This 32-page A5 booklet records the development of an early 18th century farm house through a succession of owners - with their associated land acquisitions and disposals - to the present day. The booklet chronicles the evolution and development of the Holmwood Estate (within Bristol’s parish of Westbury-on-Trym) and includes many previously unpublished photographs (total number of illustrations: 9 B&W plus 23 colour).

The evolution and development of the land included Sir Stanley Badock’s Deed of Gift in 1937 which established Badock’s Wood as a public open space on part of his land (in perpetuity) and the subsequent development of 31 houses on another part of the estate (Holmwood Gardens) in the mid-1990s. A Management Company was established to manage and maintain the communal areas retained within the 1990’s development. 

Chapters in the book also detail the history of Badock’s Wood, the Southmead Round Barrow (tumulus), Westbury Wildlife Park, the period that the National Children’s Home occupied Holmwood House and the protracted saga of the original planning “battle” in 1988/92 which preceded the granting of Planning Permission for the 31-house Holmwood Gardens development. 

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