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Bristol. Bristol (/ ˈbrɪstəl / ⓘ) is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. [9][10] Built around the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. The county is in the West of England combined ...
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.
UK. England. 51°27′13″N 2°35′29″W / 51.453632°N 2.591341°W / 51.453632; -2.591341. Bristol City Centre is the commercial, cultural and business centre of Bristol, England. It is the area north of the New Cut of the River Avon, bounded by Clifton Wood and Clifton to the north-west, Kingsdown and Cotham to the north, and ...
Bristol has a strong White majority population, at 84%, which has declined from 94.5% in 1991. The largest ethnic group is the White British at 77.9% which have declined from 88% of the population in 2001. Black British residents are the 2nd biggest at 6% with Asian British at 5.5%. Notes for table above. ^ In 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or ...
The University of Bristol is a red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. [8] It received its royal charter in 1909, [9] although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers ' school founded in 1595 and University College, Bristol, which had been in existence since 1876. [10] Bristol Medical School, founded in 1833, was ...
1542 – See of Bristol established. [2] 1552 – Society of Merchant Venturers chartered. 1580 – Red Lodge Museum established. 1595 – Merchant Venturers' School founded. 17th C. – The trade in African slaves flourishes. [2] 1643 – July: Bristol in the English Civil War: Bristol taken by forces of Prince Rupert.
River Avon, Bristol. The River Avon / ˈeɪvən / is a river in the southwest of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, it is often called the Bristol Avon. The name 'Avon' is loaned from an ancestor of the Welsh word afon, meaning 'river'. The Avon rises just north of the village of Acton Turville in South ...
Bristol Old Vic. The Old Vic. The city's principal theatre company, the Bristol Old Vic, was founded in 1946 as an offshoot of The Old Vic company in London. Its premises on King Street consist of the 1766 Theatre Royal (400 seats), a modern studio theatre (150 seats), and foyer and bar areas in the adjacent Coopers' Hall (built 1743).