38-553: Horfield Barracks is a former military installation in the Horfield area of Bristol . The barracks were built, largely in response to the Bristol riots of 1831, and completed between 1843 and 1847. During the Crimean War a mutiny took place and in 1868 a sergeant murdered a private soldier in a dispute over money. In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under
76-400: A lawless place because Horfield Wood was the haunt of thieves and vagrants. The area remained rural until the early 19th century. Following the 1831 Bristol Riots , during which the local gaol burnt down, Horfield Prison was completed in 1847. A permanent military presence was established in the city with the completion of Horfield Barracks also in 1847. Horfield was mostly developed from
114-463: A minute's silence is held annually at the closest game to Remembrance Sunday , while on 11 November a service of remembrance is held at the Memorial Gates with players and officials from both Bristol Rovers and Bristol Rugby attending the service each year. On Christmas Eve 2015, the memorial gates were vandalised by Bristol City supporters. The stadium is also used for the rugby varsity between
152-558: A school and then given a tower and side aisles in 1930 by Hartland Thomas . A building with a roof (similar to Horfield Parish), Anglo catholic interior, and a high church tradition. The church closed in 1979 and was a printers but was demolished in 2006 – the local planning authority did not request obligatory photos. Horfield Barracks chapel – erected 1859 (not 1847 as in Buildings of England). A fine lancet styled chapel with some good handling of dressings and very good bellcote . Closed in
190-510: A sports stadium built in 1921 for Bristol Rugby Club in memory of the rugby union players of the city who died in World War I , and rededicated to also commemorate the dead of World War II . In 1996, the ground also became home to Bristol Rovers Football Club who now own it. Bristol Rugby Club has since moved out of the ground and is now based at the Bristol City FC stadium in the south of
228-601: Is a Primary School, Filton Avenue Primary School, also on Filton Avenue. There are two GP Surgeries that serve Horfield, Horfield Health Centre and Monks Park Surgery. The nearest hospital is Southmead Hospital , a large public National Health Service hospital, situated a short distance away in the Southmead ward of Bristol. It is part of the North Bristol NHS Trust. The nearest Police Station used to be situated just west of Horfield on Southmead Road, however this
266-556: Is the Gloucester Road section of the A38 and is the longest road of independent shops in the UK. Historically, from the latter part of the 19th century until the first third of the 20th century, Horfield was served by Bristol's tram system, with Horfield having its own tram depot near the junction of Gloucester Road and Church Road. The tram depot site is now a petrol station and a doctor's surgery at
304-635: The Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot . Following the Childers Reforms , the 28th and 61st regiments amalgamated to form the Gloucestershire Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881. The 3rd Battalion (Royal South Gloucestershire Militia) of the regiment also established itself at Horfield Barracks. During
342-506: The First World War the barracks also served as the 5th cavalry depot providing accommodation for the 3rd The King's Own Hussars , the 7th Queen's Own Hussars , the 15th The King's Hussars and the 19th Royal Hussars . Life there is vividly recorded in the memoir of one soldier from Gloucestershire who was sent to Horfield as a new recruit, having joined up immediately following his 18th birthday. The barracks were decommissioned after
380-535: The Lord Mayor of Bristol . Situated on Filton Avenue in Horfield , Bristol, it has developed significantly over the years. A massive crowd turned out to watch the first Bristol game to be held there against Cardiff , but did so from wooden terraces and stands. With the advent of leagues in the late 1980s, Bristol looked to develop the ground, replacing the old Shed on the north side with the Centenary Stand to mark
418-500: The Memorial Ground , is a sports ground in Bristol , England, and is the home of Bristol Rovers Football Club . It opened in 1921, dedicated to the memory of local rugby union players killed during the First World War , and was the home of Bristol Rugby Club until they moved to Ashton Gate in 2014. The site was created on an area of land called Buffalo Bill's Field, after Colonel William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show
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#1733085362595456-460: The Second World War and demolished in 1966. The site became a telephone engineering works in the late 1960s and was redeveloped for housing in around 2000. The former chapel survives as a nursery and is a grade II listed building Horfield Horfield is a suburb of the city of Bristol , in southwest England. It lies on Bristol's northern edge, its border with Filton marking part of
494-578: The Severn Bridge , sharing the Rodney Parade ground in Newport. The Section 106 legal agreement , which was the main cause for the delay in the redevelopment, was finally signed on 4 January 2008, but more delays were encountered when on 30 May 2008 Rovers admitted that their preferred student accommodation providers had pulled out of the project, leaving the club to find an alternative company. This caused
532-555: The 1920s, the chapel lay dormant for decades until being converted to offices in the 1980s. It is grade II listed. Methodist Chapel – 1899 by La Trobe – very good essay in late Victorian Arts and Crafts Gothic with a fine wooden interior. The former Salvation Army chapel – in Ashley Down Road. Horfield Baptist Chapel – a twin towered perpendicular chapel by Milverton Drake with an organ by Hele. The Roman Catholic Chapel of St Maximillian Kolbe with St Edith Stein and
570-710: The Holocaust Martyrs – in Alfoxton Road. Quaker meeting house of 1906 – domestic red brick. Whitefield Tabernacle Muller Road – Contains the 18th century pulpit removed from Penn Street Tabernacle when that was demolished to make way for the city centre. It also contains the superb 1815 wooden organ case. The following suburbs are in the same urban area, but lie in South Gloucestershire or North Somerset : Memorial Stadium (Bristol) The Memorial Stadium , also commonly known by its previous name of
608-644: The UWE but would once again explore redeveloping the Memorial Stadium instead. Before the 2019/20 League One campaign, Rovers redeveloped the bar under the Poplar Insulation stand and subsequently reopened it as a "club superstore". The new club bar was opened in the place of the former club shop. On 28 April 2023, Bristol Rovers announced plans to remove the South Stand, a temporary tent that had been there since
646-425: The boundary between Bristol and South Gloucestershire . Bishopston lies directly to the south. Monks Park and Golden Hill are to the west. Lockleaze and Ashley Down are on the eastern fringe. The Gloucester Road ( A38 ) runs north–south through the suburb. Horfield is also the name of an electoral ward for Bristol City Council . The ward includes Monks Park and Southmead Hospital , but does not include
684-649: The city's two universities, University of the West of England and University of Bristol . In 2013, the stadium hosted the Rugby League World Cup Group D match between the Cook Islands and the United States attracting a crowd of 7,247. Gloucester Rugby played two pre-season friendlies at the stadium whilst their home ground, Kingsholm Stadium , was being used for the 2015 Rugby World Cup . In 2017 there
722-554: The city. Near the Memorial Stadium is The Wellington, CAMRA Bristol & District joint winner of Pub of the Year for 2005. The 2006 Pub of the Year is also in Horfield, The Inn on the Green on Gloucester Road. Horfield has a leisure centre that was updated to have a 25-metre swimming pool in 2005. Horfield Leisure Centre has a gym, swimming pool and learners pool, and a sports hall. Outside
760-552: The club's 100th anniversary in 1988. The West Stand, an original feature of the ground, was demolished in 1995 having been condemned, and replaced. In 1996, Bristol Rovers moved in as tenants of Bristol Rugby Club, and then entered into joint ownership through the Memorial Stadium Company. After just two years, in 1998, the rugby club was relegated from the Premiership (causing them severe financial difficulties) and under
798-510: The club's control", the improved south stand would not be ready for the start of the new season. On 15 November 2023, it was confirmed that planning permission had been granted with conditions. In October 2023, Rovers' new owner Hussain AlSaeed confirmed that the club's proposed move to a potential new stadium at the Fruit Market site had fallen through and they would instead focus on redeveloping
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#1733085362595836-432: The complex is a small skateboard park. The leisure centre was built in the 1980s on open ground opposite the old Horfield Barracks, where open and closed-in rifle ranges once stood. Of Horfield's green spaces, Horfield Common is the largest, having a central enclosure of tennis courts and a bowling club. Horfield Common is one of Bristol's highest points of land above sea level. There is a Library on Filton Avenue. There
874-432: The earliest remnant is an old pillar and the circular churchyard. The tower is late 15th century or early 16th century with the nave and aisles added to by William Butterfield in 1847. The central tower was erected in 1893 by local firm Crisp & Oately and the transepts later in 1913 and 1929. It is a grade II* listed building . St. Edmunds Church – erected in the lancet style in 1860 by ST Welch erected as
912-542: The lower levels of the Football League . A roof was added to the Clubhouse Terrace (paid for by Bristol Rovers supporters' efforts) and temporary stands at the south and south-west of the ground raised capacity to 11,916. Bristol Rugby were again relegated from the Premiership in 2009. In February 2013, after months of speculation, Bristol Rugby announced that they would move and share a ground with Bristol City at
950-475: The mid 19th century onwards. In 1859, Bishopston became a separate parish. The remainder of Horfield became a civil parish in 1866, when civil parishes were introduced. In 1894 Horfield Urban District was formed, but in 1904 it was absorbed into Bristol. In 1901 the parish had a population of 1435. On 1 April 1904 the parish was abolished and merged with Bristol. Horfield is home to the Memorial Stadium :
988-475: The project up. In 2014, Sainsbury's pulled out of the project and were subsequently taken to court by Rovers. Sainsbury's won the court case and appeal that followed leaving the entire project again in doubt. In August 2017, following the takeover of the club by the Al-Qadi family, and extensive negotiations with the UWE, the club announced that it was no longer looking to build a new stadium in collaboration with
1026-414: The rear. Tram lines which once lead into the depot have been preserved in the surface of the car park of the surgery. Between 1927 and 1964, the northeast part of the district was served by Horfield railway station . Famous sons of Horfield include actor Cary Grant , who was born at 15 Hughenden Road in 1904, and composer Ray Steadman-Allen was born at 64 Muller Road in 1922. The cartoonist Annie Fish
1064-500: The redeveloped Ashton Gate . The rugby club played their final game at the Mem on 4 June 2014, a Championship play-off final second leg against London Welsh . There was no fairytale ending for Bristol though as London Welsh won the game 21–20 to condemn the side to a sixth straight season outside the Premiership . The ground has remained a focal point for the wider Bristol community, and
1102-401: The redevelopment to be put back another year, to 2009. More delays, mostly attributed to the ongoing financial crisis, meant that by mid-2011 the stadium redevelopment had yet to begin. In June 2011, Bristol Rovers announced its intentions to relocate the club to the newly proposed UWE Stadium instead of redeveloping the Memorial Stadium. In order to fund the new stadium, the Memorial Stadium
1140-517: The southern part of Horfield, including Horfield Common and Horfield Prison , which is in Bishopston ward. The name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and means "filthy open land" ( Old English horu and feld ). Horfield was a parish in the hundred of Berkeley in Gloucestershire, which included Bishopston, Golden Hill, Lockleaze and part of Ashley Down. Historically, the area had a reputation as
1178-579: The stadium redevelopment. The new stadium would have included a 97-room hotel, 99 student flats, a restaurant, a convenience store , offices and a public gym. On 17 August 2007, it was announced that the stadium's redevelopment had been delayed and would commence in May 2008 and finish in December 2009. During this time period of reconstruction, Bristol Rovers would have groundshared with Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road while Bristol Rugby would have played across
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1216-428: The stadium's redevelopment in 1995/1996. In June 2023 the stand had been completely removed and the land was ready to be rebuilt. The stand will increase the stadiums capacity by 3,414 seats and will boost the stadiums capacity to 12,500. In July, local media reported that work on the new stand had commenced without planning permission . A club statement released on 2 August 2023 confirmed that "due to issues outside of
1254-476: The terms of the agreement Bristol Rovers were able to buy Bristol Rugby's share of the stadium for a "nominal fee", a clause designed to protect either party should one or the other fall into financial difficulties. The rugby club became tenants in their original home. By 2005, the Memorial Stadium was hosting Bristol Rugby Club back in the Guinness Premiership , with Bristol Rovers continuing to compete in
1292-467: Was a crowd recording for the Aardman Animations film Early Man at the Memorial Stadium. The stadium features in the music videos for Kano 's This Is England and Idles' Great. The Memorial Stadium Company proposed a wide-ranging £35 million refurbishment of the Memorial Stadium, bringing it up to an 18,500 all-seater capacity. On 17 January 2007, Bristol City Council granted permission for
1330-651: Was born at Brynland Avenue in 1890. The parish of Horfield includes Horfield ward to the north, part of the Bristol North West parliamentary constituency. The southern part of the parish is in Bishopston ward, in Bristol West parliamentary constituency. There are a number of interesting churches in Horfield. Church of the Holy Trinity with St Edmund – the parish church was possibly founded as early as 603 but
1368-455: Was closed and replaced by a care home. The nearest Police Station is now a community police station based in the grounds of Southmead Hospital. Horfield is served by bus services on Gloucester Road ( First West of England routes 24, 25, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78 and 79 and Wessex Connect routes 3A, 3C commuter buses to Aztec West and 11,12, 15 and 19), and Muller Road (Wessex Connect routes 506 and 507). The main road running through Horfield
1406-597: Was held there between 28 September and 3 October 1891. Two years later, in September 1893, Clifton RFC played on the site for the first time. During the First World War the site was converted into allotments, but after the war Buffalo Bill's Field was bought by Sherriff of Bristol Sir Francis Nicholas Cowlin and given to Bristol Rugby Club . It was opened as the Memorial Ground on 24 September that year by G. B. Britton,
1444-697: Was to be sold to supermarket chain Sainsbury's , with Rovers paying a peppercorn rent , with work to redevelop the site not beginning until Rovers completed their move to the new stadium. Planning permission was granted for the UWE Stadium site in July 2012 and the Sainsbury's plans for the Memorial Stadium in January 2013. Work was expected to begin on the UWE Stadium shortly after but multiple delays caused by legal challenges held
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