Voll is a district in eastern

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. The district Voll was built around the farm of the same name. The farm was mentioned as ''Vælli'' in 1398, Woldt in 1578, Wold in 1723 and later Vold. It belonged to the St. Hallvard's Cathedral (now in ruins) during the Middle Ages, and later the state church. In the middle of the seventeenth century the farm came on the hands of bailiff Paul Iversen Vold (1595–1682), who owned several farms in Bærum. In 1721 the farm was separated into two; Nedre and Øvre (Lower and Upper) Wold. The latter farm developed into a district of its own,

Øvrevoll Øvrevoll is a district in eastern Bærum, Norway. Geography and history The district Øvrevoll was built around the farm Øvre Vold, which stems from the separation of Voll, Akershus, Vold farm into two farms; Øvre and Nedre (Upper and Lower) ...

. In 1835 the former croft Rugland was separated from Nedre Vold. Today, Øvrevoll and Voll are sometimes referred to as one district. Voll borders Øvrevoll in the north and west,

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in the south and west and the river

Lysakerelva Lysakerelven (also known as Lysakerelva, ) is a river in Norway that forms the boundary between the municipalities of the capital city of Oslo and Bærum. The river by this name has its source in Bogstadvannet, though the source is further up, at ...

in the east. In 1826 the farm was registered as having 105

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s of crop, two horses, six cattle and nine sheep. This was considerably less than Øvre Vold. The farm also has a history of

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burning; it contributed limestone to the erection of

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in 1602. However, the limestone was not collected at the farm land, but at Fornebo. Agricultural production on the farm continued well into the twentieth century, especially after horticulturalist Edv. Ellingsen bought the farm in 1921. It was later built up with housing. The farm's communications had been drastically improved in 1872, when the road ''Vollsveien'' from

Lysaker Lysaker is an area in Bærum Municipality, Akershus County, Norway. Lysaker is the easternmost part of Bærum and borders Oslo proper. Lysaker was initially a farming community, later becoming a residential area. Today it is primarily known as ...

opened. The main purpose was to aid the timber industry around the river Lysakerelva. ''Vollsveien'' was connected to

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around 1930. The area is served by line 131 of

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's bus network. Institutions located at Voll include the Finnish Evangelical-Lutheran Congregation in Norway, . The local sports team is

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