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Henbury is a suburb of Bristol, England, approximately north west of the city centre. It was formerly a village in Gloucestershire and is now bordered by Westbury-on-Trym to the south; Brentry to the east and the Blaise Castle estate, Blaise Hamlet and Lawrence Weston to the west. To the north lie the South Gloucestershire village of Hallen and the entertainment/retail park Cribbs Causeway. The Hazel Brook (also known as the Hen), a tributary of the River Trym, flows through Henbury and crosses Henbury Road in a small ford near The Salutation, a Toby Carvery pub. The ford floods relatively often and a small bridge exists to allow traffic to pass, situated a few metres away. Henbury is also the name of a council ward for Bristol City Council that includes both Henbury and Brentry.〔(Ward map )〕 Henbury Golf Club sits on the south border. == History == Henbury was first mentioned in 692 as ''Heanburg''. The name is from the Old English ''hēan byrig'', meaning 'high fortified place'.〔Mills, A.D. and Room, A. ''A Dictionary of British Place-Names'' Oxford University Press〕 It was mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Henberie''. Henbury was historically a very large parish. It extended to the River Severn and included King's Weston, Lawrence Weston, Charlton, Easter Compton, Pilning, Northwick and Aust.〔(Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 )〕 When the civil parish was created in 1866, parts of the ancient parish were separated to form the civil parishes of Redwick and Northwick (later Pilning and Severn Beach)〔(Vision of Britain: Pilning and Severn Beach )〕 and Aust.〔(Vision of Britain: Aust )〕 In 1901, part of the civil parish was absorbed into Bristol, and further parts were absorbed into Bristol between then and 1933. In 1935, the civil parish was abolished, when the remaining parts were absorbed into the civil parishes of Pilning and Severn Beach, and Almondsbury.〔(Vision of Britain: Henbury )〕 ''Botany Bay'' is an old name for the area of Henbury centred on the modern Marmion Crescent believed to derive from the nineteenth century name of a row of cottages.〔 〕 The Great House, Henbury was the home of the Astry family, and of Scipio Africanus (see below). Nearby Henbury Court was built by Thomas Stock to replace the Great House. Henbury Court was demolished in the 1950s.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henbury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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