Bristol Road

{{Short description|Road in Gloucester, United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|The former Moreland's match factory thumb|Bristol Road north thumb|Bristol Road south thumb|St Stephen's Church in 2018 '''Bristol Road''' in the City of Gloucester dates from the medieval period. It runs between Southgate Street in the north and Quedgeley in the south where it joins the Bath Road and the A38. It contains a number of listed buildings and other notable structures.

==History== Bristol Road was one of the significant roads into the City of Gloucester from the medieval period, joining it to the City of Bristol. Later, as Gloucester expanded, the northernmost part of Bristol Road became known as lower Southgate Street.<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol4/pp63-72 Medieval Gloucester: Topography.] British History Online. Retrieved 4 April 2019.</ref>

==Listed buildings and structures== Listed buildings and structures in Bristol Road, north to south, are: * Norfolk Buildings, designed by Thomas Fulljames, 1836.<ref name=NHL>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1245993|desc=Norfolk Buildings|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> * Gloucester & Sharpness Canal Milepost<ref name=NHL2>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1245823|desc=Milepost|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> * The Little Thatch, 14th-century timber-framed house.<ref name=NHL3>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1090769|desc=Little Thatch|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> * Forge Thatch Cottage, 17th-century timber-framed house.<ref name=NHL4>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1154581|desc=Forge Thatch Cottage|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> * Milestone, 19th-century, iron.<ref name=NHL5>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1340606|desc=Milestone|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> * Packers Cottage, Quedgeley.<ref name=NHL6>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1303751|desc=Packers Cottage|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> * Laura Croft, 17th-century timber-framed house.<ref name=NHL7>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1154680|desc=Laura Croft|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> * Milestone, 19th-century, iron.<ref name=NHL8>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1304009|desc=Milestone|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> * Lodge to Hardwicke Court<ref name=NHL9>{{National Heritage List for England|num= 1154072|desc=Lodge to Hardwicke Court|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> * Road Farmhouse, Hardwicke.<ref name=NHL10>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1340588|desc=Road Farmhouse|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> * Milestone, Hardwicke, 19th-century, iron.<ref name=NHL11>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1154037|desc=Milestone|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref>

==Other buildings== * Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (no longer exists) * Moreland's Match Factory, makers of "England's Glory" matches. * St Stephen's Church (formerly St Luke the Less) The church contains two First World War memorials. One to the men of the parish who died and a second to the men of Morelands match factory who died which was transferred from the factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol4/pp311-317#h3-0015|title=Gloucester: Modern parish churches - British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/150978/|title=Gloucester (St Stephen's Church WWI plaque) - War Memorials Online|website=www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife/could-become-gloucesters-next-new-1393965|title=This could become Gloucester's next new music venue|first=Kim|last=Horton|date=28 March 2018|website=gloucestershirelive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://churchdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS267.php|title=St Stephen's Church (parish of St Paul & St Stephen), Gloucester|work=churchdb|accessdate=3 April 2019}}</ref>

==See also== * High Orchard

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