Soundwell
51°28′23″N 2°30′22″W / 51.473°N 2.506°W Soundwell, Bristol is a suburb of
Located centrally in the parish is St. Stephen's Anglican Church and St. Stephen's CofE junior school with approximately 300 pupils. The original St. Stephen's infants school was closed and demolished several years ago to allow for expansion of Soundwell College. Soundwell College was a college of further education, now merged with the City of Bristol College, which maintains a centre in the locality.[1]
Soundwell was the home of
Soundwell and surrounding areas were also coal-mining communities in days gone past and also were well known for shoe and boot manufacturing.
The name appears to be derived from Old English sund, meaning "healthy". There was once a healing well in the vicinity.[2]
References
- ^ City of Bristol College website Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 1-874092-90-7p.14