Kingswood, South Gloucestershire

Kingwood is a city in South Gloucestershire in southwest England. It is an eastern suburb of Bristol on the A420 from Bristol to Oxford. Kingswood has 62 679 inhabitants ( 2001).

The city's name is explained by the fact that the area was once used as a hunting ground of the English king. Today the city especially by the Kingwood Park is known, which has a fine collection of flowers and trees.

Originally a small rural community, Kingswood was at the time of early industrialization a city of coal mining. Breakfast here was formed in a self-conscious labor movement, who were also the target of mission experiments of the founder of Methodism, John Wesley, who preached since 1739 the miners under the open sky.

Until 1974 Kingswood belonged administratively to Gloucestershire, but then came to the newly formed County of Avon with the administrative center of Bristol. This county was dissolved in 1996 and assigned to Kingswood South Gloucestershire.

Kingwood is the birthplace of composer and conductor Eric Ball ( 1903-1989 ).

  • Place in South Gloucestershire
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