Hanham
Hanham is a suburban neighbourhood and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. Part of the Bristol Built-up Area, adjacent to, but not within the city boundaries of Bristol. The post code area of Hanham is BS15.
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Hanham is a suburban neighbourhood and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. Part of the Bristol Built-up Area, adjacent to, but not within the city boundaries of Bristol. The post code area of Hanham is BS15.
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Overview
The population of this civil parish taken at the 2021 census was 6,572.
Key facts
Key facts
• Country — England • Region — South West England • Postcode Area — BS • Postcode District — BS15 • Post Town — Bristol • Population — 6,572 • Population Ref — (2021 census) • Constituency Westminster — North East Somerset and Hanham • Unitary England — South Gloucestershire • Lieutenancy England — Gloucestershire
History
History
Tom Cribb, once world champion bare-knuckle boxer, was born in Hanham. Stephen Merchant was also born in Hanham. Hanham is also the first place in the UK to trial Gordon Brown's new eco-towns. Built on the former Hanham Hall Hospital site, the new village serves as a blueprint for Gordon Brown's proposed five eco-towns that will provide up to 100,000 zero-carbon dwellings across the country. The Blue Bowl has been claimed to be one of the oldest public houses in the country.
Governance
Governance
Hanham became a civil parish on 1 April 2003. An electoral ward in the same name exists. The ward stretches south from Hanham to Hanham Abbots. The total population of the ward taken from the 2011 census was 10,311
Demographics
Demographics
Census population of Hanham parish • Census — Population — Female — Male — Households — Source • 2001 — | 6,107 — | 3,220 — | 2,887 — | 2,455 — | • 2011 — | 6,128 — | 3,143 — | 2,985 — | 2,630 — | • 2021 — | 6,572 — | 3,359 — | 3,213 — | 2,767 — |
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- 1.Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Elections, Names and Areas in England.
- 2.Hanham, Longwell Green and Willsbridge – Picture Past, by David G. Elliot, page 23.
- 3.Stephen Merchant to shoot major new series in Bristol. 10 January 2020.
- 4.Hanham Hall.
- 5.English Heritage. Hanham Hall Historic Characterisation. 21 September 2007.
- 6.Alison Benjamin. Barratt contracted to build UK's first eco-village. The Guardian. 14 December 2007.
- 7.Hanham pub could be oldest in country. Bristol Post. 28 December 2009.
- 8.Ward population 2011.
- 9.Office for National Statistics. Key Statistics. Tables KS001 (Usual resident population) and KS016 (Household spaces and accommodation type).
- 10.Office for National Statistics. Key Statistics. Table KS101EW (Usual resident population) and Table KS105EW (Household composition).
- 11.Office for National Statistics. Parish Profiles. 2021 United Kingdom census. GSS E04001083 (Hanham) in tables PP001 (Number of Households) and PP002 (Sex).
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