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My other #books are also on sale. #WifeSelling #WomensRights #FamilyHistory #ScienceHistory #Technology #Astronomy #TravellingShows #Enlightenment #BristolHistory #VirginianHistory #manumission #18thCentury #history
January 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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My #books are available in all formats from #Physical & online stores. #GeorgianHistory #technology #travellingShows #automata #WifeSales #WomensRights #FamilyHistory #ExtremeWeather #NaturalDisasters #BristolHistory #Manumission
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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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
April 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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#LegalHistory #BristolHistory This, from Evan Jones @bristolcms.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social is interesting on humour, Bristol, maps, gallows(es) ... bristolrecordsociety.org/stories-from...
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.…
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December 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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
July 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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May 29, 1992 - Evening Post - A new exhibition opens in Bristol.
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#Exhibition
#NewExhibition
#BristolHistory
#EveningPost
#1992
#BristolCulture
#History
#Archives
August 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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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
April 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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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
Book covers Mr Bridges Microcosm, The Midas Of Manumission, Frolicksome Women and Troublesome Wives, The Great Flood of 1607
March 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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4/4 #PrincessCaraboo #BristolHistory #Mystery #Adventure #Heritage #WeirdHistory #forteana
July 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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barbdrummondcurioushistorian.com/2025/03/01/s... #ChurchHistory #Fonts #ChurchArchitecture #BristolHistory #MaryRedcliffe
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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March 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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📣 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
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April 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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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
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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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
April 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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📣 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
April 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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My #HistoryBooks are saying #hardback #softback & #ebooks from physical & online shops. #technology #travellingshows #automata #BristolHistory #manumission #WifeSales #WomensRights #Familyhistory #ExtremeWeather #Climate #Floods
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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📣 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
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April 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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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
January 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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🚨 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
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
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February 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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The Hidden Stories of Christmas Steps was sooo good! Thanks to the Invisible Circus for such a fun day. #VisitBristol #InvisibleCircus #BristolHistory
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.
March 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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In 1807, a fire broke out in a silk mercer’s on Thomas Street in Bristol. A young girl was trapped in an attic screaming from a window as the crowd gathered below.

Retired Champion pugilist Henry Pearce (1777-1809) The Game Chicken stepped forward…..
#boxinghistory #bristolhistory #GeorgianBritain
April 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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📣 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
April 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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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 #bristolhistory #bristolcity #bristolart #history #knight #medieval
Medieval style drawing of armoured knoght with drawn sword and lion head fixture and shield, on horsebacm, horse has large feather and blue blanket
February 26, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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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
November 20, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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Bristol City Council is making history accessible while tackling homelessness with a new initiative and a crucial seminar for seniors.

Click to read more!

#BristolCityHartfordCounty #CT #CivicEngagement #CitizenPortal #SeniorSupport #BristolHistory #CommunityResources
Bristol launches mayoral history project and announces senior seminar on homelessness
Bristol unveils updated mayoral history book and schedules senior center seminar on homelessness.
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June 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
redlandlibevents.bsky.social
📣 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
April 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM