Bristol (Cathedral city of England)

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

a cathedral city of England, a municipal and a parliamentary borough, situated partly in Gloucestershire, partly in Somersetshire, but forming a county in itself. It stands at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Frome, which unite within the city, Avon) whence the combined stream (the pursues a course of nearly 7 miles to the Bristol Channel. The town is built partly on low grounds, partly on eminences, and has some fine suburban dison the opposite tricts, such as Clifton, side of the Avon, and connected with Bristol by a suspension bridge 703 feet long and 245 feet above high water mark. Notable among buildings are the exhibiting cathedral, founded in 1142, various styles of architecture, and recently restored and enlarged; St. Mary Redcliff, said to have been founded in 1293, and perhaps the finest parish church in the kingdom. Among modern buildings are the exchange, the guild hall, the council house, the post- The charities are exceedingly numerous, the most important being Ashley Down Orphanage, for the orphans of Protestant parents, founded by the late George Müller. Bristol has a number of endowed schools, the principal of which are the grammar school, Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, the Red Maids' School (which educates and provides for 80 girls, and gives them marriage portions), Colston's Hospital, the Trade School, and the Cathedral School. Among the educational institutions are the University College, the Theological Colleges of the Baptists and Independents, Clifton College, and the Philosophical Institute. There is a school of art, and also a public library. Bristol has glass works, potteries, soap works, tanneries, sugar refineries, and chemical works, ship building and machinery A SELF-REVISING REFERENCE WORK WITH LOOSE-LEAF FEATURES IN TEN BOUND VOLUMES WITH 515 ILLUSTRATIONS AND NINETY-SIX MAPS, SUPPLEMENTED BY A LOOSE-LEAF VOLUME VOLUME THREE P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY NEW YORK List of Illustrations CONSTANTINOPLE-Colored Frontispiece Opposite page 36 COMMUNAL HOUSE-CLIFF DWELLERS MINING COAL-ALABAMA LOADING COAL-CHARLESTON COAL BINS AND COAL TRAINS