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Westward Gardens, BRISTOL, BS41 9HU

The Smyth family owned plenty of land in this area, and kindly donated this patch for the construction of a parochial school in 1860. Public donations provided the £2,200 required to start work. The official opening was 21st January, 1862 and welcomed all local children, not just Church of England ones. A new Northleaze School opened not far away in Brook Close.

This large poppy appears to commemorate an individual soldier of the Great War. Several telegraph poles along the main road have such dedications. The name appears to be Gilbert Russel Walker, 1881-1916, 21st Field Company, South Midlands Royal. The Division left Salisbury Plain training camps for the attack on Fromelles, near the Somme - which claimed many lives in a terrible encounter, 19th July, 1916. The number 172 refers to the actual telegraph pole.

Metal plate attached to stone post by the UC road (was A370), in parish of LONG ASHTON (NORTH SOMERSET District), Long Ashton Road, in field wall opposite No. 79, set into wall of public car park, and fixed to original stone, on South side of road. Bristol iron plate, erected by the Bristol turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription once read:- 3 MILES TO BRISTOL Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1129036 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1129036 Milestone Society National ID: SO_BRWS03.

Unusually, this mile marker has the (all too often stolen) metal plate, but not the stone.

A striking sign to mark the centenary of the end of WWI.

Long Ashton has a prominent way to commemorate the loss of men in WWI as the centenary approaches. Several telegraph poles have sprouted these large poppies; they all have hand-written descriptions of men who were lost during the conflict. These two are in memory of two men named Gunston - one of whom appears to have lived in the village.

A large hall, with a good sized car park too.

The old Church House near the Angel Inn was becoming a little crowded so the local landowners, the Smyth family, paid to have this new building in 1907. See Image] for a look at the noble legend above the main entrance.

The inscription reads: 'For this house I've done my best, God I trust will do the rest.' See Image] for a wider look.