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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 ...
Bristol is home to the regional headquarters of BBC West and the BBC Natural History Unit. [216] Locations in and around Bristol have featured in the BBC's natural-history programmes, including Animal Magic (filmed at Bristol Zoo). [217] Bristol is the birthplace of 18th-century poets Robert Southey [218] and Thomas Chatterton. [219]
He remained an amateur photographer until his father retired in 1937, at which time he became a full-time freelance. [ 1 ] After wartime service in the RAF Mobile Field Photographic Section, during which time he adopted the name 'Reece' for his professional work, Winstone moved to 23 Hyland Grove, Henbury , Bristol.
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A notable feature of Bristol's architecture is the Bristol Byzantine style. [72] Characterised by complicated polychrome brick and decorative arches, this style was used in the construction of factories, warehouses and municipal buildings built in the Victorian era.
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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 ...