Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - The Bristol Channel District Guide - selected articles - [1934 Edition] . . . .

A ferry which connects the villages of Pill and Shirehampton is a great convenience, as it makes the train service on both sides of the river available.

Just past Pill is Portbury, said to have been a port in Roman times. During the War, the Government started building a big shipyard here for the construction of standard vessels, to replace those sunk by enemy submarines.