Wrington is a village and both a civil and an ecclesiastical parish in North Somerset, England. It lies in the valley of the Congresbury Yeo river, about 9mi east of Weston-super-Mare and 3mi south-east of Yatton. It has a population of 2,633. Both parishes include the nearby village of Redhill.HistoryThe village dates back to Roman times and there is strong evidence of Saxon occupation.Wrington was part of the hundred of Brent-cum-Wrington.Wrington cottage hospital opened in 1864 and had 24 patients admitted in its first year of operation. The first surgeon was Horace Swete who wrote the Habdy Book of Cottage Hospitals. It was also referred to by Florence Nightingale in 1869.
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