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From: "Kate Martinson" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] A questiion
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:13:24 -0000
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Bristol, city, municipal and parliamentary borough, seaport, and county of
itself, chiefly in Gloucestershire but partly in Somerset, at the confluence
of the rivers Avon and Frome, 6 miles from the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth
and 120 miles west of London by rail, the port being 29 miles from Cardiff,
70 from Swansea, 245 from Dublin, 255 from Cork, and 325 from Liverpool;
municipal borough, 4632 acres, population 206,874; parliamentary borough,
population 253,906. Bristol is built on a number of eminences, and has a
fine appearance. It contains important institutions, religious, educational,
and charitable. It has several fine churches, notably the Cathedral
(1142-1160), and the church of St Mary Redcliffe. It includes the suburbs of
Clifton Down, a magnificent suspension bridge spans the river Avon, having
an elevation of 245 ft. above the high water mark. From an early date
Bristol has been a seaport of great importance, its position being very
favourable to commerce. In the reign of Henry II. it carried on trade with
the north of Europe, and between 1239 and 1247 there was occasion for
enlarging and improving the accommodation for the shipping. There are now
extensive docks, not only within the city itself, but also at Avonmouth on
the north side of the mouth of the river, and at Portishead on the south
side; both these harbours being in direct communication with the city by
railway. The coasting trade is of great magnitude, steamers plying regularly
between Bristol and Cardiff, Swansea, London, Cork, Dublin, Liverpool, and
Glasgow; while the foreign trade extends to nearly all parts of the world.
Bristol has manufacturers of glass, soap, and earthenware; shipbuilding,
tanning, and sugar-refining; and extensive chemical and engineering works.
Bristol returns 4 members to Parliament - 4 divisions, viz., West, North,
East, and South, 1 member for each division; the parliamentary limits were
extended in 1885 so as to include the local government districts of St
George, Horfield, and Stapleton, and an additional part of the parish of
Bedminster. It returned 2 members till 1885. [Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the
British Isles, 1887]

Kate Martinson

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Subject: [Lon] A questiion


> Where in England is Bristol? Thanks.
>
> Gloria
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