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Bristol Castle, as depicted on James Millerd's 1673 map of Bristol. At some time after the Norman conquest of England in 1066 a motte-and-bailey was erected on the present site of Castle Park. [11] Bristol was held by Geoffrey de Montbray, Bishop of Countances, one of the knights who accompanied William the Conqueror.
Bristol became one of the biggest centres of the transatlantic slave trade between 1725 and 1740, when it is estimated that profits of 5-20% were made from the trading of black slaves. [8] Between 1730 and 1745, it became the leading English slaving port.
Bristol has a strong White majority population, at 84%, which has declined from 94.5% in 1991. The largest ethnic group is the White British at 77.9% which have declined from 88% of the population in 2001.
ca.1000 – A Saxon settlement began to grow up at the junction of the rivers Frome and Avon. [2] 1009 – Market active. [3] 12th C. – College Green created. [2] 1129 – St James' Priory founded. [2] 1140 – St Augustine's Abbey founded. [1] 1141 – February: Stephen, King of England imprisoned in Bristol Castle after the Battle of Lincoln.
He became honorary president of Bristol's West Indian Parents' Association in 1979 and in 1981 was appointed to the Press Council. [5] On his return to live in Bristol in 1992, Stephenson helped set up the Bristol Black Archives Partnership (BBAP), which "protects and promotes the history of African-Caribbean people in Bristol."
Sent one morning to fetch a pail of water, Will Heaton's daughter made a gruesome discovery at the bottom of the family's well.
Growing up, the superstar shared a bed with three or four of her sisters and wore their hand-me-downs. As a baby, she slept in a drawer. “My mum was brilliant enough to put a pillow in a drawer ...
By 1750 Liverpool was the pre-eminent slave trading port in Great Britain. Thereafter Liverpool's control of the industry continued to grow. [6] In the period between 1793 and 1807, when the slave trade was abolished, Liverpool accounted for 84.7% of all slave voyages, with London accounting for 12% and Bristol 3.3%. [7]