The Midland Railway line opened in 1869: the station opened in 1935. The line was closed in the Dr. …
Established in 1844 as a ‘British School’, ‘Oldland Board Mixed School’. The girls from the school m…
The farmhouse is Grade II listed and has origins from the 16th or early 17th century. Henry Weston o…
Stables for housing the pit ponies used at the Hole Lane pit and Bull Hall pit were later used for b…
The coalpit workshop (at the rear of no. 72 High Street) may also have been used for sorting coal wa…
The Dramway carried coal to the River Avon to the south and a line that brought stone from a quarry …
Built in 1811, known as Oldland Tabernacle. A yearly highlight for local churches was the Whit Monda…
The hall was built 1914 in the Arts and Crafts style. Now used for community use and the home of 54t…
National School and then St Anne’s 1838 to 1967 – built for 200 children, in 1837 at a cost of £650.
Siston Brook runs for 6 miles down to the river Avon, south of Bitton. The stream has in the past pr…
The present building commissioned by Rev H.T. Ellacombe was built 1829/30 at a cost of £1500. It rep…
In Cowhorn Hill were the hatters’ cottages of Wm. Hopes (employed 3 men) and the Short family (emplo…
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