The mission was originally organised as the Southwest British Mission, a division of the British Mission, on February 1, 1962. It was renamed the England Southwest Mission on June 10, 1970, finally becoming the England Bristol Mission from June 20, 1974.

After 40 years, on July 1, 2002 the England Bristol Mission was consolidated. The Bristol and Plymouth Stakes now form part of the England London South Mission and the Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil and Cheltenham Stakes are now part of the England Birmingham Mission. [click for map]

In terms of location the mission covered the 'West Country' counties of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall in the south-west of England. The southern West Midlands areas of the southern Cotswolds and the Malverns, plus north and west Wiltshire. The Mission also extended across the Severn and Wye Rivers into the 'Valleys' of south Wales, north out onto the Brecon Beacons, up into the Black and Cambrian Mountains, and west to the sweeping moorlands of Ceridegion and the spectacular coastlines of Pembrokeshire.

If you served in one of these missions you can register now. The primary purpose of this web site to help returned missionaries who have served in the mission keep in touch with each other. If you are hoping to contact a missionary or member and they are not registered with this site then click here for some finding suggestions.

When the mission was consolidated in 2002 it covered five stakes of Zion. Although during years past, missionaries serving in some units now found in the Poole England, Portsmouth England, Reading England and Staines England Stakes were previously in this mission.

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