Bristol commenced like a town around the Gloucestershire aspect of the Avon, but since it grew it extended over the river into Somerset. In 1373 Edward III proclaimed "that the town of Bristol with its suburbs and precincts shall henceforth be separate with the counties of Gloucester and Somerset ... https://merryfeild-castle-and-the69247.post-blogs.com/54575021/not-known-facts-about-the-scourts-and-the-village-if-ilton