Kate Pollard 

This site is the result of historical research undertaken by Kate Pollard, assisted by Nick Barnes. Begun as a book project,  the amount  of material quickly overtook the original plan and Kate published her researches into 20^th century Totterdown separately in 2006, under the title Totterdown Rising. [1] 

Pylle Hill

 

Pylle Hill forms the southern embankment of the Bristol to Exeter railway line as it passes beneath the A4 Bath Road. Now deeply cut through by the Bath Road, Pylle Hill forms the west bank of the river Avon at a point where the Avon turns sharply eastward. The west edge of Pylle Hill is bounded by St Luke’s Road and the south edge is bounded by St John’s Lane. Constructed mainly in the 1870s and 1880s, modern day  Pylle Hill is part of the multi faceted community of Totterdown: commence