Begbrook


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.
Begbrook Green Park and Begbrook Primary Academy are in the area.
The small Frenchay Village Museum is in Begbrook Green Park, bordering Frenchay.

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.