Begbrook

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Begbrook is a suburb of Bristol, between Stapleton and Frenchay, just north-west of the River Frome. It is named after the eponymous stream, which is a tributary of the River Frome. It is in the Frome Vale electoral ward of Bristol.{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/frome-valemap-high.pdf |title=Frome Vale Polling Districts (map) |author=Bristol City Council |access-date=26 November 2015 |archive-date=26 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126182407/https://www2.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/frome-valemap-high.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Begbrook Green Park and Begbrook Primary Academy are in the area.{{cite web |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/museums-parks-sports-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/parks-with-play-equipment/park-finder/park?id=10 |title=Begbrook Green Park |publisher=Bristol City Council |access-date=19 May 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/schools-learning-and-early-years/early-years-and-childcare/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-for-under-5s/find-extended-hours-free-childcare/30-hours-free-childcare-provider?id=28 |title=Begbrook Primary Academy |publisher=Bristol City Council |access-date=18 May 2025}}

The small Frenchay Village Museum{{cite web |url=https://www.frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk/NewMuseum.htm |title=Frenchay Village Museum |website=Frenchay Tuckett Society |access-date=18 May 2025}} is in Begbrook Green Park, bordering Frenchay.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-60693708 |title=Tiny Frenchay museum gets planning permission to expand |work=BBC News |date=11 March 2022 |access-date=18 May 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://downendvoice.co.uk/2024/01/24/museum-marks-10-years-since-frenchay-hospital-closure/ |title=Museum marks 10 years since Frenchay Hospital closure |website=Downend Voice |date=24 January 2024 |access-date=18 May 2025}}

Begbrook House

Begbrook House stood until 11 November 1913, when it was burnt out by a fire, overlooking the River Frome just north of the tributary stream. Begbrook House was owned by Hugh Thomas Coles, a banker and treasurer of Clifton College, but unused since 1912 when he moved away. Suffragettes were suspected of making an arson attack on the house in a campaign for the release from prison of Rachel Pease and Mary Richardson. The modern Begbrook House Care Home now stands on the site.{{cite web |url=https://lucienneboyce.com/spotlight-on-begbrook-house-frenchay-bristol/ |title=Spotlight On…Begbrook House, Frenchay, Bristol |last=Boyce |first=Lucienne |website=Lucienne Boyce Blog |date=23 January 2015 |access-date=19 May 2025}}

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