Barton Hill (Archived photographs S.)
A compilation of photographic memories compiled by the Barton Hill History Group
Images of England
Barton Hill Revisited
Compiled by the Barton Hill History Group, this fascinating pictorial history will delight all those who know the area
ISBN 0-7524-3557-4
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Welcome to the website of the Barton Hill History Group, a group dedicated to the preservation of the memories of the Barton Hill community in Bristol.
Barton Hill is the name given to the sloping ground that leads down to the marsh at the southern end of Barton Regis. 
The area was first mentioned in the Domesday Book when it was inhabited by only a few dozen people. In the Middle Ages several large houses were built here for wealthy Bristol merchants and Barton Hill remained a rural retreat until the early 1800s when its peacefulness was disturbed by the sound of navvies digging the Feeder Canal. Industry flourished along the waterway, notably the Great Western Cotton Factory, opened in 1838. The countryside was slowly transformed into a teeming parish of workers as shops, pubs, churches, chapels and schools were established and Barton Hill, as we know it, was born.