Lansdown, Bath
| Lansdown | |
|---|---|
  Lansdown Location within Somerset | |
| Population | 4,589 (2011.Ward)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST725685 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bath |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Lansdown is a suburb of the World Heritage City of Bath, England, that extends northwards from the city centre up a hill of the same name. Among its most distinctive architectural features are Lansdown Crescent[2] and Sion Hill Place,[3] which includes a campus of Bath Spa University.
The Battle of Lansdowne (1643) was fought in the vicinity[4] and is commemorated by Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument (1720) on Lansdown Hill.[5] Also on the hill is Beckford's Tower, an architectural folly built in neo-classical style for William Thomas Beckford in 1827.[6]
Lansdown Cricket Club, founded in 1825 and the oldest club in Somerset, originally played at a ground called "Cricket Down" next to the original racecourse on the top of Lansdown Hill and close to Beckford's Tower (the current Bath Racecourse is about a mile to the west); later the club moved into Bath at the Sydenham Field, and when that was built over by the Midland Railway in 1869 it moved to its current ground at Combe Park, which is in Lower Weston.
See also
References
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "1 to 20 Lansdown Crescent". Images of England. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2006.
- ^ "Summerhill and numbers 1 to 9". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ "Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument". English Heritage. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ "Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ "Beckford's Tower & Mortuary Chapel, Lansdown Cemetery". Images of England. Archived from the original on 2 February 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
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