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Bristol's first European settler, Samuel Clift, operated a ferry across the Delaware River starting in 1681. A Quaker settlement soon grew near the ferry, and in 1697 residents petitioned the Provincial Council to establish the community as the third town in the Pennsylvania Colony. The Bristol Friends Meetinghouse, built in 1711-1714 and ...
Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Center City in Philadelphia opposite Burlington, New Jersey, on the Delaware River. Bristol was settled in 1681 and first incorporated in 1720.
The King George II Inn, located in Bristol, Pennsylvania, is believed to be the oldest continuously operated inn in the United States. [1] It was first established in 1681 as the Ferry House by Samuel Clift. [1] The inn was a main stopping point on the road from New York to Philadelphia. [2]
The BS postcode area, also known as the Bristol postcode area, [2] is a group of 37 postcode districts in South West England, within eight post towns. These cover the city of Bristol , north Somerset (including Weston-super-Mare , Axbridge , Banwell , Cheddar , Clevedon , Wedmore and Winscombe ) and south Gloucestershire .
Bristol Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 54,582 at the 2010 census , making it the 13th largest municipality in the state . Bristol Township, along with Bristol Borough , is a cultural hub for Lower Bucks County, hosting celebrations of African and Latino heritage.
Stanley Mainwaring Farrar Sylvester (13 June 1912 — 20 October 2003) was an Anglo-Argentine first-class cricketer, businessman and diplomat. Sylvester was born at Rosario in June 1912. He was educated in England at Cheltenham College , [ 1 ] before returning to Argentina after completing his education.
Maple Beach is located along the Delaware River at the Pennsylvania approach to the Burlington-Bristol Bridge. [2] In 1917, Rohm and Haas purchased the residential properties in Maple Beach as part of an expansion of industrial activities in the area. [3] Four homes remained in Maple Beach as of 2013. [4]