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Westbury-on-Trym High Street has three Indian and one Thai restaurants, eight pubs and several cafés. The village centre is well-served for shoppers, containing banks and independent stores including book shops, craft stores, hardware shops, florists, and a number of charity shops.
Westbury-on-Trym, in the north-west of the ward, was once a village separate from Bristol, before the built-up area spread to incorporate it, and it retains a distinct village centre focal point. Henleaze, in the south-east, is a primarily residential suburb of Victorian and interwar housing.
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.
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The canons of Westbury College were each supported by revenues from one of the areas around Westbury on Trym, including Aust, Henbury and Lawrence Weston. [7] The great reformist John Wycliffe was a canon from 1362 until his death in 1384, although in 1367 he was accused of neglecting his duties as prebendary of Aust due to his long absence. [7]
Westbury College Gatehouse is a Grade I listed building. [2] The College Gatehouse was acquired in 1907 by the National Trust , and is currently on a 100-year lease to Holy Trinity Church. It is managed by the church as a local meeting place, and is regularly used by the church youth groups, as well as the local Air Cadets 2442 Squadron and the ...
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]
The name survives in Charlton Common – a public recreation area, to the south of the original settlement – Charlton Road, which led from Passage Road, Westbury on Trym, to the village, and Charlton Lane, which led from Henbury and Brentry.