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On the afternoon of 24 November 1940, 148 aircraft of the Luftwaffe left airfields in Northern France heading for Bristol. The concentration point was to be the City Docks, and their objective was to destroy Bristol's industry and port facilities. 135 aircraft reached the target area, and dropped 156,250 kg (344,470 lb) of high explosives, 4,750 kg (10,470 lb) of oil bombs and 12,500 incendiaries.
On the extreme left and right of the image can be seen the buildings of the Castle district, which were heavily bombed during the Bristol Blitz, leaving the area known as Castle Park. The foundation of the church can be traced back to 1106 when it was endowed on Tewkesbury Abbey , [ 1 ] with a 12th-century lower tower, the rest of the church ...
Location of Bristol Castle shown on an 1882 map of the city. Keep marked in yellow, curtain walls in red. The castle was built on a strategic site on the eastern side of the walled town, between the River Avon on the south and the River Frome on the north, joined by a canal to form the castle moat on the east side, with a weir on the north to compensate for differing water levels in the two ...
The estate includes Blaise Castle House, a Grade II* listed 18th-century mansion house and Blaise Castle, a folly built in 1766. [4] Bristol Castle vaulted chambers: Bristol 11th century Built during the reign of William the Conqueror, it was an important royal castle that was the setting of several executions. [5] Bristol High Cross: Bristol ...
Pages in category "Ruins in Bristol" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... St Mary le Port Church, Bristol; St Peter's Church, Castle Park ...
Bristol's city centre was severely damaged, especially in November and December 1940, when the Broadmead area was flattened, and Hitler claimed to have destroyed the city. [96] The original central area, near the bridge and castle, is now a park featuring two bombed-out churches and fragments of the castle. A third bombed church has been given ...
Fragmentary ruins Fortified manor converted to castle in 1474, slighted during English Civil War. [267] Belvoir Castle: Neo-romantic castle 17–19th century: Intact Duke of Rutland: Rebuilt in 1655–68 incorporating fragments of medieval castle, remodelled in 1801–30. [22] Kirby Muxloe Castle: Quadrangular castle 1480–3: Fragmentary ruins ...
Castle Park: Ruins II (Tower) "Tower of Church of St Mary-le-Port". historicengland.org.uk: St Mary on the Quay: 1839-43 Colston Avenue Built in 1839 by R.S. Pope for the Irvingite congregation, Roman Catholic since 1843 II* "Church of St Mary-on-the-Quay". historicengland.org.uk