#history #CivilWar #BristolHistory #CivilWar

Medieval style drawing of armoured knoght with drawn sword and lion head fixture and shield, on horsebacm, horse has large feather and blue blanket

Knight on horseback card 🏇⚔️
Greetings card design adapted from Ricart’s Kalendar (first sheriff with bailiffs, Mayor Making, Henry VI, William I), 1479 (Bristol City Archives)

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Bristol, VA could have their first Black City Council member in its 136 year history. Called to Serve: The Steady Faith and Public Work of Jackie Nophlin

🚨 Historic Moment in Bristol, VA! Jackie Nophlin could be the first Black City Council member in 136 years. Discover her journey in The Rural Route Newsletter: theruralroute.beehiiv.com/p/bristol-va... #BristolHistory #RuralPolitics

Four Jokes on the Millerd Map Evan Jones, University of Bristol (8 Dec 2025) 10 min read Millerd Map (1673) James Millerd’s 1673 map of Bristol is the best known and most widely used representation of the pre-modern city.…

#LegalHistory #BristolHistory This, from Evan Jones @bristolcms.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social is interesting on humour, Bristol, maps, gallows(es) ... bristolrecordsociety.org/stories-from...

My #HistoryBooks are available in all formats from #physical & #onlinestores #Automata #TravellingShows #CuriosityCabinets #WifeSelling #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #ExtremeWeather #NaturalDisasters #WelshHistory #SevernEstuary #BristolHistory #Manumission #VirginiaHistory #orphans

My #books are available in all formats from #Physical & online stores. #GeorgianHistory #technology #travellingShows #automata #WifeSales #WomensRights #FamilyHistory #ExtremeWeather #NaturalDisasters #BristolHistory #Manumission

The Lord Mayor's Chapel in #Bristol features a late-medieval dark wood and gold ceiling from around 1500, stretching the full length of the nave and chancel. There's also some lovely #StainedGlass #BristolHistory #MedievalArchitecture #HiddenGems #CeilingsOnSunday #StainedGlassSunday

My #HistoryBooks are saying #hardback #softback & #ebooks from physical & online shops. #technology #travellingshows #automata #BristolHistory #manumission #WifeSales #WomensRights #Familyhistory #ExtremeWeather #Climate #Floods

Bristol Water Dogs This is one of my favourite discoveries from the first proper map of the city of Bristol by draper Jacob Millers dated 1673. It’s full of fascinating details of buildings and streets. But look clos…

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4/4 #PrincessCaraboo #BristolHistory #Mystery #Adventure #Heritage #WeirdHistory #forteana

Ridgeway Park Cemetery, Bristol, holds stories beneath weathered stones and wide blue skies. Time and Nature lingers gently where the Past still breathes.

#BlueSky #CemeteryViews #VictorianRest #BristolHistory #UnderTheSky #QuietPlaces

Bristol launches mayoral history project and announces senior seminar on homelessness Bristol unveils updated mayoral history book and schedules senior center seminar on homelessness.

Bristol City Council is making history accessible while tackling homelessness with a new initiative and a crucial seminar for seniors.

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#BristolCityHartfordCounty #CT #CivicEngagement #CitizenPortal #SeniorSupport #BristolHistory #CommunityResources

📣 TODAY

Jane Duffus introduces her new book & more #Women who built Bristol

📖 Tuesday 29th April
7pm ( Doors open 6:45pm )
📖 The Women Who Built Bristol : VOLUME THREE
📖 Jane Duffus
📖 #RedlandLibrary #Bristol
📖 £3 (pay at the door - cash only)

#BristolHistory

📣 TODAY

Jane Duffus introduces her new book & more #Women who built Bristol

📖 Tuesday 29th April 7pm ( Doors open 6:45pm )
📖 The Women Who Built Bristol : VOLUME THREE
📖 Jane Duffus
📖 #RedlandLibrary #Bristol
📖 £3 (pay at the door - cash only)

#BristolHistory

📣 TOMORROW

Jane Duffus introduces her new book & more #Women who built Bristol

📖 Tuesday 29th April 7pm ( Doors open 6:45pm )
📖 The Women Who Built Bristol : VOLUME THREE
📖 Jane Duffus
📖 #RedlandLibrary #Bristol
📖 £3 (pay at the door - cash only)

#BristolHistory
@janeduffus.bsky.social

📣 Jane Duffus introduces her new book and more #Women who built Bristol

📖 Tuesday 29th April 7pm ( Doors open 6:45pm )
📖 The Women Who Built Bristol : VOLUME THREE
📖 Jane Duffus
📖 #RedlandLibrary #Bristol
📖 £3 (pay at the door - cash only)

#BristolWomen #BristolHistory
@janeduffus.bsky.social

Thank you to our #RedlandLibrary staff for this book display

📖 Tuesday 29th April
7pm ( Doors open 6:45pm )
📖 The Women Who Built Bristol : VOLUME THREE
📖 Jane Duffus
📖 #RedlandLibrary #Bristol
📖 £3

#BristolWomen #BristolHistory

He was not wrong. "... superior to anything else built in England, and indeed Europe"

That's how historian Nikolaus Pevsner described Bristol Cathedral.

See for yourself here or even better, in person 👇
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#BristolCathedral #VisitBristol #BristolHistory #ArchitecturalHeritage

📣 Jane Duffus introduces her new book and more #Women who built Bristol

📖 Tuesday 29th April 7pm ( Doors open 6:45pm )
📖 The Women Who Built Bristol : VOLUME THREE
📖 Jane Duffus
📖 #RedlandLibrary #Bristol
📖 £3

#BristolWomen #BristolHistory

My #HistoryBooks are on sale in #hardback, softback, ebooks in physical or online stores. #science #technology #travellingshows #BristolHistory #manumission #WifeSelling #WomensRights #families #TheGreatFloodOf1607 #ExtremeWeather #Climate #storms

📣 Jane Duffus introduces her new book and more #Women who built Bristol

📖 Tuesday 29th April 7pm ( Doors open 6:45pm )
📖 The Women Who Built Bristol : VOLUME THREE
📖 Jane Duffus
📖 #RedlandLibrary #Bristol
📖 £3

#BristolWomen #BristolHistory

Book covers Mr Bridges Microcosm, The Midas Of Manumission, Frolicksome Women and Troublesome Wives, The Great Flood of 1607

My #HistoryBooks are still available in all formats from physical and online stores. #GeorgianHistory #Science #technology #travellingshows #eduaction #WifeSelling #FamilyHistory#WomensRights #divorce #BristolHistory #emancipation #Floods #RiverSevern #ExtremeWeather

Carlos Trower, 'the African Blondin'. A man in historical dress, playing a tightrope walker, stands in front of a window that displays his portrait. He is outside.

Characters from history, played by actors, stand in a group on a sloping street.

Dr Richard Smith stands by a body covered in a sheet in a chapel. He is played by an actor and wears a shiny black top hat and a black suit.

The Hidden Stories of Christmas Steps was sooo good! Thanks to the Invisible Circus for such a fun day. #VisitBristol #InvisibleCircus #BristolHistory

StokeParkColony = @glenside_museum See Instagram 'StokeParkColony' highlights from Glenside Hospital Museum (@glenside_museum)

If you’d like to learn more about “West Side” at Stoke Park Colony please revisit our 2024 mini series, accessible via our Instagram highlights: www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2...

#bristolhistory

Stones and Fonts This is from Stow’s Survey of London in Walbrook ward: “On the south side of (Walbrook) High Street, near unto the channel, is pitched upright great stone called London stone, fixed in the ground v…

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One possibility is from the constellation Cetus, made up of 14 stars. Or perhaps it was a nod to the new country across the Atlantic, America, and the 14 stars on its flag. Or maybe it was just bigger than the Seven Stars around the corner in Thomas Lane?

#Bristol #BristolPubs #BristolHistory

My other #books are also on sale. #WifeSelling #WomensRights #FamilyHistory #ScienceHistory #Technology #Astronomy #TravellingShows #Enlightenment #BristolHistory #VirginianHistory #manumission #18thCentury #history

My #history #books for @WorldBookDay available in hard or softback & ebooks #history #science #automata #TravellingShows #CuriosityCabinets #WifeSelling #WomensRights #familyhistory #orphans #colonialhistory #BristolHistory

Bet there’s some sweaty palms at Merchant Venturer HQ tonight...

Not only was Edward Colston a member, but they continue to enjoy the immense wealth and power they accrued from the slave trade to this day.

#EdwardColston #getinthesea #bristolhistory