Bower Ashton was historically a hamlet in the parish of Long Ashton in Somerset. In medieval times the area was owned by St Augustine's Abbey, but following the dissolution the Smyth estate was established by John Smyth, a merchant from Small Street in the city, in the 16th century.
Bower Ashton was historically a hamlet in the parish of Long Ashton in Somerset. In medieval times, the area belonged to St Augustine's Abbey, but after the dissolution, the Smyth estate was established by John Smyth, a merchant from Small Street in the city, during the 16th century.