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Bristol, city and unitary authority, southwestern England. The historic centre of Bristol and the sections of the city north of the River Avon (Lower, or Bristol, Avon) were part of the historic county of Gloucestershire, while the areas south of the Avon lay within the historic county of Somerset until the creation of the county of Bristol (1373–1974) and then of the county of Avon (1974–96). When the county of Avon was abolished, Bristol became a unitary authority...
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1497 - The Italian navigator John Cabot sailed from Bristol, in May, aboard the 'Matthew'. He crossed the Atlantic and mapped the North American coastline from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland before returning to Bristol in August.
http://www.visitoruk.com- 1532 - A free grammar school was founded and endowed by Robert Thorne in Bristol.
http://www.visitoruk.com - 1588 - Four ships set sail from Bristol to join the English fleet to oppose the Spanish Armada.
http://www.visitoruk.com - 1656 - Bristol castle was destroyed on Cromwell's orders to prevent it falling into Royalist hands.
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St. Stephens Tower
Postcard- 1750 - The first bank in Bristol opened.
http://www.visitoruk.com - 1753 - There was rioting in Bristol against the high price of bread.
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Postcard- 1841 - Bristol was connected to London by rail and was connected to Exeter in 1844 followed by Plymouth in 1848.
http://www.visitoruk.com - 1847 - A water works was established to pipe spring water from Chewton Mendip to 16,000 houses in Bristol, via reservoirs at Harptree and Barrow Gurney.
http://www.visitoruk.com - 1895 - Bristol
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1497 - The Italian navigator John Cabot sailed from Bristol, in May, aboard the 'Matthew'. He crossed the Atlantic and mapped the North American coastline from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland before returning to Bristol in August.
http://www.visitoruk.com
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1532 - A free grammar school was founded and endowed by Robert Thorne in Bristol.
http://www.visitoruk.com
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1588 - Four ships set sail from Bristol to join the English fleet to oppose the Spanish Armada.
http://www.visitoruk.com
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1656 - Bristol castle was destroyed on Cromwell's orders to prevent it falling into Royalist hands.
http://www.visitoruk.com
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1750 - The first bank in Bristol opened.
http://www.visitoruk.com
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1753 - There was rioting in Bristol against the high price of bread.
http://www.visitoruk.com
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1841 - Bristol was connected to London by rail and was connected to Exeter in 1844 followed by Plymouth in 1848.
http://www.visitoruk.com
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1847 - A water works was established to pipe spring water from Chewton Mendip to 16,000 houses in Bristol, via reservoirs at Harptree and Barrow Gurney.
http://www.visitoruk.com
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1895 - Bristol
Bristol, a city of England, a county of itself, but lying within the limits of Gloucestershire and Somersetshire, on the Avon, at its confluence with ... Read MORE...
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