Kingsweston

{{short description|Suburb of Bristol, England}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = Kingsweston | coordinates = {{coord|51.494|-2.658|type:landmark_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(ST543774)|display=title}} | map_type = | static_image = Remains of pond at Kings Weston School - geograph.org.uk - 6343065.jpg | static_image_caption = | civil_parish = | population = | population_ref = | unitary_england = Bristol | lieutenancy_england = Bristol | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = Bristol North West | post_town = BRISTOL | postcode_district = BS9 | postcode_area = BS | dial_code = 0117 | os_grid_reference = ST543774 }}

'''Kingsweston''' or '''Kings Weston''' is a suburban neighbourhood in the city of Bristol, England. It is located in the northwest of the city, in the Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston electoral ward and the Bristol North West parliamentary constituency. The neighbourhood consists of a cluster of estate buildings and other houses on Kingsweston Hill, adjacent to Kings Weston House. The neighbourhood has a small village character, being separated from the surrounding built-up area by parkland remnants of the Kings Weston House estate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingsweston and Trym Valley Conservation Area |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/2951-22-kingsweston-and-trym-valley/file |publisher=Bristol City Council}}</ref>

Kingsweston was also the name of one of Bristol's electoral wards from 1980 to 2016, covering an area including Kingsweston itself and several neighbouring suburbs.

== History == Kings Weston, or Weston Regis,{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} was originally a hamlet (or tything) in the parish of Henbury,<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Henbury/Gaz1868.html Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868]</ref> to the west of Lawrence Weston, subsumed into Lawrence Weston when the estate was built in the 1940s. It is the location of Kings Weston House. The village also gave its name to Kingsweston Hill and Kings Weston Lane, the main road between Lawrence Weston and Shirehampton.

There is a Roman villa at Kings Weston.

==Electoral ward== {{main|Bristol City Council elections}} {{Infobox England and Wales ward |name = Kingsweston |council = Bristol City Council |image = 240px |caption = Ward boundaries until 2016. |map_entity = |map_year = |year = 1980 |abolished = 2016 |previous = |next = Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, Stoke Bishop |region = England }} Kingsweston was created as an electoral ward in 1980, initially electing one member to Avon County Council and two members to Bristol City Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=The City of Bristol (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/297/made}}</ref> The ward was abolished following a Local Government Boundary Commission review in 2015, with much of the area moving into the new Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston ward, and some joining Stoke Bishop ward.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LGBCE {{!}} Bristol {{!}} LGBCE Site|url=http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/south-west/bristol/bristol|access-date=2021-12-30|website=lgbce.org.uk|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In addition to Kingsweston itself, the ward contained some or all parts of the neighbourhoods of Coombe Dingle, Lawrence Weston and Sea Mills. At the 2001 Census there were 10,844 people living in Kingsweston ward, over 95% of whom were white.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403015949/https://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/kingsweston-wis.pdf Kingsweston] </ref>

Before 2016, Bristol City Council used a system of elections by thirds, in which councillors sat for four year terms but elections took place in three out of every four years, with roughly one third of seats up for election at any one time. Kingsweston ward therefore elected one of its two councillors at a time, in elections taking place two years in every four. {{incomplete list|date=August 2024}} {| class="wikitable" style="width:46em;" |+ Councillors representing Kingsweston ward before 2016 |- ! scope=col style="width:8em;"| Election ! scope=col style="width:14em;"| Councillor ! scope=col style="width:12em;" colspan=2| Party |- | 2014 | Tim Leaman | {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} |- | 2013 | Jason Budd | {{Party name with colour|Independents for Bristol}} |- |2010 | Tim Leaman | {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} |- |2009 | Simon Rayner | {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} |- |2006 | John Thomas Bees | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |- |2005 | Judith Margaret Price | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |- |2002 | John Thomas Bees | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |- |2001 | Judith Margaret Price | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Kingsweston (ward)}} * {{oscoor gbx|ST550759_region:GB_scale:100000}} * [http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/sea-00.asp Sea Mills history]

Category:Areas of Bristol Category:Wards of Bristol