Oldland Common Walk
room 16 ECHOES
Location: Bristol, South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
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The Echoes
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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