue Lodge, one of the houses, was once the home of [[Anna Sewell]], author of [[Black Beauty]]. Whilst staying there she witnessed a man killed by a cart and this was incorporated into the novel.<ref>[http://www.mail-archive.com/icehorses@yahoogroups.com/msg10934.html About Anna Sewell]</ref><br />
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== The Church ==<br />
Abson is centred on the church. It is dedicated to [[St James the Great]], and is a [[Grade I listed building]], as are the churchyard walls (with distinctive Bristol Black [[Coping (architecture)|coping]]) and many of the graves. The neighbouring farmhouse, stables and barn (which have been converted into homes) are all [[Listed building|Grade II listed]].<ref>[http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D4103EE8-A346-4243-86AA-F9E65DF0C2FB/0/PTE070174.pdf Listed buildings in South Gloucestershire] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609073601/http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D4103EE8-A346-4243-86AA-F9E65DF0C2FB/0/PTE070174.pdf |date=9 June 2011 }}</ref><br />
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There are two fragments of carved knotwork masonry on the walls as well as a figure thought once to have been a [[Sheela na Gig]], now understood to be a carving of a male figure, high on the East wall.<ref>[https://sheelanagig.org/abson Figurines at Abson]</ref> This figure is believed to date from [[Saxon]] or early [[Norman dynasty|Norman]] times.<ref>E Mason & D Mason, ''Avon Villages'' (Hale, London, 1982), p. 78.</ref><br />
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The church contains an early 17th-century [[pulpit]] with a sounding board and 18th-century woodwork.<ref>E Mason & D Mason, ''Avon Villages'' (Hale, London, 1982), p. 79.</ref><br />
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The belltower contains six bells which are still rung by hand.<ref>[http://www.bristolrural.co.uk/page05.htm Abson church bellringing]</ref><br />
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==Location grid==<br />
{{Geographic Location<br />
|title = 'Neighbouring villages, and hamlets'<br />
|Northwest = [[Mangotsfield]]<br />
|North = [[Pucklechurch]]<br />
|Northeast = [[Hinton, South Gloucestershire|Hinton]]<br />
|West = [[Siston]]<br />
|Centre = Abson<br />
|East = [[Dyrham]]<br />
|Southwest = [[Bridgeyate]]<br />
|South = [[Wick, Gloucestershire|Wick]]<br />
|Southeast = [[Doynton]]<br />
}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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