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Barton Hill is an area of Bristol, just to the east of the city centre and Bristol Temple Meads railway station.

Barton Hill
Barton Hill
Location within Bristol
OS grid referenceST609727
Unitary authority
  • Bristol
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRISTOL
Postcode districtBS
Dialling code0117
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
  • Bristol East
List of places
UK
England
Bristol
51.4525°N 2.5629°W / 51.4525; -2.5629

It includes residential, retail and industrial premises and is crossed by major roads, railway tracks and the feeder canal leading to Bristol Harbour.


Geology


The solid geology of Barton Hill is Triassic Redcliffe Sandstone.[1]


History


Barton was a manor just outside Bristol mentioned in the Domesday Book as Bertune apud Bristov,[2] and later in 1220 as Berton Bristoll.[3] In Saxon and early Norman times the manor was held by the king, and was known as Barton Regis. The manor gave its name to Barton Regis Hundred, the hundred. Sloping ground at the southern end of the hundred, leading down to St Philip's Marsh, became known as Barton Hill.[4]

Barton Hill Cotton Mill
Barton Hill Cotton Mill

The Great Western Cotton Factory on Great Western Lane was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the early 19th century. Great Western Cotton factory opened in 1838 and closed in 1925. From a plan of 1839 the sheds are seen to have contained up to 1600 looms. The main spinning mill was demolished in 1968.[5][6]

After World War 2, many homes in Barton Hill, Lawrence Hill, Easton and St. Paul's were destroyed due to being bombed. A large housing estate was built in the area during the 1950s and 1960s to house many of the homeless residents of inner city Bristol. Nine tower blocks and two blocks of maisonettes were constructed during this period of time. Many residents of this area and other inner city Bristol areas could not all be housed in these estates and had to be moved to other newly built larger outlying estates such as Southmead, Lawrence Weston, Knowle West and Hartcliffe.


Music


Road and rail bridges crossing the Bristol Harbour feeder canal, Barton Hill, Bristol
Road and rail bridges crossing the Bristol Harbour feeder canal, Barton Hill, Bristol

Arts



References


  1. , Geology of Britain Viewer.
  2. "Domesday Map, Barton Regis". Domesdaymap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  3. Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 29. ISBN 0198691033.
  4. "Bristol and Avon FHS: SS Philip and Jacob". Bafhs.org.uk. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  5. "Home". Heritage Explorer. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  6. "Great Western Cotton Works, Barton Hill". Bristol Radical History Group. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  7. "Banksy confirms Bristol Valentine's Day artwork is his". BBC News. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  8. "Banksy artwork in Bristol is vandalised days after appearing". 15 February 2020.





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