Fishponds BS16

The area of Fishponds was once covered by the Royal Forest of Kingswood.

The forest was progressively reduced and developed over the centuries, with Fishponds first recorded as the "Newe Pooles" in 1610, and subsequently "Fish Ponds" by 1734.

By the 17th century it was thriving village with numerous stone built cottages for miners and quarrymen who quarried for coal and pennant stone.

The village grew up around the two pools formed from the old quarries, but both were filled in by 1839.

During the mid to late 1800s, Fishponds established a large manufacturing industry along Lodge Causeway and Filwood Road.

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items are from between 17 Nov 2007 & 24 Dec 2007.