Two Mile Hill is a small district and parish on the eastern edge of the City of

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

, just to the west of Kingswood which itself is in

South Gloucestershire South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke, the latter three forming part ...

. Two Mile Hill Primary School is located in the area.

Area

It is not known how the name for the area came about however it is speculated that it was done when the area was split off from the nearby St George's parish and based on Two Mile Hill Road that runs through it. Queen Street in the area was named locally as one of the most congested

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streets in Bristol. The area used to house a retail outlet run by the supporters trust of

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It would mostly be used by fans for merchandise sales before matches at the Memorial Stadium as well as for ticket sales. In 2018, it was closed by the supporters trust due to lack of revenue and due to duplicating services already offered at the Memorial Stadium.

Churches

The

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...

parish church is St Michael, on Two Mile Hill Road. The church was constructed in 1848 in the

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style. St Michael's is one of Bristol's seven

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es. In 1994 it was granted grade II listed status by

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. Two Mile Hill was the location selected by

John Wesley John Wesley (; 2 March 1791) was an English people, English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The soci ...

, one of the founders of

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, as the location for a Methodist school and preaching house. The area also housed the first

Primitive Methodist Church The Primitive Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination with the holiness movement. It began in England in the early 19th century, with the influence of American evangelist Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834). In the United States, the Primiti ...

chapel in the United Kingdom. It was opened in 1841 but was remodelled in 1849 when it was taken over by the

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References

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