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Fishponds Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Fishponds

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Fishponds history

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Fishponds was first recorded as the “Newe Pooles” in 1610, and subsequently “Fish Ponds” by 1734. By the 17th century it was a thriving village with stone-built cottages for miners and quarrymen for coal and pennant stone. The village grew up around the two pools formed from the old quarries, but both were filled in by 1839.

Engineering and railway

Fishponds has been the site of several metal foundries, including George Adlam & Sons. Parnall & Sons fit out passenger compartments on the RMS Britannic and QE2 in the 1960s. Peckett and Sons built locomotives at the Atlas Works towards Speedwell, whose engines joined the line at Clay Hill.

Chocolates and confectionery

Palmer Bros biscuit and cake manufacturers had two sites in Fishponds Road. Webers chocolates in Goodneston Road opened in 1914 and had production lines alongside Oerlikon 20mm cannons in World War II.

Automobile and aircraft manufacturing

Straker-Squire opened a large factory on Lodge Causeway in 1906, and was a major producer of early London Buses. The aeronautics industry arrived in Fishponds in 1914 when Brazil Straker began building Rolls Royce aircraft engines for the RFC in World War I. Today, Diamonite Aircraft Furnishings supplies some of the world’s best aircraft interiors.

Pottery, paper and printing

Pountney & Co moved to Fishponds in 1905 and opened a large factory on Lodge Causeway. It had an entirely new labour-saving design and produced a range of domestic and luxury ceramics. The Royal Cauldron name was acquired in 1962, but by then the factory was suffering from lack of investment and it became insolvent in 1971.

You can visit Fishponds places with Walkfo Fishponds to hear history at Fishponds’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Fishponds has 94 places to visit in our interactive Fishponds map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Fishponds, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Fishponds places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Fishponds & the surrounding areas.

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94 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Fishponds places to visit

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Fishponds has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Fishponds’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Fishponds’s information audio spots:

St George’s Park, Bristol St George Park is a park on the eastern edge of the inner city in Bristol . Built on land that was originally The Fire Engine Farm, the park had many architectural features . The St George Library is situated on the edge the park, on Church Road .

Eastville Workhouse The Eastville Workhouse was a workhouse situated at 100 Fishponds Road, in Bristol, U.K. It was converted into a home for the elderly in the 1920s and demolished in 1972 .

South Purdown, Bristol South Purdown, Bristol, is an ancient green space located in north Bristol . The area of land is bordered by central Muller Road, Sir Johns Lane Allotment site, Stoke Park, Lockleaze Open Space and the Priory Hospital . It has been designated a Site of Nature Conservation Interest .

Two Mile Hill, Bristol Two Mile Hill is a small district and parish on the eastern edge of the City of Bristol. It is just to the west of Kingswood which itself is in South Gloucestershire.

Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican parish church in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire. It has been designated as a grade II* listed building.

MoD Abbey Wood MoD Abbey Wood is a Ministry of Defence establishment at Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in July 1996. 15 government departments employing some 13,400 people relocated to the site.

Lockleaze Lockleaze is 3 miles (5 km) north of the city centre, south of Filton, east of Horfield and west of Frenchay. The suburb was developed immediately after World War II. It is a residential area of social housing built on the western flank of Purdown on a north-south axis, that was separated from Horfield by the main Bristol to South Wales railway line.

Stoke Park, Bristol Stoke Park is a public open space of 108 hectares (270 acres) in Bristol. It occupies a prominent position on the eastern flanks of Purdown, alongside the M32 motorway. Approximately 80% of the park is within the Bristol ward of Lockleaze, the remainder within South Gloucestershire.

Page Park, Staple Hill Page Park is a park in the Staple Hill area of South Gloucestershire. In 1910, the park was donated to the people by Arthur William Page, the same year he was elected Alderman of the county. The park has a selection of sports fields, accommodating football and cricket teams. It was the start and finish place for the Kingswood Festival marathon in 1985.

St John the Baptist, Frenchay St John the Baptist is a church in the Frenchay area of Bristol, England. It was built in the 18th century. It is located in Frenchay, Bristol, and is located on the outskirts of Bristol.

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