Historic Cities
Walk Bristol in 1497
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Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk
Cabot's Bristol, 1497
Bristol in 1497 is a busy late‑medieval port on the tidal Avon, outward‑looking and busy with international trade as merchants ready ships for western voyages. The walk shows quays crowded with wine and dried fish, timbered high streets and market crosses, the castle and abbey precincts, and the soaring exterior of St Mary Redcliffe above the water.
34 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Bristol as it stood in 1497 (“History of Bristol”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Clifton Down View
- 2. Avon Approach
- 3. St Augustine's Marsh
- 4. The Great Ditch
- 5. Redcliffe Quay
- ↳ Quayside Sail Loft · interior
- 6. St Mary Redcliffe
- ↳ Great Parish Nave · interior
- ↳ South Porch Vestibule · interior
- 7. Redcliffe Streets
- 8. Temple Precinct
- 9. Quays of the Frome
- ↳ Shipwright's Workshop · interior
- 10. Bristol Bridge
- 11. St John's Gate
- ↳ Gatehouse Chamber · interior
- 12. Bristol Castle
- ↳ Great Hall of the Castle · interior
- 13. High Cross
- 14. High Street
- 15. Corn Street
- ↳ Tolzey Merchant Hall · interior
- ↳ Covered Corn Market · interior
- 16. Wine Street
- ↳ Wine Merchant's Vault · interior
- 17. Broad Street
- ↳ Weavers' Upper Hall · interior
- 18. St Mary le Port
- 19. St Nicholas Quay
- 20. St James's Priory
- ↳ Canons' Choir and Nave · interior
- 21. St Augustine's Abbey Gate
- ↳ Canonical Chapter House · interior
- 22. Brandon Hill Summit