Easton, Bristol

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Easton
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Boundaries of the city council ward since 2016
Population13,541 (2011) [1]
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRISTOL
Postcode district BS5
Dialling code 0117
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Easton is an inner city area of the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Informally the area is considered to stretch east of Bristol city centre and the M32 motorway, centred on Lawrence Hill. Its southern and eastern borders are less defined, merging into St Philip's Marsh and Eastville. The area includes the Lawrence Hill and Barton Hill estates.

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In administrative terms, Easton comprises the electoral wards of Easton and part of Lawrence Hill. It is located within the Bristol West constituency. The electoral ward of Easton includes parts of the localities of Netham and Whitehall, and a large part of Greenbank. The Bristol & Bath Railway Path passes through the ward.

Easton is noted for its culturally diverse community, [2] centred on the shopping streets of Stapleton Road and St Marks Road, the latter noted for the exuberant sculpted signs that hang above many of the shop doors and the architecturally striking illuminated dome of Easton Mosque. There are a number of Moroccan and Indian subcontinent restaurants and shops specialising in organic and ethnic foods.

History

In the medieval period Easton lay within the Royal Forest of Kingswood in the manor of Barton Regis. The name Easton is probably derived from the Anglo-Saxon East Tun meaning East Farm. The earliest documentary reference to Easton is Chester and Master's 1610 Map of Kingswood, [3] which depicts three settlements: Upper Easton, which was centered on Easton Road, Lower Easton, which was centered on St Marks Road, and Baptist Mills, on the east bank of the River Frome.

In the post-medieval period the area became increasingly industrial with large scale extraction of coal, clay and sand occurring across the area. In the 19th century most of Easton was developed for housing.

In the late 1960s and 70s large areas of Easton were demolished to make way for new roads (A4320 Easton Way and the M32 Motorway) and housing estates.

During the late 20th century, Easton developed a reputation for crime and drugs problems, [4] and by 2005 it was described by The Sunday People newspaper as "Britain's most dangerous street". [5] In 2002, the Home Secretary David Blunkett visited Stapleton Road when announcing it as one of five areas with high crime rates to receive additional government support for policing. [6] During this time, Easton was one of the most deprived areas in the south west of England, with the Lawrence Hill ward the most deprived ward in the region and one of the most deprived in Britain. This resulted in the area being granted European Union objective 2 status and 'New Deal for Communities' status by the UK government which is only granted to the most underprivileged urban wards. [7]

In the 2010s, Easton's reputation began to shift to that of a neighbourhood experiencing gentrification, with the Bristol Post describing it as having been "in the grip of gentrification" since 2015. [8] In 2019, Time Out magazine named Easton one of its "top 50 coolest neighbourhoods" in the world. [9] In 2020, one analysis of house prices named Easton as the British neighbourhood where prices had risen by the highest percentage over the last decade. [10]

Demographics

The Census 2011 reported that Easton has a higher proportion of under 10s and people in the 25–44 age group than the England and Wales average, but fewer 10 to 15 year olds and people aged over 45. [11]

Banksy

Banksy lived in Easton in the 1990s. [12] There are several of his artworks in the area, although the council inadvertently painted over one and another has had a tin of paint thrown over it. This was possibly done in response to the house that the art was attached to being sold as a piece of Banksy graffiti with a house thrown in for free. [13]

Sport

The area is home to Easton Leisure Centre.

Transport

Easton has two railway stations, Lawrence Hill and Stapleton Road, which are served by trains on the Severn Beach Line plus services to and from Gloucester and South Wales. The main line to South Wales, the Midlands, Scotland and London also passes through Lawrence Hill and Stapleton Road; after which the Severn Beach line branches off just north of. The M32 motorway marks the border of Easton to the north. The A4032 dual carriageway cuts the area in two.

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Greenbank Cemetery

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References

  1. ↑ "Easton" (PDF). 2001 Census Ward Information Sheet. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Brock, Alexander (18 September 2019). "Bristol neighbourhood voted one of the coolest in the world". Bristol Live. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ↑ , Chester and Master's 1610 Map of Kingswood.
  4. ↑ Morris, Steven (19 April 2019). "Angry message from Javid's childhood street: 'Wake up, we've moved on'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Yumpu.com. "'Britain's Most Dangerous Street': 'They call it going down Stapes'". yumpu.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Travis, Alan (12 March 2002). "Blunkett reveals five police priority areas". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Evaluation of the Bristol Objective 2 Neighbourhood Action Plan (2000 –2008)" (PDF). Vivid. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Cork, Tristan (6 September 2020). "Where the post-Covid gentrification of Bristol will happen next". Bristol Live. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  9. ↑ https://www.timeout.com/bristol/things-to-do/easton-bristol-guide [ bare URL ]
  10. ↑ "Where have UK house prices increased most – and least – since 2010?". the Guardian. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 2011 Census
  12. ↑ "Banksy: Map profiling backs theory that graffiti artist is Robin Gunningham". ABC News (Australia) . 7 March 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  13. ↑ http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~rstephen/livingeaston/art/banksy.html cems.uwe.ac.uk

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