Cabot was a
council ward
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that covered the
centre of
Bristol, England. It took its name from the
Cabot Tower
Cabot may refer to:
Businesses
* Cabot Corporation, an American chemicals company
* Cabot Creamery, an American dairy cooperative
Fictional characters
* Alexandra Cabot, in the ''Law & Order'' universe
* Leigh Cabot, from Stephen King's 1983 no ...
, a memorial tower on Brandon Hill that was built to commemorate
John Cabot
John Cabot ( it, Giovanni Caboto ; 1450 – 1500) was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest-known European exploration of coastal North ...
's voyage and "discovery" of North America. The ward was abolished in 2016.
Areas
This ward contained the whole of the medieval city and many of the oldest surviving buildings. Cabot includes Bristol's
Docks, the City Centre and the
University of Bristol. Cabot has at least 17 churches, a cathedral, a synagogue, four museums, three hospitals, two theatres, two concert halls, and art galleries and cinemas.
Areas within Cabot include:
Spike Island, Baltic Wharf,
Redcliffe Hill
Redcliffe, also known as Redcliff, is a district of the English port city of Bristol, adjoining the city centre to the northwest. It is bounded by the loop of the Floating Harbour (including ''Bathurst Basin'') to the west, north and east, to ...
,
Queen Square, Baldwin St, the City Centre, the Old City,
Broadmead
Broadmead is a street in the Bristol city centre, central area of Bristol, England, which has given its name to the principal shopping district of the city. It is part of Bristol Shopping Quarter.
History
The name of the street was first rec ...
, Canon's Marsh,
Brandon Hill
Brandon Hill () is the highest mountain in County Kilkenny, Ireland, with an elevation of and prominence at . The South Leinster Way, a long-distance trail, meandering through the Barrow Valley and traverses Brandon Hill. The village of ...
, Park St, Bristol University, Kingsdown, Dove St, the east side of
Whiteladies Road
Whiteladies Road is a main road in Bristol, England. It runs north from the Victoria Rooms to Durdham Down, and separates Clifton on the west side from Redland and Cotham on the east. It forms part of the A4018.
Significant buildings on W ...
, the south side of Cotham Hill and Cotham Brow, and the west side of
Stokes Croft
Stokes Croft is a road in Bristol, England. It is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre. Locals refer to the area around the road by the same name.
The road became a centre of industry during the mid-19th century, including the ...
.
The area that comprises Brandon Hill, Park St, the Triangle, and the area between Park Row and the Hippodrome has been promoted under the name "The West End".
Bristol city centre
The central area of the city of Bristol is the area south of the central
ring road
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and north of the
Floating Harbour, bordered north by
St Pauls and
Easton, east by
Temple Meads
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and
Redcliffe, and west by
Clifton
Clifton may refer to:
People
*Clifton (surname)
*Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
* Clifton, Queensland, a town
**Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
*Clifton, Western Australia
Canada
*Clifton, Nova Scotia ...
and Canons' Marsh. It is contained entirely within the Council ward of Cabot.
Canon's Marsh
Canons' Marsh is an
inner city area of approximately one square kilometre, on the north side of the
Floating Harbour, immediately to the west of the
River Frome spur (St Augustine's Reach) of the harbour. Canons' Marsh borders
Hotwells
Hotwells is a district of the English port city of Bristol. It is located to the south of and below the high ground of Clifton, and directly to the north of the Floating Harbour. The southern entrance to the Avon Gorge, which connects the docks ...
to the west,
Clifton
Clifton may refer to:
People
*Clifton (surname)
*Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
* Clifton, Queensland, a town
**Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
*Clifton, Western Australia
Canada
*Clifton, Nova Scotia ...
to the north, and the
city centre
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to the north east. It was a
shipbuilding area until the last yard closed in 1904, incorporating two of
Teast's Docks, and including
J&W Peters shipyard.
Canons' Wharf was once one of the busiest quays in the docks, with its own branch of the
Bristol Harbour Railway
The Bristol Harbour Railway (known originally as the Harbour Railway) was a Standard-gauge railway, standard-gauge industrial railway that served the wharves and docks of Bristol, England. The line, which had a network of approximately of trac ...
, cranes and a
goods shed. The area was also the location of the city's gas works. With the decline of industry throughout the 20th century, Canons' Marsh was cleared to make way for
urban renewal
Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighte ...
. Due to pollution, however, the gas works remained derelict for several years. The area is now the location of
We the Curious, the South West offices of
Lloyds Bank, a campus of
City of Bristol College and several bars, restaurants, apartment buildings and offices.
Kingsdown
Kingsdown is a mainly residential area of Bristol, located to the north of the
city centre
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and south of
Cotham.
Redcliffe
A small portion of the Redcliffe area lies within the Cabot ward; most of it, however, lies in the
Lawrence Hill
Lawrence Hill (born January 24, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and memoirist. He is known for his 2007 novel '' The Book of Negroes,'' inspired by the Black Loyalists given freedom and resettled in Nova Scotia by the British after the A ...
ward.
Spike Island
Spike Island is the narrow strip of land between the
Floating Harbour to the north and the
tidal New Cut of the
River Avon to the south, from the dock entrance to the west to
Bathurst Basin
Bathurst Basin is a small triangular basin adjoining the main harbour of the city of Bristol, England. The basin takes its name from Charles Bathurst, who was a Bristol MP in the early 19th century.
The basin was built on an area of an old ...
in the east. From the digging of the "New Cut" until the Bathurst locks were sealed up, it was literally an island.
Tyndall's Park
Tyndall's Park is an area to the east of
Clifton
Clifton may refer to:
People
*Clifton (surname)
*Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
* Clifton, Queensland, a town
**Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
*Clifton, Western Australia
Canada
*Clifton, Nova Scotia ...
. It contains the main precinct of the
University of Bristol,
Bristol Grammar School and the
BBC Bristol
The BBC campus, Broadcasting House Bristol, is located on Whiteladies Road, Bristol. The first building to be occupied was 21/23 Whiteladies Road, which was built in 1852 and is a Grade II listed building, with four radio studios. It was formal ...
studios.
Statistics
In the
2001 Census Cabot ward had a resident population of 9,604. The population is generally young, student/professional and in rented accommodation. The ward was in the Parliamentary constituency of
Bristol West
Bristol West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Thangam Debbonaire of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It mostly covers ...
(held by
Thangam Debbonaire), and had two councillors:
Mark Wright and Ani Stafford-Townsend. As of 2009/10, Cabot had the highest crime rate per resident of any ward in the city, with more than double the offences per head of any other ward.
Fate
Cabot ceased to exist as a ward in 2016, its area being allocated to
Hotwells and Harbourside Ward Ward and Central Ward following boundary changes.
References
External links
Census dataWard map
{{Districts of Bristol
Wards of Bristol