St George, Bristol
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| Population | 11,348 (East)[1] 10,929 (West)[2] |
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| Unitary authority | Bristol |
| Ceremonial county | Bristol |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRISTOL |
| Postcode district | BS |
| Dial code | 0117 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| UK Parliament | Bristol East |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England | |
St. George is a district of Bristol on the edge of the inner city, named - preusmably - after England's own Patron Saint - Saint George, celebration day April 23rd.
St George was originally outside the city boundary until about 1860. The area was once the end of the tram line from the city of Bristol, the terminus being in Beaconsfield Road.
St. George was once a mining area but now incomes are low and unemployment is very high.
Local landmark: St George Fountain. A Victorian drinking fountain divides the main Church Road which forks at this point to Kingswood and Hanham. The road was also once the boundary between Bristol and Gloucestershire. Adjacent to this was The Parish Church of St. George, this has since been demolished and sheltered housing has been built on the site.
Not far from this spot is the St. George Police Station. It is no longer in use, but was converted to apartments - so the building has been preserved.
Opposite this, there is a grassed area and on this site used to be The Park Picture House. Another local facility demolished and never replaced, this was a great favourite with children who used to attend the nine-penny rush on a Saturday morning and they always left desperate not to miss the following week as the final picture was always a serial, which had left the hero strapped to a train track or dangling over some life threatening piece of machinery.
Facilities: St George Public Library - a prefabricated syle building which replaced the previous stone built Victorian building, demolished when it was fashionable to pull down older buildings. Recently, there has been much televised about the palace at Kew Gardens and it is interesting to note the similarities in design of this building and the old red brick St George Higher Grade,later St George Grammar and finally St George Comprehensive School. Now I believe a Sikh Temple and a gym.
Local Churches: Hope Church Bristol, St George Baptist
Regeneration: St George was included in areas covered by the 2004 Redfield Action Plan by David Wilson Partnership and 2md, commissioned by Bristol East Side Traders and Community at Heart which outlined a number of measures to improve social and economic conditions.
[edit] References
- ^ St George East. 2001 Census Ward Information Sheet. Retrieved on February 21, 2007.
- ^ St George West. 2001 Census Ward Information Sheet. Retrieved on February 21, 2007.
