History of the Ward

Hillfields has the first post-First World War council houses built in Bristol.
The design of these houses was the result of an architectural competition and went on to define the homes we see in many areas of Bristol from Southmead to Knowle.
Local Learning has been working with schools and residents to uncover and celebrate the history of Hillfields.
This exhibition displays the project’s research findings, creative responses and some of the archival material that inspired them.
Hillfields Homes for Heroes is just one of several citywide projects celebrating the centenary of the Housing Act.
Part of the Festival of Ideas Homes For Heroes 100 project.
Credit: Bristol Museums

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Films created by UWE Architecture Masters students for the Hillfields Winter Trail 2020 activities at Minerva Primary School. 

2019 marked the centenary of the post-World War I Housing Act of Parliament known as the Addison Act after the minister who was responsible for putting Prime Minister, David Lloyd George’s Homes for Heroes concepts into action. Lloyd George argued for new housing to be built appropriate for the people of Britain who had made such sacrifices during the war. Hillfields Homes for Heroes was just one of several city wide projects to celebrate the centenary of the Housing Act as part of the Festival of Ideas Homes For Heroes 100 project.
Credit: www.locallearning.org.uk/hillfields-history/

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