Bristol Bridge

Bristol Bridge
Bristol Bridge
Bristol Bridge taken from Castle Park
Carries motor vehicles
Crosses Bristol Harbour/River Frome
Locale Bristol
Maintained by Bristol City Council
Opening date 1768
View of Bristol Bridge across the harbour from Welsh Back.

Bristol Bridge is an old bridge over the floating harbour in Bristol, England.

The original bridge was a medieval wooden structure that had both its sides lined with houses. A seventeenth century illustration shows that these were five stories high, including the attic rooms, and that they overhung the river much as Tudor houses would overhang the street.1 At the time of the Civil War the bridge was noted for its community of goldsmiths, who may have been attracted by the unusually secure premises.1 Its population was also perceived to be strongly parliamentarian.1

In the 1760 a bill to replace the bridge was carried through parliament by the Bristol MP Sir Jarrit Smyth.2 The commission accepted the design of James Bridges and the bridge was built by Thomas Paty between 1763 and 1768. Resentment at the tolls exacted to cross the new bridge occasioned the Bristol Bridge Riot of 1793.

The bridge is now a grade II listed building.3

References

  1. ^ a b c Lynch, John (1999) For King & Parliament, ISBN 0-7509-2021-1, p. 10
  2. ^ Bantock, Anton (2004) Ashton Court, ISBN 0-7524-3213-3, p. 29
  3. ^ "Bristol Bridge". Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.

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  1. Prince's Wharf, including the Bristol Industrial Museum, Pyronaut
  2. Dry docks: SS Great Britain, The Matthew
  3. St Augustine's Reach, Pero's Bridge
  4. Bathurst Basin
  5. Queen Square
  6. Bristol Temple Meads railway station
  7. Castle Park
  8. Redcliffe Quay and Redcliffe Caves
  9. Baltic Wharf marina
  10. Cumberland Basin & Brunel Locks
  11. The New Cut
  12. Netham Lock, entrance to the Feeder Canal
  13. Totterdown Basin
  14. Temple Quay
  15. St Augustine's Parade
  16. Canons Marsh, including Millennium Square and At-Bristol
  17. Underfall Yard
  18. Bristol Bridge
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Coordinates: 51°27′13″N 2°35′29″W / 51.4536, -2.5913

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