I found this one to be great fun. It's possible to follow the various railway lines in different eras. Some are easier to read than others but I particularly enjoyed the 1900s.
http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/knowyourplace/?maptype=js
Old maps of Bristol
Old maps of Bristol
Geoffers
Old Maps of Bristol
The 1900s map gives an excellent view of the line from Kingswood Junc to Speedwell Colliery .
And I didn`t realise that there were so many brickworks in the Clay Hill area.
Fascinating stuff !
And I didn`t realise that there were so many brickworks in the Clay Hill area.
Fascinating stuff !
Re: Old Maps of Bristol
Coincidentally, my grandfather worked for a brick company, though in South Liberty Lane. My aunt told me a few days ago that he caught the train daily from Ashley Hill to get to work, so I'm assuming he travelled to Parsons Street and then walked.Marsh'Un wrote:The 1900s map gives an excellent view of the line from Kingswood Junc to Speedwell Colliery .
And I didn`t realise that there were so many brickworks in the Clay Hill area.
Fascinating stuff !
Yes, Clay Hill does seem particularly busy with brickworks, though I see quite a few others scattered around Bristol - including one at Narroways!
Geoffers
Old Maps of Bristol
A striking feature is how remote Narroways Road is from any other residential development.
Given that it was (still is) a cul-de-sac with housing on just one side of the road, my guess is it was built to cater for workers from the brick works and/or adjacent gasworks.
I paid a few visits to Ashley Hill station before its closure, and spent many an hour up on Narroways - it was here that I first encountered "Evening Star" - and it was a lot more workstained than its current condition !
The outstanding memory of Narroways is from the early evening of 9th May, 1964, and the Ian Allan Paddington-Plymouth-Bristol-Paddington Special utilising `Castle` haulage.
Earlier that morning I had been at BTM and saw 7032 parked up at Bath Road MPD as standby engine,in case of any problems encountered with 5054,which was to take over from 7029 for the final leg from Bristol to Paddington.
Back to Narroways - the signals for the up main came off early (VERY early!) and after a lengthy wait the exhaust of a hard-working 5054 could be seen as it left T.M and threaded its way up through Lawrence Hill/Easton.
Finally, the magnificent sight of a gleaming `Castle`came into view, storming through Stapleton Road station and making a full-blooded assault of the sharp gradient up Filton bank.
This was my only sighting of this engine, as `Earl of Ducie` was a 85A (Worcester) engine and would normally have been a rare visitor to Bristol.
The intention was for 5054 to reach the `ton` on the journey to London, but unfortunately this was not to be.
I have since read that the engine was `thrashed` in the attempt to reach 100mph, which begs the question - should a double-chimney example have been used instead of 5054?
By all accounts, 7029 certainly distinguished itself on the run up from Plymouth.
I recently read of a proposal to run a 50th anniversary `Castle` hauled special in 2014 - Now that would be worth seeing....
Given that it was (still is) a cul-de-sac with housing on just one side of the road, my guess is it was built to cater for workers from the brick works and/or adjacent gasworks.
I paid a few visits to Ashley Hill station before its closure, and spent many an hour up on Narroways - it was here that I first encountered "Evening Star" - and it was a lot more workstained than its current condition !
The outstanding memory of Narroways is from the early evening of 9th May, 1964, and the Ian Allan Paddington-Plymouth-Bristol-Paddington Special utilising `Castle` haulage.
Earlier that morning I had been at BTM and saw 7032 parked up at Bath Road MPD as standby engine,in case of any problems encountered with 5054,which was to take over from 7029 for the final leg from Bristol to Paddington.
Back to Narroways - the signals for the up main came off early (VERY early!) and after a lengthy wait the exhaust of a hard-working 5054 could be seen as it left T.M and threaded its way up through Lawrence Hill/Easton.
Finally, the magnificent sight of a gleaming `Castle`came into view, storming through Stapleton Road station and making a full-blooded assault of the sharp gradient up Filton bank.
This was my only sighting of this engine, as `Earl of Ducie` was a 85A (Worcester) engine and would normally have been a rare visitor to Bristol.
The intention was for 5054 to reach the `ton` on the journey to London, but unfortunately this was not to be.
I have since read that the engine was `thrashed` in the attempt to reach 100mph, which begs the question - should a double-chimney example have been used instead of 5054?
By all accounts, 7029 certainly distinguished itself on the run up from Plymouth.
I recently read of a proposal to run a 50th anniversary `Castle` hauled special in 2014 - Now that would be worth seeing....
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Re: Old maps of Bristol
That link just returned a blank page for me. However, this site http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html also gives you a selection of old OS maps, and the 1:2500 scale ones show individual railway lines. This site does not just cover Bristol, but the whole country.Geoffers wrote:I found this one to be great fun. It's possible to follow the various railway lines in different eras. Some are easier to read than others but I particularly enjoyed the 1900s.
http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/knowyourplace/?maptype=js
Put a place name in the search box, move the pointer to wherever you want on the map, then the archive OS maps for that area appear on the right hand side.
Potentially hours of endless fun
