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History of Bristol. The west front of Bristol Cathedral. Bristol is a city with a population of nearly half a million people in south west England, situated between Somerset and Gloucestershire on the tidal River Avon. It has been among the country's largest and most economically and culturally important cities for eight centuries.
This hill sketch features an engraved outline reading 'Ordnance map of the environs of Bristol'. Military barracks and batteries protecting the Bristol Cannel are recorded at the mouth of the River Severn, at the top of the map. Grave mounds ('Tumuli'), hillforts, ancient camps and antiquities are noted in gothic script at Bitton and to the ...
So far, these range from Hoefnagle’s 1581 map of Brightstowe to Fuller’s 2014 map of Bristol. The maps show the development and expansion of the city over the centuries, documenting the history of the city as the population grew, as industries started and stopped, and as new areas were developed, from the 18th century garden suburb of Montpelier to the post-war […]
Bristol Archives holds a large range of maps, plans and similar sources, covering the city, surrounding areas and further afield. This guide highlights some key collections and individual items, but it is not a
Bristol 1820 (summary map) County of the City c.1800. The Site of Bristol (West Sheet) The Site of Bristol (East Sheet) Medieval Street Names (West Sheet)
The rich and eventful martime history of Bristol stretches back over many centuries. The original town was listed in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 1051 as a port trading regularly with Ireland. Bristol played an extremely important role in sea trade for hundreds of years following this, but as the scale of business and trade grew in the city, so ...
John Speed’s map of Gloucestershire, published in 1611, has an inset of the city of Bristol (BRSMG M3304) James Millerd created the first measured plan of the city in 1671. His 1673 plan has twenty small views of public buildings and other objects in the margins. (Bristol Archives 40875, BRSMG Mb6690, BRSMG R0020).
