Introduction
Some of my favourite sites about the City of Bristol
You'll notice that some of the links, on this page and others, have asterisks by them. I use Xenu's Link Sleuth to search the site for broken links. Sometimes a site may not be available for technical reasons, like the server being down, so rather than remove the link straight away I'll mark it with an asterisk. I'll try and find the site if it has moved or check if it was archived on the Internet Archive, but if a site is unavailable on subsequent times I check it, then I'll remove the link.
The Sites
@ Bristol - The @ Bristol entertainment centre (Internet Archive)
1330 - The story of a bus made at Bristol Commercial Vehicles in Brislington (Internet Archive)
1 in 8 - Community education site and much more (Internet Archive)
1st Take Video - Videos on local history
A History of a Bristol House - The story of a Victorian property on the outskirts of Bristol (Woodleigh, North Road, Leigh Woods)
About Bristol - A pictorial tour of Bristol
Alternative Bristol - A hub to find out about events, groups and news about all things alternative and progressive happening in Bristol
Ambra Books - local antiquarian book seller
Andrew McArthy's Homepage - A lot of information about Bristol (Internet Archive)
Arnolt - A Bristol and Arnolt-Bristol car enthusiasts site. (Internet Archive)
Axbridge Caving Group - this site contains some nice articles and photos on Redcliffe Caves
Barb Drummond - A local author's website (Internet Archive)
BBB Bristol News
Berkeley Family Genealogy
Berkeley Family History (Internet Archive)
Bob Hariss' Homepage - this page contains a very good photo of a ship, the Scottish Lassie, at Hotwells (Internet Archive)
BoddyParts- Genealogy of several Bristol families. (Internet Archive)
Bower Ashton - Community website
Bradley Stoke - Community website
Bridging Europe - Information about the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the site also contains a video of the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge.
Brislington Community Museum
Brislington Conservation and History Society
Bristol Aero Collection - The story of aviation in Bristol (Internet Archive)
Bristol and Region Archaeological Services (Internet Archive)
Bristol Area Family Genealogy - Personal family genealogy sites covering the Bristol area. (Internet Archive)
Bristol & Avon Family History Society- A genealogy site
Bristol Astronomical Society
Bristol Books
Bristol Cars - One of the most exclusive marques in the world (Internet Archive)
Bristol Cathedral - A history and tour
Bristol Charities
Bristol China Partnership
Bristol Civic Society - Helping to shape our city
Bristol Commercial Directories
Bristol Commercial Vehicle Enthusiasts
Bristol Connect - A collection of business and hobby links to Bristol sites (Internet Archive)
Bristol Creatives - An artist-led networking and marketing initiative for visual and applied artists in the city.
Bristol Evening Post - Our local evening newspaper
Bristol Family History - Genealogy and History of one of England's Oldest Cities (Internet Archive)
Bristol Film and Video Society
Bristol Gaol Delivery Fiats - Homosexual offences in Bristol in the Eighteenth Century
Bristol Hebrew Congregation - has some interesting articles about the history of Jews in Bristol
Bristol Hospitals - These are the old hospitals
Bristol Index - A collection of business and hobby links to Bristol sites (Internet Archive)
Bristol Indymedia - Online alternative newspaper. (Internet Archive)
Bristol Information - Aspects of Bristol History and Genealogy
Bristol in Roman Times - An excellent site about Roman Bristol. (Internet Archive)
Bristol Link - A collection of business and hobby links to Bristol sites (Internet Archive)
Bristol Mod Scooter Club
Bristol Online - A searchable collection of business and hobby links to Bristol sites
Bristol Past
Bristol Penny Post - Two letters from 1824
Bristol Radical History Group
Bristol Record Society - The Bristol Record Society makes accessible the documents, records and studies on which our history is based
Bristol Society of Architects - The people who shape our city (Internet Archive)
Bristol Story - Their are some unexpectedly good downloads on the site (Internet Archive)
Bristol Taxi Driver - Mike Maddock's home pages. (Internet Archive)
Bristol Threatened History Society - Helping to save and record our history (Internet Archive)
Bristol URBAN Programme - Community led regeneration (Internet Archive)
Bristol Views - Views and maps of Bristol
Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works - (Internet Archive) Bristol based early petrol engine manufacturers The Wagon Works never made steam engines but was a sales agent for them, possibly made by Brazil Straker. The former BW&CW workshop off Easton Rd where the petrol engines were built is now a real ale brewery - Towles Fine Ales. (Internet Archive)
Bristol Web Design - All sorts of interesting stuff, web site links, stories, pictures etc. made by this web design company and their clients (Internet Archive)
Bristol Zoo
Bristol's Free Museums and Historic Houses - Part of Bristol Museums. A huge collection of archive material
Bristol's Lost Pubs - A wonderful site. (Internet Archive)
Bristolian Fiesta
Bristols United - A site about Bristol and Bristols around the world (Internet Archive)
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum - The museum closed in 2009
Broadmead
Brunel 200 - A site celebrating the 200th anniversary Brunel's birth (Internet Archive)
BS8 Guide - Web links for West Bristol (Internet Archive)
Bygone Bristol - an independent, Bristol-based publisher of local interest titles (Internet Archive)
Chamber of Commerce
Chronological Outline of the History of Bristol - from a book published in 1824 (Internet Archive)
ChurchCrawler - Churches from around the world, with pages about those of Bristol
City and County of Bristol Bowling Association
Civvy Street in WWII - Tom Fletcher's memories of wartime Bristol
Clifton Cathedral
Clifton Diocese - The Catholic Church in Bristol
Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society
Clifton Online (Internet Archive)
Clifton Suspension Bridge - Our famous suspension bridge (Internet Archive)
Concorde - The world's first and only supersonic passenger aircraft
DistrictWeb - Warmley and surrounding districts community site
Draxium.com - Pete's web site, nice photos of Bristol (Internet Archive)
Dundry Hill Group - A special interest group for this ridge that runs along the southern edge of Bristol. The group closed in 2005 (Internet Archive)
English and Welsh Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals includes those around Bristol
England Trip - Dan Hyde's images of Bristol
English Heritage - images of Bristol
Eugene Byrne - Eugene was editor of the Bristol Evening Post's Bristol Times, and this is his blog.
Feminist Archive - National and International organisation to collect and preserve feminist material
Filton Airfield Enthusiasts
Fishponds Local History Society - Another wonderful site about Bristol's history. The original site is on the Internet Archive
Friends of Arno's Vale Cemetery - These people care for Arno's Vale (Internet Archive)
Frenchay Village Museum
Friends of Eastwood Farm
Friends of Nightingale Valley (Internet Archive)
Friends of Troopers Hill
Fripp & Pocock Family Trees
GENUKI - Genealogy resources for Bristol
George Mueller of Bristol - online text of Arthur Piersons' 1899 book
George Muller Foundation
Glenside Hospital Museum
Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery - I used to be a member of this battery. The author, Derek Driscoll, is my ex-BSM (Battery Sergeant Major)
Greater Fishponds People - A community site (Internet Archive)
Guide to Urban Underground Bristol
Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership (Internet Archive)
Hash House Harriers - a drinking club with a running problem, social jogging for the unfit, slightly fit and nearly fit
His Master's Voice - The story of Nipper (Internet Archive)
History 4 You - Bristol Historical Research & Temple Local History Group website (Internet Archive)
History of Bristol Castle - This is no longer a "live" site but the link takes you to the Internet Archive
History of Tar Distillation at Crews Hole
History of the Telephone Service in Bristol (Internet Archive)
Holy Trinity Church (W-O-T) - A history and guide to this ancient church
Images of England - English Heritage, National Monuments Record site
Industrial Schools - Lots of information about Bristol's Industrial Schools (Internet Archive)
Jack in the Green - Welcomes spring into the city
Jeff Knaggs Homepage - Family genealogy for Knaggs / Reece / Rundle, lots of references to Bristol (Internet Archive)
Jezza's Guide to Bristol - History and pictures of Bristol (Internet Archive)
Knowhere Guide to Bristol - Guides to various districts around Bristol (Internet Archive)
Know Your Place and Pinpoint - Great collectiona of maps and historic notes about Bristol
Lesley Aitchison - local antiquarian book seller
Living Easton - Community site and a history of Easton (Internet Archive)
Local Bristol & Family History - Dave Napier's site, lots of useful information (Internet Archive)
Long Ashton Local History Society
Malago Society - The local history group of south-west Bristol (Internet Archive)
Malago Valley Conservation Group
Martyn's Mix - A Bristolians site, some photos of Bristol
Mathematicians born in Bristol (Internet Archive)
Matthew of Bristol - The replica of Cabot's ship Matthew
Methodist Church - Bristol District : John Wesley's Chapel
Mines of the Bristol and Somerset Coalfield (Internet Archive)
National Express - Coach travel to and from Bristol
Net1000 - A collection of business and hobby links to Bristol sites
Newfoundland Heritage - The early voyages of discovery by Bristol sailors
The Old Vic & Theatre Royal
Open Directory Project - A collection of business and hobby links to Bristol sites (Internet Archive)
Past & Present Publications - Local calendars and more (Internet Archive)
Peter Hodge's Genealogy Research - this page contains a very good photo of a wrecked ship, the Emigrant, in Avon Gorge (Internet Archive)
Pirate Walks - Blackbeard and lots about Bristol too!
Pooles Wharf Court - from a resident of what was once the Sand Wharf (Internet Archive)
PortCities: Bristol - The Slave Trade
Redcliffe Caves - Alan had been giving tours of the caves for 20 years. (Internet Archive)
Riots - Up to the Bristol Bridge riot of 1793 (Internet Archive)
Rossbret Institutions - Bristol's Poor Institutions (Internet Archive)
St. Anne's Park - A community website (Internet Archive)
Scipio Africanus - The slave buried in Henbury churchyard
Scrumpy and Western - everything about local bands
Semaphore Online - Local railway history (Internet Archive)
Skelton's Etchings of the Antiquities of Bristol (Internet Archive)
The Source - British Holy Wells and Springs, contains those in Bristol and surrounding areas (Internet Archive)
SS Great Britain
Stapleton Workhouse, Hospital and Asylum (Internet Archive)
Stoke Gifford Parish Council
Sugar in Bristol - The sugar trade in Bristol (Internet Archive)
Tangent Books - books about Bristol
Temple Quarter - Redevelopment of the Temple district
The Archaeology of the Fortifications constructed in England during the English Civil War (1642-1651): Bristol, Gloucester and Worceste was written by Richard Paul Israel. 2019. It is available from the University of Bristol or Academia.
Three Centuries of Ceramic Art in Bristol (Internet Archive)
Thomas Chatterton Society
Tobacco Factory - a multi-purpose building that houses a lively Cafe Bar, Farm Shop and Sunday Market, as well as meeting spaces, offices for creative businesses and a performing arts school. The building is also home to Tobacco Factory Theatres
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society - An index to their superb articles - many of which are now in PDF format.
University of Bristol
University of the West of England
University of Withywood - Community education (Internet Archive)
Victorian & Edwardian Photographs - This is another site by Roger Vaughan and contains a list of Bristol photographers from 1852 to 1972 (Internet Archive)
Views of Bristol not usually found on postcards - Some interesting views of Bristol (Internet Archive)
Visit Bristol - Bristol Tourism and Conference Bureau site
Westcountry Books - Local book publishers
Western Daily Press - Our local daily newspaper (Internet Archive)
Widening Gate - online edition of the book Widening Gate: Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 1450-1700
What's on Bristol - What's on in Bristol
Whitchurch - Local history (Internet Archive)
William Spickett - A young Bristolian's life and death in WWI
Windmill Hill City Farm
Winterbourne Family History Online
Workhouse - includes a history of Bristol's workhouses (look under both Somerset and Gloucestershire)
Young Immigrants to Canada - This site has an interesting piece about children sent to Canada from Bristol (Internet Archive)
Old English Weights, Measures and Coinage
While I was writing this I realised that some of the terms I would be using are no longer in common usage, these sites will give more information
Chard Jewellers - an excellent site that has much information on the British pre-decimal coinage system
English Weights and Measures (Internet Archive)
Jaques Proot - pages explaining all sorts of old measurements (Internet Archive)
Paul Lewis - pages explaining the old British pre-decimal coinage system (Internet Archive)
United Kingdom
Association of British Counties
British Monarchy - the official site
The Counties of England (Internet Archive)