Bedminster History

Bedminster has a rich and varied history. If you know anything about Bedminster's past, share it with us here!

Created by Hannah2009 at 21:54 on 20/08/09

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Hello Hannah, Have you found that maps site of the City yet? Just Google Bristol knowyourplace .. Tis fantabulous! Good luck, Ted.

By ejcole at 20:18 on 18/04/11
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An estimated 50,000 people used to watch Public Executions taking place at this Gaol on Cumberland Road. I have read that the scaffold would be raised...

By ejcole at 21:47 on 15/04/11
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see below..This poor chap apparently had an accident at work just a few years before that affected him mentally... He actually had the keys from the...

By ejcole at 21:28 on 15/04/11
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A man judged to have been one of the ringleaders involved in breaking into the Gaol on Cumberland Road at the time of The Bristol Riots of 1831 was...

By ejcole at 21:20 on 15/04/11
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There was once a man mauled to death by a Lion or a Tiger at the back of The Star North Street ( and would you believe) whilst partaking in a Boxing...

By ejcole at 21:09 on 15/04/11
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There was a Bowling Green at the back of The Star North Street, where the Navvies who dug the New Cut had a fight with the locals.

By ejcole at 21:05 on 15/04/11
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There was a Bedminster Poor House on West Street situated across the road from The Black Cat and up the road approx 100yards.

By ejcole at 20:59 on 15/04/11
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ESTA website

By Sidderley at 10:56 on 09/05/10
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@coddger - great pix you've put in the photo galleries! where is the workhouse?

By LittleBlue1 at 15:15 on 08/12/09
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Interested in Bedminster history? Have a look at the old photos of Bedminster in the photo galleries...

By Hannah2009 at 17:23 on 13/11/09
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