Located on the Avon which drains into the Severn estuary on the West Coast of England,
Bristol was, from its very early days, a trading, manufacturing, and religious centre. Made an …

In the series to which this little book belongs, Bristol represents the class of ancient English
trading-towns; and accordingly, while, as far as space would permit, an attempt has been …

IN England during the thirteenth century many large districts were set aside by law and
called the King's Forest. Possibly one fourth of the country was so designated.'Readers of …

After a fifteen-year campaign, Gloucester became an independent head port in 1580. This
effectively ended Bristol’s long-standing jurisdiction over the Gloucestershire reaches of the …

Many voices prophesied a destructive war for England on the eve of the Civil War. The
miseries of the conflicts in Germany had been closely followed in the earliest newspapers …

SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship, advanced for her time.
She was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. She was designed by …

HIS History is not a'Manual,'nor a'Gazetteer,'ie a digest of the general body of facts relative
to Colonial history and geography. Events have been dwelt upon, or passed over, as they …

GENERAL INDEX. Page 1 GENERAL INDEX. FOR CLASSIFIED ARTICLES, SEE
APPOINTMENTS; COLONIAL TRIBUNALS ; CORRESPONDENCE; CURRENT TOpICS; FOREIGN …