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The Curfew Tower in the centre of the village was built in 1817 to confine riotous prisoners by Francis Turnley — landlord of the town at the time. Dan McBride, an army pensioner, was given the job of permanent garrison and was armed with one musket, a bayonet, a brace of pistols and a thirteen-foot-long pike.
Previous tallest building in Bristol between 1442-1446, until the tower collapsed in 1446. The tower was rebuilt in 1872. [5] It is commonly misquoted as 292 feet (89m). [6] 4 Redcliff Quarter 73 19 2024 Residential Redcliffe: 5 Wills Memorial Building [7] 68 5 1925 Education Queens Road Renovated 2006 6= Eclipse: 65 17 2007 Retail/residential ...
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Bristol is the second largest city in Southern England, after the capital London. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon. Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th ...
In 1825 and 1833, two roads (Aberdeen Road and West Park) were built in the north western corner of the park, and developed for housing. In 1852 the Tyndalls began selling off the remainder of the western half of the park for development, and in 1877 5 acres (20,000 m 2 ) were sold for a new building for Bristol Grammar School.
Residents of a Bristol tower block that was evacuated over fears it was unsafe have been told they are unable to return for at least two to three weeks.. Hundreds of people were made homeless ...
A tower block evacuated in Bristol due to structural problems was not constructed according to plans when it was built in 1958, the city’s mayor has said.
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