Compton Greenfield

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title: "Compton Greenfield" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-south-gloucestershire-district", "former-civil-parishes-in-gloucestershire"] description: "Hamlet in Gloucestershire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-south-gloucestershire-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Greenfield" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hamlet in Gloucestershire, England ::

::data[format=table title="infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Compton Greenfield
coordinates
civil_parish	Almondsbury
unitary_england	South Gloucestershire
lieutenancy_england	Gloucestershire
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Thornbury and Yate
post_town	BRISTOL
postcode_district	BS35
postcode_area	BS
dial_code	01454
os_grid_reference	ST573823
static_image	All Saints Church, Compton Greenfield - geograph.org.uk - 239049.jpg
static_image_caption	All Saints Church, Compton Greenfield
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|country = England |official_name= Compton Greenfield |coordinates = |civil_parish= Almondsbury |population = |unitary_england= South Gloucestershire |lieutenancy_england=Gloucestershire |region= South West England |constituency_westminster= Thornbury and Yate |post_town= BRISTOL |postcode_district = BS35 |postcode_area= BS |dial_code= 01454 |os_grid_reference= ST573823 |static_image=All Saints Church, Compton Greenfield - geograph.org.uk - 239049.jpg |static_image_caption=All Saints Church, Compton Greenfield |london_distance= Compton Greenfield is a small hamlet of farms and spread out houses to the south west of Easter Compton, in South Gloucestershire. The parish church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building. It has a Norman arch in its porch, but the church was largely rebuilt in 1852 in the Neo-Norman style. The churchyard of All Saints is the final resting place of Sir George White founder of the Bristol Aeroplane Company and Sir John Francis Davis, second Governor of Hong Kong.

History

Compton Greenfield was mentioned in the Domesday Book (as Contone). In the 13th and 14th centuries the Lords of the Manor were the Grenville family, from whom the village derived its suffix. Until the 19th century the parish extended to the River Severn, and included what is now the much larger village of Easter Compton. The parish became a civil parish in 1866, but in 1885 the civil parish was merged into the civil parish of Henbury. When the civil parish of Henbury was abolished in 1935, the village became part of the civil parish of Almondsbury.

References

References

1. {{NHLE
2. (18 November 1890). "Untitled". [[Western Daily Press]].
3. "Places: Compton [Greenfield]". Open Domesday.
4. Janet Hiscocks. (2009). "Compton Greenfield". Bristol & Avon Family History Society.
5. [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ComptonGreenfield GENUKI website]

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