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For elections to Bristol City Council, the area is part of Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze electoral ward. [2] From 1974 to 2016, Westbury-on-Trym was itself an electoral ward, initially electing 3 members to Bristol City Council and 1 member to Avon County Council, [3] and later electing 2 members to the city council after ward boundary changes ...
The name of Henleaze probably derives from a Robert Henley, who in 1659 bought a property which became known as Henley's House and later as Henleaze Park. [2] The area was a rural part of the parish of Westbury on Trym until 1896, when land between Henleaze Road and Durdham Down was sold for development.
Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze is an electoral ward in Bristol, England, covering the neighbourhoods of Henleaze and Westbury-on-Trym in the north-western suburbs of the city. It is represented by three members of Bristol City Council , which as of 2024 [update] are Nicholas Coombes, Caroline Gooch and former government minister Stephen Williams ...
Coombe House which stood to the South of the confluence of Hazel Brook and the Trym, backing on to Canford Lane, was the home of John Graves Livingston (born J.G. Thompson) who was a long time director and chairman of the Ffestiniog Railway Company. [5] The brass knocker on the lodge of Coombe House. There is a parade of shops on Westbury Lane.
The constituency boundary extends into the Severn Estuary. [7]1950–1955: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Avon, Durdham, Horfield, and Westbury-on-Trym.. 1955–1983: The County Borough of Bristol wards of Avon, Henbury, Horfield, Southmead, and Westbury-on-Trym.
Southmead was a manor of the parish of Westbury on Trym. The manor house, mentioned in a document of 1319, was near the south end of what is now Southmead Road. [3] Most of the estate of 313 acres (1.27 km 2) was sold in the late 19th century. By 1888 Southmead was a small hamlet on Southmead Road. [4]
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