November 9, 2020
350 servicemen remembered at the Memorial Approximately 900 WW1 casualties are buried in Bristol cemeteries and graveyards. There are over 350 at Arnos Vale cemetery and […]
December 9, 2020
The art of Ash trees Our artist in residence, Jo, has been spending time observing the changes happening in the landscape as we begin to chop […]
January 26, 2021
This week, Jo our artist-in-residence explores transforming grief and loss through art. Why I made a decision to become an artist who doesn’t sell work (and […]
April 4, 2021
An ‘oosful’ girl Todays blog says Happy Birthday to Mary Carpenter; amazing social reformer, abolitionist, educator, suffragist (and secret feminist). Mary was born in Exeter 3rd […]
July 7, 2021
Awarded the Victoria Cross for Bravery During WW1, the 45 year old was a temporary lieutenant-colonel in The Gloucestershire Regiment commanding the 7th (S) Battalion, The […]
July 7, 2021
A Master Builder William Brock came to Bristol in the 1850s where he started his business in the shadow of Brunel’s station. As his business grew […]
July 27, 2021
July 28, 2021
Arnos Vale: An Arcadian Landscape? This week we have a guest blog by Dr Lindsay Udall. Dr Udall explains why the Bristol General Cemetery Company chose […]
August 8, 2021
A walk around Arnos Vale Cemetery will give you lots of lovely epitaphs and sentiments to read. However there is a whole other language on these […]
December 21, 2021
The Cemetery is now more accessible because of repairs to the paths.
February 25, 2022
Eliza Errington paintings of her life have become important historic documents.
March 8, 2022
Carmen is known as the carnival queen as she helped set up the now world famous St Paul’s carnival in Bristol.
