Mini Histories
Throughout the following sub-pages you will be able to find out more about the historic landmarks in Horfield! These pages do not contain a history of Horfield Parish Church, as a detailed history can already be found on the churches website.
These histories have been researched and put together using the following sources:
Primary Sources
‘Horfield Miscellanea: An Account of Horfield From Early Times to 1900’ by Rev. Fanshawe Bingham, M. A. Late Rector for 21 Years of Horfield Gloucestershire. Printed and Published by W. H. Barrell, 114 High Street Portsmouth.
Morris & Co.’s Commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Nottingham: Hounds Gate, 1876.
Stone, G. F. Bristol: As It Was And As It Is. A Record of Fifty Years Progress. Reprinted with additions, from the ‘Bristol Evening News,’ 1908-1909. Bristol: Walter Reid, 1909.
Secondary Sources
Bishopston, Horfield and Ashley Down Local History Society. Images of England: Bishopston, Horfield and Ashley Down. Tempus Publishing , 1997. Available via http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/index.php/bishopston-horfield-ashley-down.html
Bowerman, V. The Henleaze Book, 2nd Edition Revised and Enlarged. Bristol: Redcliffe Press Ltd., 2006.
Hardingham, B. “Horfield”. Bristol and Avon Family History Society Journal, 116, June 2004. http://www.bafhs.org.uk/bafhs-parishes/other-bafhs-parishes/75-horfield
Hatch, P. Evocative Tales Second Anthology: Stories and Legends from Bristol. Bristol: Gatekeeper Royal, 2012.
History of The Ardagh, researched by Ron Scutt. Unpublished document available at The Ardagh.
Williams, J. A History of Horfield C. of E. School, Bristol. Unpublished, bound copy available at Horfield C of E Primary School.
Wright, D. Population in Horfield 1066-1851. Bishopston, Horfield and Ashley Down Local History Society Research Group Paper 1. Bristol: BHADLHS, November 2005.
Wright, D. 'Horfield Common' in The Horfield Tithe Survey 1841, by Andy Buchan, John Hyde and Denis Wright. Bishopston, Horfield & Ashley Down Local History Society, Research Group Paper 2. Bristol: BHADLHS, November 2006.
BHADLHS publications are available here https://bishopstonhistorysociety.wordpress.com/research-group-papers/
Websites
‘Bristol 1700-Onwards.’ Ray’s Miscellany http://brisray.com/bristol/bhist6.htm
‘Horfield.’ About Bristol Website http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/hor-00.asp
These histories have been researched and put together using the following sources:
Primary Sources
‘Horfield Miscellanea: An Account of Horfield From Early Times to 1900’ by Rev. Fanshawe Bingham, M. A. Late Rector for 21 Years of Horfield Gloucestershire. Printed and Published by W. H. Barrell, 114 High Street Portsmouth.
Morris & Co.’s Commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Nottingham: Hounds Gate, 1876.
Stone, G. F. Bristol: As It Was And As It Is. A Record of Fifty Years Progress. Reprinted with additions, from the ‘Bristol Evening News,’ 1908-1909. Bristol: Walter Reid, 1909.
Secondary Sources
Bishopston, Horfield and Ashley Down Local History Society. Images of England: Bishopston, Horfield and Ashley Down. Tempus Publishing , 1997. Available via http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/index.php/bishopston-horfield-ashley-down.html
Bowerman, V. The Henleaze Book, 2nd Edition Revised and Enlarged. Bristol: Redcliffe Press Ltd., 2006.
Hardingham, B. “Horfield”. Bristol and Avon Family History Society Journal, 116, June 2004. http://www.bafhs.org.uk/bafhs-parishes/other-bafhs-parishes/75-horfield
Hatch, P. Evocative Tales Second Anthology: Stories and Legends from Bristol. Bristol: Gatekeeper Royal, 2012.
History of The Ardagh, researched by Ron Scutt. Unpublished document available at The Ardagh.
Williams, J. A History of Horfield C. of E. School, Bristol. Unpublished, bound copy available at Horfield C of E Primary School.
Wright, D. Population in Horfield 1066-1851. Bishopston, Horfield and Ashley Down Local History Society Research Group Paper 1. Bristol: BHADLHS, November 2005.
Wright, D. 'Horfield Common' in The Horfield Tithe Survey 1841, by Andy Buchan, John Hyde and Denis Wright. Bishopston, Horfield & Ashley Down Local History Society, Research Group Paper 2. Bristol: BHADLHS, November 2006.
BHADLHS publications are available here https://bishopstonhistorysociety.wordpress.com/research-group-papers/
Websites
‘Bristol 1700-Onwards.’ Ray’s Miscellany http://brisray.com/bristol/bhist6.htm
‘Horfield.’ About Bristol Website http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/hor-00.asp