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Queen Charlton maps
Historic maps of Queen Charlton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Queen Charlton maps
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Keynsham| Pensford| Saltford| Stanton Drew| Bitton| Chew Magna| Dundry| Bristol| Bishop Sutton| Clifton| West Harptree| Compton Martin
Queen Charlton area books
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Avon memories
Frys The Factory
I remember when the factory used to be Frys (before it was Cadburys) and Cadburys used to be at the top of the hill. My mum was born in Keynsham in 1951 and spent her childhood there and went to Dapps Hill School. We went to Keynsham a lot when I was younger as my nan lived there and one of my aunties still does!
I visited Keynsham a few months ago and although it has changed, I still recognise it immediately. I remember the church well and the parade of shops.
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Keynsham Memorys
I was born in Keynsham in 1944 in the house on the corner of Park Road and Sherwood Road.My grandparents Frank and Winifred Harding were the tenants of the house,and my mother Peggy lived there with them as my father was away at sea. I am trying to find out about my grandparents and would be grateful for any infomation. My e-mail address is tonyjuneharris4@tiscali.co.uk
Solving A Mystery
This is a last=ditch effort to find the birthplace of my mother Ivy Lilian Wyatt/Brizell whose birth certificate tells us she was born in 1916 at No.10 Sherwood Road Keynsham. Having searched for years and visited the road in question - nobody can tell me where No.10 is - I am told it never existed ( there seems to be an Old peoples home on the site now- but where in 1916 was No.10) She was born on 28th September to Alice Mabel Wyatt of West Harptree Nr Bristol. She was born out of wedlock but why Keynsham? Was she sent there by her family in disgrace ?? Just where was she born. NOT the workhouse - I have checked their records. A total mystery - can anyone help from the archives please . Thanks you so much. Regards Beryl.
Flower Family
I live in The Netherlands. My grandfather was born in Pensford in 1858, his name wass Henry Flower. I am looking for his family (there was a lady of the bridge named Flower?).
Toll Keepers
Thomas Burridge who was registered as the toll keeper in 1851 and 1871, with his wife Ann, was my Great Grandfather
Memories of The Queen's Head Willsbridge
At the bottom of Willsbridge and Brockham hills, on a busy Bath to Bristol road, stands an unassuming little building called The Queen's Head public house.
Unlike other pubs in the vicinity, The Queen's Head has never been wrapped up in all the usual alehouse folklore of highwaymen, cut-throats, and kings, and very little, by way of fact, or fiction, has ever been written about it. What follows is fact, and research reveals a fascinating history that tells the story of an establishment that not only served up ale, but which performed a whole variety of other hamlet, and old Bitton Parish functions.
EARLIEST DAYS
Willsbridge hamlet before The Queen's Head - The name 'Willsbridge' means 'the spring, (or well), by the bridge', and is Anglo Saxon in origin. In those days it was known as 'Wylsbrugge'. Now much extended, the original settlement was a hamlet at the Mill Clack Brook (now called Siston Brook) bridge - in other words the little bridge and immediate surrounding area... Read more
Ellacombe Road - Williams Close.
The earliest memories of the shops on Ellacombe Road was a Co-op at the top of the rank of shops a kiosk then Ron the off licence, wool shop, butchers and greengrocers at the bottom, these all closed when Asda arrived. Opposite the bottom of Ellacombe Road on Bath Road there was The Golden Fryer chip shop, me and my friends used to get free scrumps but only if we pestered them long enough! On the corner of Shellards Road and Bath Road was Pomroys (now Tesco). I used to play in Williams Close playground a lot and broke my arm twice due to falling off the climbing frame and landing on the concrete floor beneath it, I see it's much safer today. Behind the park was 'the horses field' as children we used to play a lot in the bushes/brambles and make dens and be out all day and only went home when hungry (probably the last generation to ever do that). At the bottom of the horses field... Read more
