Long Ashton, United Kingdom
Long Ashton is a town of 5,254 people in England, United Kingdom.
Why visit Long Ashton
Townapedia lists 23 museums and landmarks, 12 parks and trails, 11 places to eat and 22 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Ashton Avenue Bridge, Bedminster Bridge, Arnolfini and Ashton Court.
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About Long Ashton
Long Ashton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset and is one of a number of large villages just outside the boundary of city of Bristol urban area. The parish has a population of 6,044. The parish includes the hamlet of Yanley, and the residential area of Leigh Woods (although most of the woods themselves are in the neighbouring parish of Abbots Leigh).
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Things to do22
Ashton Avenue Bridge
Bridge · 2.0 mi
Grade II listed bridge in Bristol, England, UK
Bristol Hippodrome
Cinema and theater · 3.1 mi
Theatre in Bristol, England
Bristol Old Vic
Cinema and theater · 3.3 mi
Theatre in Bristol, England
Brunel's swing bridge alongside north entrance lock
Bridge · 2.1 mi
Bridge in Bristol, England, UK
Cabot Tower
Monument and historic site · 2.9 mi
Grade II listed tower in Bristol, England
Clifton Observatory, Bristol
Monument and historic site · 2.4 mi
Observatory in Bristol, England
Gaol Ferry Bridge
Bridge · 2.9 mi
Footbridge in Bristol, UK that crosses the River Avon
Jacobs Well Theatre
Cinema and theater · 2.7 mi
Former theatre (1729-1779) in Cliftonwood, Bristol, England
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Museums and landmarks23
Ashton Court
Museum · 1.4 mi
Mansion house and estate to the west of Bristol in England
Bewell's Cross
Monument and historic site · 3.4 mi
Monument in Bristol, England, UK
Bristol Cenotaph
Monument and historic site · 3.3 mi
War memorial in City of Bristol, England, UK
Bristol Industrial Museum
Museum · 2.9 mi
Former museum in Bristol, England
Red Lodge Museum, Bristol
Museum · 3.2 mi
Grade I listed historic house museum in Bristol, United Kingdom
Royal West of England Academy
Museum · 3.0 mi
Art gallery in Bristol, England, United Kingdom
SS Great Britain
Museum · 2.6 mi
1843 passenger steamship and museum in Bristol, United Kingdom
Tyntesfield
Museum · 2.3 mi
Grade I listed historic house museum in North Somerset, England, UK
The Georgian House
Museum · 3.0 mi
18th-century townhouse in Bristol, England, UK
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Parks, trails and playgrounds12
Restaurants and cafes11
History
Prehistoric and Roman artefacts have been found in the area, at the site of the Gatcombe Roman Settlement, but the village originated in Saxon times. The Domesday Book records it as Estune (the place by the ash tree) and, afterwards, it was granted to Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances. The village is near two waterways being The Longmoor Brook and The Ashton Brook, thus the name Long Ashton. [1]
The manor house dates to 1265 and, in the late 15th century shares in the estate were purchased by Richard Amerike (one of the possible sources of the name America). Previously the manor had passed through the hands of the Lyons, Choke and finally Smyth families. By 1603 the Smyths had become the principal landowners in the parish and were lords of Long Ashton for four centuries—the estate finally being sold in 1946. A deserted medieval farmstead and part of a Romano-British field system 400 metres (1,300 ft) north of Fenswood Farm has been identified including three enclosures which are thought to be the foundations of buildings, each surrounded by rubble banks.
The parish church of All Saints dates from about 1380, and the arms of its founder (Thomas de Lyons) are on the outside of the tower. The interior has some fine tombs, and some relatives of the poet Robert Southey are buried in the churchyard.
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The other Church, Hebron Church was founded in 1934 by Ernest Dyer, who cycled to the village from Keynsham to run a Sunday School. Many of the people who have grown up in the village passed through this Sunday School.
Since the earliest recorded times, agriculture has been the major occupation of the parish, and there are still several working farms, some just outside the village. The Ashton Court estate provided occupations such as gamekeepers and foresters, and there have been several mills in the parish including a snuff-mill on the Land Yeo at Gatcombe in 1769, however the current building dates from the early 19th century. By 1846 it had been converted to grind mustard, annatto and drugs, but by 1874 was a flour mill. The internal machinery is still in place and the mill has been designated as a Grade II listed building. Kincott Mill had stood since at least the 13th century. By the early 19th century rented out for snuff grinding and in the 1830s a steam engine was installed to power a flour and corn mill. Later it was owned by an iron founder, who made edge tools and other farm implements and installed cast-iron water wheels.
Stone has been quarried for lime burning, as well as for building and road making. There was an iron foundry in the 19th century and coal mines — the Bedminster-Ashton coalfield finally closed in 1924.
The Angel Inn, near the church, is the oldest pub in the village, dating from 1495 and originally being a church-house. There are two other historic pubs in the village, The Bird in Hand and The Miners Rest which are very popular with visitors from Bristol—a horse-drawn bus ran from Redcliffe Street, Bristol to the Bird-in-Hand several times a week in the late 19th century.
The National Fruit and Cider Institute opened at Fenswood on the edge of the village in 1903. It became the Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station in 1912, and was known as Long Ashton Research Station until it was closed in 2003. During the Second World War it developed rose hip syrup and Ribena.
A Parochial School opened in 1818 and moved several times — the current Primary School, called Northleaze, opened in 1867 and moved to new premises in Brook Close in 2006. There have been other schools in the village, including boarding schools for "Young Gentlemen".
Long Ashton railway station was opened by the Great Western Railway in Yanley Lane, where the Bristol to Taunton Line passes below the village, on 12 July 1926 but it was closed on 6 October 1941.
Colonel Reginald Dyer CB (9 October 1864 – 23 July 1927) spent his last two years in Long Ashton. As a temporary brigadier-general he was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar on 13 April 1919. The massacre was depicted in the 1982 film, Gandhi.
From the History section of Long Ashton on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable people from Long Ashton
Henry GoulstoneNew Zealand banker and judge (1836–1914)Photo: AmstradNZ, Public domain- Bert HuntEnglish cricketer (1911-1985)
- Walter WildeEnglish cricketer (1908-1968)
- Cuthbert KempeEnglish cricketer (1856-1953)
- Ernest FearBritish sports shooter
- Ernie NicholsonEnglish rugby union footballer (1912-1992)
- Keith SykesBritish anaesthetist
Born in Long Ashton, according to Wikidata (CC0). Each name links to its Wikipedia article.
Churches and places of worship40
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries9
Healthcare2
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bristol Airport (BRS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 4 miles away.
- Bristol 3 mi northeast, about 5 min by car
- Winford 3 mi south, about 5 min by car
- Nailsea 4 mi west, about 7 min by car
- Chew Magna 5 mi southeast, about 8 min by car
- Portishead 6 mi northwest, about 9 min by car
- Wrington 6 mi southwest, about 10 min by car
- Kingswood 7 mi east, about 11 min by car
- Keynsham 7 mi east, about 11 min by car
- Mangotsfield 8 mi northeast, about 13 min by car
- Yatton 8 mi west, about 12 min by car
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- Ashton Court Mansion, Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0
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