Hillfields, Bristol

Hillfields
Hillfields
	Boundaries of the city council ward since 2016
Population	13,504 (2011.Ward)
OS grid reference	ST645761
Unitary authority	Bristol;
Ceremonial county	Bristol;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS16
Dialling code	0117
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Bristol North East;
	List of places UK England Bristol 51°28′29″N 2°31′08″W / 51.4747°N 2.5188°W

Hillfields is an area and ward of north-east Bristol.

The Ward of Hillfields^[2] covers the following areas of Bristol:

Chester Park
Hillfields East
Hillfields North
Hillfields West
Lodge Hill
Mayfield Park
Speedwell
Staple Hill Road South

Hillfields itself is a relatively modern area of Bristol on the outskirts of Fishponds developed since the First World War on the north side of Lodge Causeway.

History

Building commenced on Hillfields Park Housing estate in 1919, and the estate was first to be built under the National Housing Scheme in Bristol. Hillfields was further expanded in 1922 when the new Elisha Smith Robinson paper and printing company opened in Filwood Road, Fishponds, and the company arranged for houses to be built at Maple Avenue to accommodate the new workers.

The area expanded quickly, Hillfields Park Infant School opened in 1927 and the junior school opened in 1929. The most famous pupil to go to the junior school was Arthur Milton, who played County cricket for Gloucestershire County from 1948 to 1974, and gained 6 caps with the England cricket team. He also played football for Arsenal from 1951 to 1955, then Bristol City and gained 1 cap for the England National Football Team against Austria at Wembley.

More recently, the Briarwood School for students with severe learning difficulties from primary to sixth form has been built on Briar Way.

Churches and facilities

The church in the centre of Hillfields is Hillfields Park Baptist Church, opened on 8 May 1929 and built by Foster & Son,^[3] and originally supported by the Fishponds Baptist Church. It also contains a Baptist church Youth Club. The area is also served by Hillfields Library, run by Bristol City Council, and the Community centre and recreational grounds in Hillfields Park.

Cossham Memorial Hospital, founded in 1907, is in the ward near Kingswood, South Gloucestershire.

References

^ "Hillfields" (PDF). 2011 Census Ward Information Sheet. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
^ Bristol City Council. "Hillfields map" (PDF). Ward Finder. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
^ Churchcrawler. Archived 27 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-13-10.

Bartlett, John Images of England, Fishponds Tempus 2004 ISBN 0-7524-3315-6

External links

Hillfields History

This Bristol location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Hillfields" (PDF). 2011 Census Ward Information Sheet. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

[ward-map-2] Bristol City Council. "Hillfields map" (PDF). Ward Finder. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2013.

[3] Churchcrawler. Archived 27 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-13-10.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e Subdivisions of Bristol
Parliament constituencies	Bristol Central Bristol East Bristol North East Bristol North West Bristol South
Wards	Ashley Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston Bedminster Bishopston and Ashley Down Bishopsworth Brislington East Brislington West Central Clifton Clifton Down Cotham Easton Eastville Filwood Frome Vale Hartcliffe and Withywood Henbury and Brentry Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Hillfields Horfield Hotwells and Harbourside Knowle Lawrence Hill Lockleaze Redland Southmead Southville St George Central St George Troopers Hill St George West Stockwood Stoke Bishop Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze Windmill Hill See also: List of electoral wards in Bristol
Neighbourhoods	City centre Arnos Vale Ashley Down Ashton Gate Ashton Vale Avonmouth Baptist Mills Barton Hill Bedminster Bedminster Down Bishopston Bishopsworth Blaise Hamlet Bower Ashton Brentry Brislington Broadmead Broom Hill near Brislington Broomhill near Fishponds Canon's Marsh Chester Park Chittening Clifton Cliftonwood Coombe Dingle Cotham Crew's Hole Crofts End Easton Eastville Filwood Park Fishponds Golden Hill Greenbank Hartcliffe Headley Park Henbury Hengrove Henleaze Hillfields Horfield Hotwells Kensington Park Kingsdown Knowle Knowle West Lawrence Hill Lawrence Weston Lockleaze Lodge Hill Mayfield Park Monks Park Montpelier Old City Redcliffe Redfield Redland Sea Mills Shirehampton Sneyd Park Southmead Southville Speedwell Spike Island St Andrew's St Anne's St. George St. Jude's St. Paul's St Philip's Marsh St. Werburgh's Stapleton Stockwood Stoke Bishop Totterdown Tyndall's Park Upper Knowle Westbury-on-Trym Westbury Park Whitehall Windmill Hill Withywood The following suburbs are in the same urban area, but lie in South Gloucestershire or North Somerset: Bradley Stoke Conham Downend Emersons Green Filton Frenchay Hambrook Hanham Kingswood Little Stoke Longwell Green Mangotsfield Oldland Common Patchway Soundwell Staple Hill Stoke Gifford Warmley Whitchurch Willsbridge

Hillfields
Boundaries of the city council ward since 2016
Population	13,504 (2011.Ward)^[1]
OS grid reference	ST645761
Unitary authority	Bristol
Ceremonial county	Bristol
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS16
Dialling code	0117

Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western

UK Parliament	Bristol North East
List of places UK England Bristol 51°28′29″N 2°31′08″W / 51.4747°N 2.5188°W / 51.4747; -2.5188