EAW000698 ENGLAND (1946). Brandon Hill, Bristol, 1946

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Details

Title [EAW000698] Brandon Hill, Bristol, 1946
Reference EAW000698
Date 9-May-1946
Link
Place name BRISTOL
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 357959, 172666
Longitude / Latitude -2.6050779481285, 51.450926535184
National Grid Reference ST580727

Pins

WW2 Camouflage Scheme Public Utility Gasworks

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Tuesday 26th of September 2017 12:25:55 PM
WW2 Camouflage Scheme

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Friday 4th of August 2017 01:59:48 PM
WW2 Camouflage Scheme

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Friday 4th of August 2017 01:58:39 PM
Site of the 19th century (1855) St.Peter's Church until 1939 and which became occupied with a 1950s high-rise (8-storey) block of flats and maisonettes. This Clifton Wood church was closed in 1938 due to the decrease in religiosity in 1930s Bristol.

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Friday 12th of May 2017 09:26:38 AM
Cabot Tower (105 feet high), completed in 1897 to commemorate John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland four centuries earlier.

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Friday 12th of May 2017 09:07:01 AM
An interesting conundrum is the row of pallets extending down the right-hand side of Jacob's Wells Road. Timber storage for the sawmills at Canon's Marsh or could they be building materials for the pre-fabricated, single-storey housing units constructed in post-war Bristol (Sea Mills)?

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Friday 12th of May 2017 09:05:10 AM
On an Edwardian large-scale map of the area, this building is shown as the Public Baths.

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Friday 12th of May 2017 08:50:41 AM
Bristol Grammar School

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 03:03:49 PM
Evidence of wartime bomb damage in the areas between St.George's Road and Anchor Road.

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 03:01:15 PM
College Street

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:57:47 PM
Great George Street

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:55:53 PM
Queen's Parade

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:54:20 PM
Wills Memorial Tower (1925)

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:52:56 PM
St. George's Church, built in the 1820s and now a concert venue.

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:42:58 PM
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:40:55 PM

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:39:28 PM

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:34:31 PM
St.George's Primary School

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:33:49 PM
Bellevue Crescent

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:32:57 PM

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:31:52 PM
St.George's Road

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:31:13 PM
Jacob's Wells Road

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:30:04 PM
Gasworks Ferry

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:28:09 PM

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:26:42 PM
Canon's Marsh freight line opened in 1906 and linked to Ashton Gate via the Ashton Avenue Bridge to the west-south-west.

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:25:28 PM
Railway sidings at Canon's Marsh

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:17:09 PM
Floating Harbour

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:15:16 PM
Gas works at Canon's Marsh

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Thursday 11th of May 2017 02:13:30 PM

User Comment Contributions

An interesting view of the area to the west of the city centre, only twelve months after the conclusion of World War II in Europe. Looking almost due north from a position over the Floating Harbour, the photo is readily compared to the large-scale maps of the period.

John Swain
Thursday 11th of May 2017 03:12:26 PM