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Redland is a neighbourhood in
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,
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. The neighbourhood is situated between Clifton, Cotham, Bishopston and Westbury Park. The boundaries of the district are not precisely defined, but are generally taken to be
Whiteladies Road Whiteladies Road is a main road in Bristol, England. It runs north from the Victoria Rooms (Bristol), Victoria Rooms to Durdham Down, and separates Clifton, Bristol, Clifton on the west side from Redland, Bristol, Redland and Cotham, Bristol, C ...
in the west, the Severn Beach railway line in the south and Cranbrook Road in the east. Redland is also the name of a
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, which covers a slightly different area. Redland ward extends to the southern part of Bishopston, and does not include the part of Redland south of Redland Road, which is in Cotham ward. Redland is primarily residential, and is known as a popular
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accommodation area, particularly with second and third year students from the city's
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. Compared to Bristol averages, Redland ward has lower levels of deprivation, relative child poverty, premature mortality and crime. It has higher than average educational attainment, life expectancy, home ownership and car ownership.


History

There are different views of the origin of the name Redland. One source says that in the 11th century it was known as ''Rudeland'', possibly from
Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
''rudding'', meaning "cleared land". Another source points to a mention in 1209 as ''Thriddeland'', probably meaning "the third part of an estate". Yet another source refers to a mention in 1230 of ''Rubea Terra'' and a later mention as ''la Rede Londe'', derived from the red colour of the soil. For many centuries Redland was in the large parish of
Westbury-on-Trym Westbury-on-Trym (sometimes written without hyphenation) is a suburb in the north of the City of Bristol, near the suburbs of Stoke Bishop, Westbury Park, Henleaze, Southmead and Henbury, in the southwest of England. The place is partly na ...
in
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. It became a separate
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in 1894, being formed from the part of Westbury on Trym in the county borough of Bristol, on 30 September 1896 the civil parish was abolished and incorporated into Bristol. It remained in the
ecclesiastical parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of Westbury-on-Trym until 1942. In 1732 the Redland estate was acquired by John Cossins (d.1759) from his wife's uncle George Martin. He replaced the old manor house with Redland Court, a house of Classical design. The estate was sold off in 1865, and the area was then developed for housing.


Churches

The suburb is known for its Georgian
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church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
Redland Chapel Redland Parish Church is a Georgian church, built in 1742, in the Redland suburb of Bristol, England. It is a Grade I listed building. History It which was built, probably by John Strahan and completed by William Halfpenny, with plasterwork ...
, which was built, probably by
John Strahan John Strahan was an architect working in Bristol and Bath, England, in the early 18th century. He died around 1740. List of works * Shakespeare Public House, Bristol (1725) * Combe Hay Manor Combe Hay 1728 to 1730 * Frampton Court, Frampton-on- ...
with plasterwork by
Thomas Paty Thomas Paty ( 1713 – 4 May 1789) was a British surveyor, architect and mason working mainly in Bristol. He worked with his sons John Paty and William Paty. Career Thomas Paty came from a family of builders but little is known of his origi ...
, in 1742 as a private
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for the local manor house, Redland Court, though it was not
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until 1790. It eventually became the
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when the parish of Redland was separated from Westbury-on-Trym in 1942 and, unusually, has no dedication to a
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. It is a Grade I
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. The Swedenborgian church in nearby Cranbrook Road was erected in 1899 and has recently closed. The congregation was formed in 1791 and had a church in Terrel Street. The present gothic church was designed by a Mr Paul of Wells Road and was intended to be a lecture hall alongside a larger church that was never built. Neil Marchant wrote a book ' Like A River Flowing' covering the history of this church which can now be found in Bristol central library. The church has been redeveloped for residential use. Trinity United Reformed Church in Cranbrook Road closed and has been converted into houses. The church began in the recently demolished church hall of 1901 which was demolished for the car park. The main church was built in 1907 to the designs of Phillip Munro in a very Scottish kind of Gothic. St Catherine's church (Salisbury Road) has been converted to housing. It was erected in 1898 with the intention of a larger church being built alongside. The building is currently a long lancet style with porch - however it closed in the 1950s and was used for storage before being converted to housing. Redland Park United Reformed Church on the Redland side of Whiteladies Road was founded in 1861 (as Redland Park Congregational Church). The building was destroyed in the
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in 1940, and the new church was opened in 1957. Tyndale Baptist Church, also on the Redland side of Whiteladies Road, was founded in 1867, largely destroyed in the Blitz and rebuilt in 1955.


Schools

Redland is home to
Redland Green School Redland Green School (RGS) is a secondary school in Bristol, England, with a sixth form. It has facilities for 1400 students aged 11 to 16, 450 post 16 students, and facilities for 50 students with learning difficulties in its partner school Cla ...
, a free academy secondary school opened in 2007 which also contains the secondary campus of Claremont Special School. Bristol Steiner School is also in the ward. Redland formerly contained Redland High School, an independent girls' school which merged with
The Red Maids' School Redmaids' High School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England. The school is a member of the Girls' Schools Association and the Head is a member of the Headmasters' and Headm ...
in September 2017, to form Redmaids' High School. St Bonaventure's Catholic Primary School and Bishop Road Primary School are in Redland ward.


Other listed buildings

The architecture of the buildings is generally Georgian but with some
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buildings and a small number of mid-twentieth century ones. Redland Court was built between 1732 and 1735 by
John Strahan John Strahan was an architect working in Bristol and Bath, England, in the early 18th century. He died around 1740. List of works * Shakespeare Public House, Bristol (1725) * Combe Hay Manor Combe Hay 1728 to 1730 * Frampton Court, Frampton-on- ...
, for John Cossins, on the site of an Elizabethan House which previously stood on the same site. It is grade II* listed, as are the piers and gates at the main entrance, the perimeter wall, piers and gates to Redland Chapel churchyard and the West gateway and attached garden wall and balustrade. There are at least twenty individual houses in Redland having grade II or II* listing.


Transport

The southern part of Redland is served by
Redland railway station Redland railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the districts of Cotham, Bristol, Cotham and Redland, Bristol, Redland in Bristol, England. It is from . Its three letter station code is RDA. it is managed by Great Western Railw ...
on the Severn Beach line. Redland is served by bus service 72a operated by , which runs from
Bristol Temple Meads Bristol Temple Meads is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol, England. It is located away from London Paddington. It is an important transport hub for public transport in the city; there are bus services to many parts of the city ...
to the
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's Frenchay Campus via Redland Road and Blackboy Hill. First West of England used to run the bus service 9.
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service 77 runs between
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to Thornbury via Cranbrook Road, supported by financial contributions from both
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and
South Gloucestershire Council South Gloucestershire Council is the local authority of South Gloucestershire, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England, covering an area to the north of the city of Bristol. The council is a unitary auth ...
.


Politics

Redland is within the
Bristol Central Bristol Central is a parliamentary constituency located within the City of Bristol in South West England. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 2024, it has been repres ...
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constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
. Redland ward is in the Bristol City Council jurisdiction and returns two councillors every four years. The incumbents are Fi Hance and Martin Fodor, both of the
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.


Local events

At the start of every May a
fête In the United Kingdom and some of its former colonies, a fête or fete is a public festival organised to raise money for a charity, typically held outdoors. It generally includes entertainment and the sale of goods and refreshments. Fetes are ty ...
is held on Redland Green. This is called the Redland Fair, the Redland May Fair, or simply the May fair, and takes place on the
May Day May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's March equinox, spring equinox and midsummer June solstice, solstice. Festivities ma ...
bank holiday.


References


External links


Redland People community news siteRedland Parish Church website


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