Lodge Causeway is an ancient passage through the former Royal Forest of
Kingswood and now the main road between
Fishponds
Fishponds is a suburb in the north-east of the English city of Bristol, about from Bristol city centre, the city centre. It is mainly residential, and housing is typically terraced Victorian. It has a small student population from the presence ...
and Kingswood in
Bristol
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,
England
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. The road is designated the
B4048.
The Causeway led to Kingswood Lodge at the top of
Lodge Hill, recorded in use since Saxon times when kings used the forest for hunting whilst resident at the palace at
Pucklechurch
Pucklechurch is a civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, the main settlement of which is the large village of Pucklechurch. The parish also incorporates the hamlet of Shortwood to the west of Pucklechurch village, and Parkfield to the ...
, where
King Edmund was murdered by an outlaw in 946. It passes through the Fishponds suburbs of
Hillfields
Hillfields is a suburb of Coventry in the West Midlands of England. It is situated north of Coventry city centre, and has undergone a series of name changes throughout its history originally called "Harnall" and has seen itself change from a ...
,
Mayfield Park and
Chester Park.
References
Kingswood Forest Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
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History of Bristol
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