History
In early records Easton in Gordano was known as Estone but for many centuries the village has also been known as St. George. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1085. The name Gordano comes from Old English and is descriptive of the triangular shape of the whole valley from Clevedon to Portishead, being the ablative singular of the Latinised form of Gorden meaning muddy valley.
The parish of Easton in Gordano was part of the Portbury Hundred.
After the Second World War a housing development grew up in the Lodway area and there are many residential homes there now.
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