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The uprising came to a head in Queen Square, Bristol when the military charged the drunken rioters. With construction completed, on 17 February 1832 construction the consecration ceremony took place by the Bishop of Bristol. [11] Also in attendance were the Lord Mayor Daniel Stanton, Alderman Hilhouse and the Sheriff Mr Lax.
Road building was central to planning policy for much of the 20th century in Bristol, England. The planned road network evolved over time but at its core was a network of concentric ring (or circuit) roads and high-capacity radial roads. The Inner Circuit Road formed a ring around Bristol's central area and was completed in 1970. The Outer ...
St Philip and St Jacob is one of the original parishes of Bristol. It includes the Old Market area, and extended beyond the original city boundaries to include what are now the Bristol districts of Baptist Mills, Barton Hill, Lawrence Hill, Newtown, Russell Town, St Jude's, St Philips Marsh, The Dings and part of Easton. A growing population in ...
The earliest surviving church in Bristol is St James' Priory [10] in Horsefair, Whitson Street. It was founded in 1129, as a Benedictine priory, by Robert Rufus.The 12th century also saw the founding of All Saints [11] and St Philip and Jacob [12] churches. [9]
The Tobacco Factory is the last remaining part of the old W. D. & H. O. Wills tobacco factory site on Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol. It was saved from demolition by the architect and former mayor of the city George Ferguson and through his vision has become a model of urban regeneration. It is now a multi-use building which houses animation ...
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 ...
St Jude's takes its name from the former Church of England parish church of St Jude the Apostle, which was designed by Samuel Burleigh Gabriel and completed in 1849. [2]An excavation, of a proposed residential development on a site of 1,260m² at the corner and on the north-west side of Little Anne Street and Wade Street, uncovered 18th century artisan's houses which were removed in the years ...
The road is on the former route into Bristol from Gloucester, it becomes the B4058 at its southern end parts of which are today known as the Old Gloucester Road. The road starts at the junction between Lawford's Gate and Trinity Road in the St Jude's area of Bristol and also marks the start of the A432. While there is still a shopping area here ...