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Abbots Leigh Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Abbots Leigh

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Abbots Leigh history

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The original Middle English name was Lega, and the village became Abbots Leigh in the mid-12th century when Robert Fitzharding (1st Earl of Berkeley) purchased the manor, having been rewarded as Lord of the Manor of Portbury by the king. He also purchased Bedminster, Hareclive and Billeswick manors. The manor house was a resting place of Charles II during his escape to France in 1651.

You can visit Abbots Leigh places with Walkfo Abbots Leigh to hear history at Abbots Leigh’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Abbots Leigh has 168 places to visit in our interactive Abbots Leigh 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 Abbots Leigh, 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 Abbots Leigh places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Abbots Leigh & the surrounding areas.

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168 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Abbots Leigh places to visit

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

Hatchet Inn, Bristol The Hatchet Inn is a historic public house situated on Frogmore Street in Bristol. The name is thought to originate from axes/hatchets that the local woodsmen used in Clifton Woods. The building dates from 1606, but has undergone significant alteration since and is a grade II listed building.

Bristol Guild of Applied Art The Bristol Guild of Applied Art, more commonly known as simply The Guild, is a privately held department store on Bristol’s Park Street. Founded in 1908, the Guild was inspired by the philosophy of William Morris. Originally offered a place for artists and craftsmen to come together, learn from each other and sell their wares.

St George’s Church, Brandon Hill Since 1999 it has been used as a music venue known as St George’s Bristol. It was built in the 1820s by Sir Robert Smirke and is Grade II* listed.

Institute of Asset Management Institute of Asset Management is a UK-based not-for-profit professional body for those involved in acquisition, operation and care of physical assets. It was instrumental in the development of the international standard ISO 55000 for asset management.

St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol St Michael’s Hospital is a hospital in Bristol, England. Built in 1975, it provides maternity services for Bristol. The hospital is managed by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.

Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information The Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information (informally, NSQI) is a research centre within the University of Bristol. The centre was initially built as an intra-university facility, but was absorbed into the portfolio of the School of Physics in 2016.

Brandon Hill, Bristol Brandon Hill, also known as St Brandon’s Hill, is a hill close to Bristol city centre. At the summit is the Cabot Tower, opened in 1897 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot’s voyage from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1497. The two-hectare nature reserve has been run since 1980 by the Avon Wildlife Trust.

Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital is an independent day school in Clifton, Bristol, England founded in 1586. The school accepts boys from ages 7 to 18 and girls aged 16 to 18 into the co-educational Sixth Form. In 2020 Rupert Heathcote took over as Headmaster, succeeding Stephen Holliday.

Jacobs Well Theatre The Jacobs Well Theatre was a playhouse in Cliftonwood, Bristol, England, which opened in 1729. It took its name from the nearby Jacobs’s Well, which may have been a mikveh, a type of Jewish ritual bath. The theatre was built by actor John Hippisley, who created the character of Peachum in the premiere of John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera.

Jacob’s Well, Bristol Jacob’s Well in Cliftonwood, Bristol, England is an early medieval structure within a building on the corner of Jacob’s Wells Road and Constitution Hill thought to be a Jewish ritual bath. A Jewish community was known to exist in Bristol from at least 1154 until the wholesale banishment of the Jewish community from England in 1290. The company that now owns the well applied to the Environment Agency to extract and bottle up to 15 million litres of water a year.

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