Crypt School, Podsmead, Gloucester - geograph

Podsmead is a district of

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...

approximately one mile from the historic city centre. With the development of

Quedgeley Quedgeley is a suburban town of Gloucester, located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of the city centre, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. A thin strip of land between the Severn and the Gloucester Ship Canal occupies the west, and the ...

and

Kingsway Village Kingsway Village is located three miles south of the City of Gloucester, England, adjacent to the suburbs of Quedgeley and Tuffley. It is built upon the old RAF Quedgeley site, the development of the site was started in 2006 by several housing ...

, Podsmead was becoming absorbed by the city in the early 21st century. The population of this Gloucester Ward was 2,994 at the 2011 Census. It is close to the hamlet of

Hempsted Hempsted is a suburban village and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Gloucester, in the Gloucester district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 508. History An ancient area of Glo ...

History

Podsmead was largely built during the 20th century. The larger, grander houses similar to those in parts of

Tuffley Tuffley is a suburb in the city of Gloucester and one of the fifteen wards of the English city of Gloucester. The ward, which is non-parished and situated near Robinswood Hill toward the south of the city, has services including schools, shops ...

were built in the interwar period whilst immediately after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

an estate of temporary homes and social housing was built. Some of the temporary housing is still in use. Podsmead has a large

council estate Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council estates, council housing, or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011 when the number of households in private rental housing surpassed the number in so ...

. In 1943 the Crypt School moved to its present home in Podsmead.

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