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Westbury
(really
Westbury-on-Trym)
is
a
suburb
of
Bristol,
originally
a
village
which
predates
Bristol
itself.
At
the
end
of
the
8
th
C,
King
Offa
of
Mercia
granted
land
at
Westbury
to
his
minister,
Aethelmund.
Later
there
was
a
secular
monastery
at
Westbury,
which
changed
towards
the
end
of
the
10
th
C
when
Oswald
of
Worcester,
in
whose
diocese the monastery lay, sent a party of 12 monks to follow more stringent rules at the Westbury monastery.
The
architect
Ednoth
constructed
a
new
church
and
other
buildings.
The
monastery
became
a
college
with
a
dean
and
canons
at
the
end
of
the
13
th
C.
It
was
rebuilt
in
the
mid-15
th
C
to
resemble
a
miniature
castle
with
turrets
and
a
gatehouse.
The
Royalist
Prince
Rupert
of
the
Rhine
used
it
as
his
quarters
during
the
English
Civil
War
and
when
he
left,
in
1643,
he
ordered
it
to
be
set
on
fire
so
that
the
Parliamentarians
could
not
make
use
of
it.
In
the
20
th
C
some
of
the
college
buildings
were
restored;
Westbury
College
Gatehouse
passed
into
the
hands
of the National Trust and the grounds were adapted for housing elderly people.
The
ancient
parish
of
Westbury
on
Trym
was
a
large
one,
including
Stoke
Bishop,
Redland,
a
large
exclave
comprising
Shirehampton
and
Avonmouth,
and
several
smaller
exclaves
in
the
parish
of
Henbury.
The
current
Church
of
the
Holy
Trinity
dates
from
1194
(although
there
has
been
a
place
of
worship
on
the
site
since
717),
with an early 13
th
C nave and aisles, and 15
th
C chancel, chapels and tower.
Two
independent
girls’
schools
within
the
area
are
Badminton
and
Red
Maids’
which
is
the
oldest
surviving
girls’
school in England.
WESTBURY DAYS
(S3x40)
Cheryl Ayres
1- 8
1s+2s dance the Tourbillon, finishing with 1s facing out
9-16
1s
cast
Right
(M
up,
L
down)
to
meet
in
centre,
turn
BH
1½
times,
dance out opposite end & cast to 2
nd
place own sides into …
17-24
2s+1s+3s LSh reels of 3 on sides
25-32
2s+1s+3s RSh reels of 3 across (M up, L down)
33-40
1s+3s dance the Bourrel to finish 2 3 1