A light hearted but factual look at the 4000 year history of the village of Portbury. If you have heard of Portbury village then it is for one of two reasons, you live there or nearby or you think a village was built there to support the M5 motorway and Service Station. Portbury has in fact been around for millennia. It was here before Clevedon, before Portishead, before Weston Super Mare and even before Bristol. It was colonised by Bronze Age people, Iron Age people, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Lords, Knights, Monks, Cavaliers, Roundheads, Peasants and now businessmen. This book pulls together research and local knowledge into a n amusing and informative format for reading. Follow the villagers of Portbury through time and witness their apathy to world-wide events through the millenia