Henbury
| Henbury | |
| Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Mary the Virgin | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°30’18"N, 2°37’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 10,699 (=2011 (ward)[1]) |
| Post town: | Bristol |
| Postcode: | BS10 |
| Dialling code: | 0117 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bristol |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bristol North West |
Henbury is an ancient parish in Gloucestershire that forms a suburb of Bristol, approximately five miles north-west of the city centre. It is bordered by Westbury-on-Trym to the south; Brentry to the east and the Blaise Castle estate, Blaise Hamlet and Lawrence Weston to the west. To the north lie village of Hallen and the entertainment/retail park Cribbs Causeway.
The Hazel Brook (also known as the Hen), a tributary of the River Trym, flows through Henbury and crosses Henbury Road in a small ford near The Salutation pub. The ford is more than a foot deep relatively often and a small bridge exists as a main route for motor vehicles a few metres away.
Henbury Golf Club sits on the southern border.
History
Henbury was first mentioned in 692 as Heanburg. The name is from the Old English hēan byrig, meaning 'high fortified place'.[2] It was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Henberie.
Henbury was historically the administrative centre of Henbury Hundred. The ancient parish extends to the River Severn and includes King's Weston, Lawrence Weston, Hallen, Charlton, Pilning, Northwick and Aust.[3] When the civil parish was created in 1866, parts of the ancient parish were formed into the civil parishes of Redwick and Northwick (later Pilning and Severn Beach)[4] and Aust.[5] The parish of Compton Greenfield, including the village of Easter Compton, was added to the civil parish of Henbury in 1885.
Botany Bay is an old name for the area of Henbury centred on the modern Marmion Crescent believed to derive from the nineteenth century name of a row of cottages.[6] The Great House, Henbury was the home of the Astry family, and of Scipio Africanus (see below). Nearby Henbury Court was built by Thomas Stock to replace the Great House. Henbury Court was demolished in the 1950s.[7]
Churches
The parish Church of St Mary the Virgin dates from approximately 1096. The tower is from the early 13th century. The north chapel was built, and further restoration work undertaken by Thomas Rickman in 1836, with further restoration by G.E. Street in 1875-7. It is a Grade-II* listed building.[8] The churchyard contains the grave of Scipio Africanus, the west-African 18th-century manservant of Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk.
Emmanuel Chapel Henbury is an independent evangelical church located on Satchfield Crescent.
St Antony's Church is a Catholic church which was built in the 1950s and is also located on Satchfield Crescent.
Schools
- Henbury Court Primary School
- Blaise Primary School
- Henbury Secondary School
- Woodstock Special School
Other buildings
Henbury Village Hall is a Grade-II listed building.
Henbury Leisure Centre is home to a 25-metre swimming pool, fitness suite, full-size all-weather pitch and a variety of fitness programmes and classes. It is located on the site of Henbury Secondary School.
The Henbury Lodge Hotel is operated by[Best Western. The building itself is believed to have been built around 1600 as two cottages, before being combined into one dwelling in 1712.
Location and transportation links
Henbury provides good access to major trunk roads such as the A4018, M4 and M5 motorways. It is located approximately two miles away from M5 junction 17 and five miles from the M4/M5 interchange. Bristol city centre is approximately five miles south-east of Henbury.
Henbury station on the Henbury Loop railway between St Andrews Road and Filton Junction was opened in 1910 and closed in 1964.[9] The station is scheduled to reopen in 2021 as part of MetroWest's Phase Two, with trains calling at Bristol Temple Meads.
References
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- ↑ "Henbury". 2011 Census Ward Information Sheet. http://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/henbury-wis.pdf. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ Mills, A.D. and Room, A. A Dictionary of British Place-Names Oxford University Press
- ↑ Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
- ↑ "Pilning and Severn Beach Tg/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10386184. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ↑ "History of Aust in South Gloucestershire | Map and description". http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10338. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ↑ "Countryside Walk: Cribbs Causeway – Easter Compton – Spaniorum – Botany Bay" (PDF). Bristol City Council. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/travelwest/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cribbs-causeway-to-botany-bay.pdf. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ↑ Davis, Bertram R (1962). "The Henbury Epitaphs". www.gertlushonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080807174424/http://www.gertlushonline.co.uk/bristol-graves-henbury-epitaphs.html. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
- ↑ "Church of St Mary the Virgin". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=379138. Retrieved 19 February 2007.
- ↑ "Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: North Filton Platform". www.subbrit.org.uk. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/n/north_filton/index.shtml. Retrieved 18 January 2009.