St George, Bristol

St George, Bristol

infobox UK place

country = England
official_name= St George
latitude= 51.4586
longitude= -2.5385
map_type= nomap
static_

static_image_caption= Boundaries of St George West and East wards, shown within Bristol.
civil_parish=
population = 11,348 (East) [cite web | title=St George East | work=2001 Census Ward Information Sheet | url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/st-george-east-wis.pdf | accessdate=2007-02-21]
10,929 (West) [cite web | title=St George West | work=2001 Census Ward Information Sheet | url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/brislington-west-wis.pdf | accessdate=2007-02-21]
unitary_england= Bristol
lieutenancy_england=Bristol
region= South West England

constituency_westminster= Bristol East
post_town= BRISTOL
postcode_district = BS
postcode_area= BS
dial_code= 0117
os_grid_reference= ST626734

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

History

St George was originally outside the city boundary until about 1860. The area was once the end of the tram line from the city of Bristol, the terminus being in Beaconsfield Road.

St. George was once a mining area but now only pit names remain to remind everyone of this district's mining history ie Deep Pit road.

Facilities

The St George Fountain is a Victorian drinking fountain which divides the main Church Road which forks at this point to Kingswood and Hanham. The road was also once the boundary between Bristol and Gloucestershire. Adjacent to this was The Parish Church of St. George, this has since been demolished and sheltered housing has been built on the site.

Not far from this spot is the St. George Police Station. It is no longer in use, but was converted to apartments - so the building has been preserved.

Opposite this, there is a grassed area and on this site used to be The Park Picture House. Another local facility demolished and never replaced, this was a great favourite with children who used to attend the nine-penny rush on a Saturday morning and they always left desperate not to miss the following week as the final picture was always a serial, which had left the hero strapped to a train track or dangling over some life threatening piece of machinery.

St George Public Library is a prefabricated style building which replaced the previous stone built Victorian building, demolished when it was fashionable to pull down older buildings.

Recently, there has been much televised about the palace at Kew Gardens and it is interesting to note the similarities in design of this building and the old red brick St George Higher Grade,later St George Grammar and finally St George Comprehensive School. Now a Sikh Temple and a gym.

Local Churches

* Crofts End Church
* [http://www.hopechurchbristol.org/ Hope Church Bristol] , St George Baptist

Regeneration

St George was included in areas covered by the 2004 [http://www.bristoleastsidetraders.co.uk/reports/Redfield_ActionPlan_web.pdf Redfield Action Plan] by [http://www.davidwilsonpartnership.co.uk/ David Wilson Partnership] and [http://www.2md.co.uk 2md] , commissioned by [http://www.bristoleastsidetraders.co.uk/ Bristol East Side Traders] and [http://www.ndcbristol.co.uk/ Community at Heart] which outlined a number of measures to improve social and economic conditions.

References

ee also

* Bristol, England, UK
* Crofts End, Bristol
* St George Park


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