St George, Bristol

Last updated

St George
Bristol stgeorge.png
Boundaries of St George West and East wards, shown within Bristol.
Population11,348 (2001.Ward)(East) [1]
10,929 (2001.Ward)(West) [2]
OS grid reference ST626734
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
  • Bristol
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRISTOL
Postcode district BS5
Dialling code 0117
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Avon
Ambulance South Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Bristol
51°27′31″N2°32′19″W / 51.4586°N 2.5385°W / 51.4586; -2.5385

St George is a district of Bristol, England on the eastern edge of the city boundary.

St George was originally in Gloucestershire, outside the city boundary, and the terminus of the tram line from Bristol was in Beaconsfield Road. It became a civil parish (Bristol St George) in 1866, and briefly an urban district from 1894 to 1898. The parish and urban district were absorbed into Bristol in 1898. [3]

Troopers' Hill chimney is a local landmark. St George was a mining area from the early 19th century (coal and fireclay) until 1904 when the last fireclay mines were abandoned. [4] Troopers Hill was declared as a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) on 22 June 1995. [5]

John Armitstead, a colliery proprietor, had a pit between Church Road and Whitehall Road, where he installed a pumping engine for raising coal. Power was generated from water by means of a fire and the device was called a fire engine. It stood on land which came to be known as the Engine Ground; this is reflected in the name of a local public house, the Fire Engine.

The St George Fountain [6] is a Victorian water fountain on the main Church Road which forks at this point to become Clouds Hill Road to Kingswood and Summerhill Road to Hanham.

St George, along with other east Bristol suburbs such as Hanham, Kingswood and Brislington, is currently unserved by rail. The nearest stations are Lawrence Hill and Stapleton Road.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Gloucestershire</span> Local government district in Gloucestershire, England

South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Kingswood, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke. The southern part of its area falls within the Greater Bristol urban area surrounding the city of Bristol.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kingswood, South Gloucestershire</span> Town in Gloucestershire, England

Kingswood is a town and civil parish in the South Gloucestershire district of the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. The town is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) east-northeast of Bristol.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Middleton, Leeds</span> Suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Middleton is a largely residential suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England and historically a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated on a hill 4 miles (6 km) south of Leeds city centre and 165 miles (266 km) north north-west of London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coalpit Heath</span> Village in South Gloucestershire, England

Coalpit Heath is a small village in the civil parish of Westerleigh and Coalpit Heath, in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England, south of Yate and east of Frampton Cotterell.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pensford</span> Human settlement in England

Pensford is the largest village in the civil parish of Publow in Somerset, England. It lies in the Chew Valley, approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Bristol, 8 miles (13 km) west of Bath, and 14 miles (23 km) north of Wells. It is on the A37 road from Bristol to Shepton Mallet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bedminster, Bristol</span> District of Bristol, England

Bedminster, colloquially known as Bemmy, is a district of Bristol, England, on the south side of the city. It is also the name of a council ward which includes the central part of the district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Easton, Bristol</span> Human settlement in England

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974-2024

Kingswood was a borough constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oldland Common</span> Human settlement in England

Oldland Common is a village in the far south region of South Gloucestershire, England, on the outskirts of Bristol. It is in the civil parish of Bitton, approximately 8 miles between the centres of cities Bristol and Bath.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bradford, Manchester</span> Human settlement in England

Bradford is a district of east Manchester, England, two miles north east of the city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 15,784. Historically in Lancashire, after the closure of its heavy industries Bradford was for many years an economically deprived area but has undergone regeneration with the building of the City of Manchester Stadium which hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games and is now home to Manchester City F.C. Bradford is neighboured by Beswick to the south and the two areas are sometimes referred to as Bradford-with-Beswick. The River Medlock and the Ashton Canal run through Bradford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bristol Tramways</span> Defunct tram system in Bristol, England (1875–1941)

Bristol Tramways operated in the city of Bristol, England from 1875, when the Bristol Tramways Company was formed by Sir George White, until 1941 when a Luftwaffe bomb destroyed the main power supply cables.

Clutton is a village and civil parish on the eastern edge of the Chew Valley, close to the Cam Brook river, in the Bath and North East Somerset Council area, within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The village lies east of the A37 road between Bristol and Shepton Mallet, and west of the A39 between Bath and Wells. It is 9 miles (14 km) from Bristol and Bath, and 11 miles (18 km) from Wells. Close by are the villages of Temple Cloud and High Littleton. The town of Midsomer Norton is 5 miles (8 km) away. The parish, which includes the hamlets of Clutton Hill and Northend, had a population of 1,602 in 2011.

The city of Bristol, England, is divided into many areas, which often overlap or have non-fixed borders. These include Parliamentary constituencies, council wards and unofficial neighbourhoods. There are no civil parishes in Bristol.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Redfield, Bristol</span> Human settlement in England

Redfield is an area situated in East Bristol though it is represented in Westminster as part of the Bristol West constituency. It includes the stretch of Church Road (A420) from Verrier Road to the western boundary of St George's Park, Victorian-era landscaped parkland. It is adjacent to the neighbourhoods of Barton Hill and Russell Town to the South, St George to the East, Whitehall to the North and Lawrence Hill to the West and Pile Marsh to the South-East.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lawrence Hill, Bristol</span> Human settlement in England

Lawrence Hill is an electoral ward of Bristol, United Kingdom and includes the districts of Barton Hill, St Philips Marsh and Redcliffe, Temple Meads and parts of Easton and the Broadmead shopping area. Lawrence Hill takes its name from a leper hospital dedicated to St Lawrence, which was founded by King John.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St George East</span> District on the eastern edge of Bristol, England

St George East is a district (ward) on the eastern edge of Bristol, England. It includes the neighbourhoods of St. George, Burchells Green, Crew's Hole, and Two Mile Hill.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St George West (ward)</span>

St George West is an electoral ward in the St George neighbourhood of Bristol, England. It is located in the outer east of the city of Bristol, covering St George Park, the upper end of Church Road, Plummers Hill and parts of Crofts End to the north, down to the River Avon to the south, and includes part of Redfield in the south-west.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St George Central</span>

St George Central is an electoral ward in Bristol, England, covering parts of the St George neighbourhood in the east of the city. It is represented by two members on Bristol City Council, which as of 2024 are Abi Finch and Cara Lavan of the Green Party of England and Wales.

References

  1. ↑ "St George East" (PDF). 2001 Census Ward Information Sheet. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
  2. ↑ "St George West" (PDF). 2001 Census Ward Information Sheet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
  3. ↑ Vision of Britain: St George UD
  4. ↑ "Friends of Troopers Hill" . Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "Public Notice" . Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  6. ↑ "Landmark Bristol fountain will be restored to former glory" . Retrieved 15 September 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.