Chittening

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Coordinates: 51°31′44″N 2°40′30″W / 51.529°N 2.675°W

Chittening
Chittening Chittening shown within Bristol
OS grid reference	ST532813
Unitary authority	Bristol
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS11
Dialling code	0117
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	Great Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Bristol North West
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Chittening is an industrial estate 2 miles north of Avonmouth, Bristol, England on the A403 road, near the River Severn. It lies within the Bristol city boundary.

History

Chittening was once a farm, historically in the parish of Henbury. In the First World War a munitions factory was built on the site, where cylinders and shells were filled with chloropicrin and, from June 1918, with mustard gas.^[1]

The industrial estate (or "trading estate") developed after the war, under the management of the Port of Bristol Authority. In 1951 a factory producing carbon black was built next to the estate, and operated until 2008 when its closure was announced.^[2]

Between 1917 and 1964 Chittening was served by Chittening Platform railway station.

Name

Chittening was first recorded in 1658 as Chitnend. The name apparently comes from the Middle English chitten ende, meaning "end [of a parish or estate] where there are the young of animals".^[3]

Chittening Warth

Chittening Warth is an area of salt marsh beside the Severn Estuary, just to the west of the industrial estate. At low tide the mudflats there are visited by large numbers of birds, including Dunlin, Eurasian Curlew, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Common Redshank and Whimbrel. In some winters there are large populations of field voles, which attract Short-eared Owls.^[4]

Transport

Chittening is served by St Andrews Road railway station.

References

↑ Haber L.F. (1986) The Poisonous Cloud Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19-858142-0 Chapter 10
↑ Bristol Evening Post, 3 December 2008
↑ Smith, A.H. (1964) Place Names of Gloucestershire Vol.3 p.138 Cambridge University Press
↑ Bristol City Council Biodiversity Action Plan: Estuarine habitats

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