Nathanville Travel and Nature

By Nathanville on Nov 21, 2009 | In Travel, Nature | 7 feedbacks »

BRIGSTOWE

BRISTOL, Brycgstow (Old English), Brigstowe/Brigstow (Middle English) meaning 'Bridge Place'. (Middle English stowen, from stowe meaning 'place').

Bristol started as a small Anglo-Saxon settlement on the river Avon, and as its name suggests was centered around a wooden bridge joining the community on both sides of the river.

THE first known bridge built in the years before the Norman Conquest was constructed of wood from Kingswood Forest.  Under Norman rule Bristol acquired one of the strongest castles in southern England; the River Avon in the city centre slowly evolved into Bristol Harbour which from the 12th century became an important port handling much of England's trade with Ireland.

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