Staple Hill, Gloucestershire
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Staple Hill is a suburb of
.History
Staple is a rendering of the Anglo-Saxon/Old English word stapol or staypole which meant a post in the sense of an old boundary marker.[1][2]
The settlement of Staple Hill developed in the 19th century.
Development of the suburb and community
The modern settlement of Staple Hill originated in the 18th century by when forest law had become largely anachronistic and the wild boar and wolves which once made the forest dangerous were long since extinct (see
Staple Hill briefly became a centre for engineering, with Wilson and Sons Engineering designing and assembling Quasar (motorcycle)s. This was a recumbent motorcycle built in small numbers which is today widely recognised as the first modern feet-forward motorcycle design.
Staple Hill today
Staple Hill has a wide-ranging high street and the architecture is largely Victorian with ornate roof ridges and eaves, attractive decorative brickwork and architectural features in stonemasonry. The High Street is broad as trams originally ran along its length.
An event known as "Christmas on the Hill" takes place on the first Saturday in December during which entertainments along the main street take place with music, stall holders, treasure hunts and performances.[7]
The railway line and the station site has been converted to the
Governance
Between 1927 and 1974 Staple Hill was part of Mangotsfield Urban District.[9] Between 1974 and 1996 it was part of Kingswood Borough in the county of Avon when it became part of South Gloucestershire, between 1974 and 2023 it was in Mangotsfield unparished area, on 1 April 2023 it became part of Staple Hill and Mangotsfield civil parish.[10]
The area forms the Staple Hill
References
- ISBN 978-0521158268.
- ^ The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine, Volumes 9–10. Wiltshire Archeological and Natural History Society. 1863. p. 144.
- ^ Plaster, Andrew. "Mangotsfield". Bristol & Avon Family History Society. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Mangotsfield. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ La Trobe-Bateman, E. "Kingswood and Mangotsfield" (PDF). Avon Extensive Urban Survey Archaeological Assessment Report. South Gloucestershire Council. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "100 Years of Park Life". Bristol Post. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/neighborhood-near-bristol-launch-appeal-to-buy-christmas-tree/story-29763979-detail/story.html [dead link]
- ^ The Stations Bristol Railway Path
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Mangotsfield UD (historic map). Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "The South Gloucestershire (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2023" (PDF). South Gloucestershire Council. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ South Gloucestershire Council Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Election Results.