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The Long Ashton Footpath Users Group [11] have replaced 29 stiles on the public rights of way around the village with kissing gates to create a complete circular walk around the village, accessible to older people and those with mobility problems, although it can be muddy in places. The route, way marked with yellow Village Circular Walk discs ...
Long Ashton was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 . In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 to become part of North Somerset .
Gatcombe at Ashton Watering within the civil parish of Long Ashton, Somerset, England, is the location of a Grade II* listed building [2] which was built on the site of a Roman settlement. It is close to the Land Yeo river, the A370 road and the Bristol to Exeter railway line .
Escutcheon of the Smith baronets of Long Ashton [1] The Smith baronetcy of Long Ashton, Somerset was created on 27 January 1763 for Jarrit Smyth, in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was an attorney in Bristol, landowner and member of the Steadfast Society; [2] and was Member of Parliament for Bristol from 1756 to 1768. [3]
Long Ashton railway station was a railway station on the Bristol to Exeter line, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Bristol Temple Meads, serving the village of Long Ashton in North Somerset, England. There were two stations on the site, the first, called "Ashton", opened in either 1841 or 1852 and closed in 1856.
Bower Ashton is a village in south west Bristol on the western boundary with North Somerset, lying within the Southville ward, approximately two miles from the city centre. Ashton Court estate, a 850-acre (3.4 km 2 ) recreational area owned by Bristol City Council lies just to the north, the Long Ashton by-pass (Brunel Way, the A370) to the ...
Escutcheon of the Smith baronets of Long Ashton. The Smith baronetcy of Long Ashton, Somerset, was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 May 1661, for Hugh Smith of Ashton Court, following the English Restoration, in recognition of the family's loyalty to the Crown. [1]
The Hirst Laboratory at Long Ashton. Research on cider making began privately in 1893 at Robert Neville-Grenville's farm near Glastonbury. [2] Prompted by a letter from Frederick James Lloyd (1852–1923), [3] [4] the Board of Agriculture sponsored a conference held at Bristol on 15 October 1902 in order to create an institute for research in fruit growing, fruit utilisation, and making cider ...