Wander: Drinking Fountain, the Seven Years War and the Manilla Area

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Foliage Cafe

They're nice people, and they do a good flat white.

A wander to knock off a couple of bits around Clifton Park that I'd missed out on previous excursions. This one took in the drinking fountain near Sion Hill and explained a little of how the Seven Years War, which ended in 1763, still has some history on display near Manilla Road.

Mon 8 February 2021, 12:11 to 12:59
Sector:

NE
Images: 27

Distance: 2.70km
Duration: 0h 48m 18s
Total Elevation Gain: 231m

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Setting the Scene

Lots of information at Memorial Drinking Fountains, which starts with a general overview:

Located on Sion Hill at the junction of Gloucester Ro...

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Sion Hill Drinking Fountain

Lots of information at Memorial Drinking...

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That We May Drink

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Streams from God

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In the Use of Man & Beast

The Bristol coat of arms, with the "virtute et industria" motto.

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The Bristol coat of arms, with the "virtute...

It makes a lot more sense when you realise that there's a bit missing. On this page you can see a drawing of the original with an ornate centrepiec...

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It makes a lot more sense when you realise...

I'm sure I've written in more depth on this obelisk to William Pitt the Elder, which used to stand in the grounds of Manilla Hall, which itself use...

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I'm sure I've written in more depth on...

This sarcophagus surmounted by an urn is a 1767 memorial to the dead of the Seven Years War.

Leading off the far side of the roundabout in the bac...

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79th Regiment Manilla Monument

This sarcophagus surmounted by an urn is...

...looking toward Vyvyan Terrace. On the left, a man was doing what looked like some re-pointing work.

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Christchurch Road

...looking toward Vyvyan Terrace. On the...

I'm starting to get the hang of which is which. These are Ionic. You can tell by the volutes.

From the Clifton and Hotwells Character Appraisal:...

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I'm starting to get the hang of which is...

I love the name.

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I love the name.

It looks like a nice spot, but (a) it was bloody freezing, even to the point of snowing very slightly, and (b) it's a private garden.

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Clifton Park Garden

It looks like a nice spot, but (a) it was...

Vyvyan House is pretty grand.

I imagine it was built for some branch of this Vyvyan family, but I'm only guessing. One of them was MP for Bristol,...

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Vyvyan House is pretty grand. I imagine...

Great name, Winearls.

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Olive Winearls Memorial Gate

Great name, Winearls.

It seems unlikely the CCCP will have much of a hold over Clifton, graffiti notwithstanding.

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It seems unlikely the CCCP will have much...

I think I've snapped this before, but I do rather like the pink and cute little Pembroke Mews.

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I think I've snapped this before, but I...

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It's cool to have an oculus window in your garage gable-end, but the fact that it's just offset from the centre of the roofline would drive me mad....

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Squinty-Eyed Garage

It's cool to have an oculus window in your...