Memories of St George Bristol

historybuff, on August 9, 2007, said:

In the 1860s, St George was the market garden for Bristol's growing population. St George Park is one of the few Bristol Parks which was originally not the responsibility of the city council but of a local organisation - in this case the St George Urban District Council.

By the late 1890s when it became part of the city, St George, as we know it today, had been almost completed. In 1894, Fire Engine Farm, an almost treeless area, had been purchased for the purpose of laying out the park and paths were laid. This was the first step in creating a park that was an integral part of the development of a new local suburb with its own character.

Like the suburb itself, the original design of the park was much more consciously planned with elegant pathways and walks, focused on specific features like the lake and bandstand.

In 1894 work started on a new network of paths, building a lake, bandstand, lodge, shelters, kiosks and urinals, lighting and fencing.

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