Central Bristol Through Time
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Through Time
ISBN-10
1445608251
ISBN-13
9781445608259
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Imprint
Amberley Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 15th, 2012
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
280 grams
Dimensions
23.60 x 16.60 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Local historyPlaces in old photographs
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Central Bristol has changed and developed over the last centuries
Brycgstowe, ''the place at the bridge'', as the Saxon founders of Bristol once called it, is a city of destiny. Once the second port in the country and one of the wealthiest cities in Britain, it has enjoyed centuries of prosperity based on manufacturing, seafaring and trade. Geographically split between the counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset and approached by sea through the dramatic Avon Gorge, the city received a Royal Charter in 1155.It was an industrial city described in the Georgian period as ''by mud cemented and by smoke obscured''. The Bristol of the past is illustrated here in drawings, paintings and photographs, many previously unpublished, from the superb collection held in the Bristol Central Reference Library''s Local Collection. They are contrasted with modern colour images documenting the myriad changes the last century has seen in this pleasant city.
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