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.
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.
The village cross dates from the 15th century and is a Grade II* listed building and Scheduled monument.
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.
Congresbury's history lies mainly as a farming village, but only about seven farms now (2007) remain.
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