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Bristol harbour has played a prominent role in the history of Bristol. Bristol Harbour , painting by Joseph Walter , 1836 The long passage up the heavily tidal Avon Gorge, which had made the port highly secure during the Middle Ages, had become a liability which the construction of a new " Floating Harbour " (designed by William Jessop ) in ...
William Barrett (1789), History and antiquities of the city of Bristol, Bristol: Printed by W. Pine, OCLC 2435385, OL 6929248M; Archibald Robertson (1792), "City of Bristol", Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol, London, OCLC 1633468; Mathew's New History of Bristol or Complete Guide. 1794.
The pictures which originated from images within the camera obscura he called 'photogenic drawing' [7] and were based on the work of William Fox Talbot. A 5" (13 cm) convex lens and sloping mirror were installed on the top of the tower; these project the panoramic view vertically downward into the darkened room below.
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Location of Bristol Castle shown on an 1882 map of the city. Keep marked in yellow, curtain walls in red. The castle was built on a strategic site on the eastern side of the walled town, between the River Avon on the south and the River Frome on the north, joined by a canal to form the castle moat on the east side, with a weir on the north to compensate for differing water levels in the two ...
The silver coin from 1766 entitles the owner to watch show at the Bristol Old Vic for free. ... 'Proper piece of Bristol history' up for auction. Free access theatre token from 1766 sold for £9k.
The Dower House, Stoke Park is a dower house in Bristol, England. It is one of Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on Purdown, a hill above the M32 motorway on the main approach into the city, and painted yellow. [1] The house was built in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley.
"The knock-on story for both the history of Bristol and the wider world is just so, so special." Follow BBC Bristol on Facebook, ... Free access theatre token from 1766 sold for £9k.