Place details
Place nameBristol
Other namesBristou
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude51.45
Longitude-2.583
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located on River Avon; was a wool center in the 12th century; John and Sebastian Cabot sailed from here to New World 1497; center for sugar, tobacco, cotton and slave trade 17th-18th centuries; railway and dock expanded during Industrial Revolution; heavily bombed in World War II.