Oldland Common Walk

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Location: Bristol, South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Oldland Common Walk with Hatters' Trail - from Bitton Parish History Group


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1 Oldland Common Halt

The Midland Railway line opened in 1869: the station opened in 1935. The line was closed in the Dr. …

2 Redfield Edge Primary

Established in 1844 as a ‘British School’, ‘Oldland Board Mixed School’. The girls from the school m…

3 Weston Court Farm

The farmhouse is Grade II listed and has origins from the 16th or early 17th century. Henry Weston o…

4 Stables for Pit Ponies

Stables for housing the pit ponies used at the Hole Lane pit and Bull Hall pit were later used for b…

5 Coalpit Workshop

The coalpit workshop (at the rear of no. 72 High Street) may also have been used for sorting coal wa…

6 Dramway

The Dramway carried coal to the River Avon to the south and a line that brought stone from a quarry …

7 United Reformed Church

Built in 1811, known as Oldland Tabernacle. A yearly highlight for local churches was the Whit Monda…

8. St Anne's Hall

The hall was built 1914 in the Arts and Crafts style. Now used for community use and the home of 54t…

9 National School

National School and then St Anne’s 1838 to 1967 – built for 200 children, in 1837 at a cost of £650.

10 Siston Brook

Siston Brook runs for 6 miles down to the river Avon, south of Bitton. The stream has in the past pr…

11 St Anne's Church

The present building commissioned by Rev H.T. Ellacombe was built 1829/30 at a cost of £1500. It rep…

12 Hatter's Cottages and Crown & Horseshoe Pub

In Cowhorn Hill were the hatters’ cottages of Wm. Hopes (employed 3 men) and the Short family (emplo…

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