Bristol Bridge
Bristol Bridge is an old
bridge over the River Avon,
Bristol, UK, now part of the
floating harbour.
The original bridge was a mediaeval 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. 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.he 1760 a bill to replace the bridge was carried through parliament by the Bristol MP Sir Jarrit Smyth, and the current structure was opened in 1768.
Encyclopedia
Bristol Bridge is an old
bridge over the River Avon,
Bristol, UK, now part of the
floating harbour.
The original bridge was a mediaeval 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. 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.he 1760 a bill to replace the bridge was carried through parliament by the Bristol MP Sir Jarrit Smyth, and the current structure was opened in 1768. Resentment at the tolls exacted to cross the new bridge occasioned the Bristol Bridge Riot of 1793.
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