[Talk-GB] Flatholm Island Boundary Problem

[Mark Goodge]

On 12/09/2020 21:11, Rob Nickerson wrote:
> "extremely stupid reasons" in this case relates to an very old tradition 
> where the Lord Mayor of Bristol 'beats the bounds' of the city by 
> rowing/sailing out to the islands.
> 
> As a consequence a small wedge of the city of Bristol bounds lies within 
> Welsh water.

See also this rather oddly shaped map of the Bristol North West 
constituency:

https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3368/location

Mark