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Netham Road, BRISTOL, BS5 9PQ

This OS cut mark can be found on No100 Blackswarth Road. It marks a point 35.701m above mean sea level.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm84270

There is an OS benchmark Image on the stone column at the junction of the houses right of the right hand wheelie bin

A dead straight path into the lower end of the cemetery lies on what were previously allotments. Quarrying was a major industry just further towards the river.

The former Three Crowns pub is over two hundred years old, now a residential property. The date of 1904 is prominent on the front, which perhaps indicates a rebuilding in the past. See Image] for a look at the present appearance.

This was the old Three Crowns pub of not so long ago. It had served the community for over two hundred years but finally pulled its last pint in 2017. Despite appeals, the approval was given to convert it into flats, which opened in 2021. The space to the left of shot used to be the garden but now has a new brick structure up against the old pub. See Image] for a detail of the facade.

Some of Netham's land has been preserved for food production along Fireclay Road. It should be noted that this area used to be covered with an extensive heavy industry complex in the nineteenth century, known locally as the Brillos. The Netham Works used to manufacture chemical products, chiefly Sodium Carbonate (washing soda). The company imported a plant from Spain called Barilla, soon to be corrupted to Brillo, which contained 25% of the substance. As the business came under pressure from others, it folded and the area became regenerated in the 1950s; today there are many non-chemical firms operating in some larger buildings, but the odd patch of allotments still survive.

An industrial unit on Netham Road is looking like it is about to go. A few small businesses still operated here in less than opulent surroundings. This latter twentieth century building was once a leather dressing factory, but has gone through many changes of occupation since.

This OS cut mark can be found on the wall at the rear of No34 Cooperage Road. It marks a point 95.4ft above mean sea level.

This OS cut mark can be found on the wall at the rear of No34 Cooperage Road. It marks a point 28.569m above mean sea level.