The Bathford Society
A list of local events in reverse chronological sequence:
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Contemporary With |
| 2016 | Tyndale development completed on site of former B&NES Tyndale residential home. | ||
| 2015 | 20mph speed restriction on roads running through Bathford | ||
| 2014 | Bathford branch of The Royal British Legion renmed "Bathford Village Club" | ||
| 2012 | -- enter text -- | ||
| 2011 | Cafe opened in Bathford Community shop | ||
| 2010 | 12th November 2010. Bathford gets Large Village of the Year Award from CPRE. | ||
| 2008 | Bathford Post Office closed after over 150 years | Closure of thousands of village Post Offices across the UK | |
| 2006 | BEFA opened Bathford Community Shop on May 5th 2006 | ||
| 2003 | Broadband service available in Bathford | ||
| 1965 | 1969 | New school building at Dovers Park, with transition from old building over several years. | |
| 1953 | First phase of Mountain Wood estate completed | ||
| 1929 | 1965 | Bathford Halt on Paddington to Bristol line. | Major closures to railway lines nationwide imposed under the Beeching Plan in 1965. |
| 1910 | 1913 | Paper Mill burnt down and owner went into liquidation. Site bought at auction and rebuilt by new owner. | |
| 1870 | Briscoe House built for the Briscoe sisters | ||
| 1854 | The Star Inn, Ashley Road built for John Pillinger | ||
| 1841 | GWR Paddington to Bristol train service opened | Last scheduled stagecoach London to Bath (via Bathford) two years later | |
| 1839 | Bathford school opened in Church Street, near Church. Moved to new building c.1969 | ||
| 1815 | Warleigh Manor House (new building) built for Henry Skrine | Battle of Waterloo brings an end to the Napoleonic War | |
| 1795 | Opening of the Bradford on Avon Turnpike road (A363) | ||
| 1770 | Bathford Manor House built for George Booth Tyndale | Bath Assembly Rooms opened 1771 | |
| 1759 | Creation of High Street from junction of Bathford Hill with Ashley Road to Kingsdown village | ||
| 1756 | Opening of the Bath to London Turnpike road (the A4). | ||
| 1750 | Shockerwick House built for Walter Wiltshire | The Circus, Bath, construction started 1754 | |
| 1748 | Titan Barrow built for Southwell Piggott | ||
| 1707 | Turnpike route from Batheaston, over Bathford Bridge up Ashley Road to Kingsdown | ||
| 1704 | Rock House built for John Tyndale | ||
| 1686 | 1913 | Bathford House (the original building) built for John Tyndale. Burnt down 1913. | |
| 1665 | Construction of present stone bridge over By Brook | City of London devasted by Great Fire in 1666 | |
| 1634 | Manor of Forde purchased by William Fisher, Thomas Skrine and Henry Skrine and divided between them | ||
| 1605 | Survey of the Manor of Forde included early map of Bathford. | ||
| 1539 | (approx. date) Henry VIII took possession on the Manor of Forde and rented it to tenants | Many Church establishments asset stripped by the Crown in the Reformation | |
| 1086 | Domesday book lists the lands of "Forde" (ie. Bathford) as belonging to the Abbey of St Peter of Bath | Detailed catalogue by owner of the entire kingdom of William the Conqueror | |
| .957 | King Eadwig grants the monastary in Bath the place known as "at the Forde" (ie. Bathford) |