Eastville, Bristol
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Eastville is an inner-suburb of the English city of Bristol, situated between Lower Easton and Whitehall/Fishponds in the central north of the city. In the west its boundary is the River Frome (or the M32 motorway, which follows a similar route).
Eastville Stadium (on the west bank of the Frome) used to be the home of Bristol Rovers Football Club, as well as being a site for greyhound racing and speedway, but this site has now been developed by IKEA.
Eastville Park is a large park with a small lake, just to the east of the M32. The lake at Eastville Park was instigated as part of a social scheme by Ernest Bevin (a well respected westcountryman) who later became Minister of Labour under Churchill in the coalition government of WW2 and later Foreign Secretary in the Atlee Government from 1945 until his death.
Eastville Workhouse was a former French Prison which was brought from the Government circa 1832, In 1930, the Stapleton workhouse became Stapleton Institution and by the Second World War the site was mainly used for the care of the mentally ill. It was bombed in 1940, the centre of the site is now May Park Primary School.
Pubs and Bars In Eastville
There are currently four pubs officially designated as in Eastville. Each of them dates back at least to the reign of Queen Victoria. The Coach House was originally called The Beaufort Inn, and subsequently the Railway Tavern, while the Black Swan was licensed during the reign of King George IV. The White Lion was licensed to a John Williams as early as 1877, while the Queen's Head has perched above Eastville Park since the late 19th century. Many other pubs were sited in Eastville, but all have now been demolished or converted to other uses.
