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The Hatchet Inn is a historic pub in the English city of Bristol. It is a Grade II listed building. [1] The name is thought to originate from the axes/hatchets that the local woodsmen used in Clifton Woods. [2] The building dates from 1606, but has undergone significant alteration since [3] and is a grade II listed building. [1]
Packer's to LEAF (UK) 1881 – 1991, A Short History of Chocolate Making in Greenbank, Bristol, Living Easton; Elizabeth Shaw Chocolate Factory, Bristol, Whatever's Left, 6 December 2009; Website for the new community group, ChocBox2 with further news of developments on the site; Website for the proposed development by Generator South West
Brandon Hill, also known as St Brandon's Hill, [1] [2] [3] is a hill close to Bristol city centre, between the districts of Clifton and Hotwells, in south west England.. At the summit is the Cabot Tower, opened in 1897 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's voyage from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1497.
Until 1898, Clifton St Andrew was a separate civil parish within the Municipal Borough of Bristol. [2] In 1891 the parish had a population of 29,345. [3] On 30 September 1896, the parish was abolished to form North Bristol. [4] Clifton as viewed from the Church, c.1840
Bristol is the second largest city in Southern England, after the capital London. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon. Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th ...
Seven Stars (grid reference) is an historic pub on Thomas Lane, Bristol, England; it was built in the 17th century and is a grade II listed building. [1]One of the earliest references to the pub is in the Bristol Record Office.
The hotel was renovated in 2017 in a £5 million refurbishment program, and is now known as the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel. [2] It has 186 rooms, and is extensively decorated with art by local Bristol artists. [4] [5] In 2013, the Russian emigre Nikolai Glushkov became ill there, in a suspected poisoning incident. [6]
The Galleries (formerly The Mall Bristol, but originally opened in 1991 as The Galleries Shopping Centre) is a shopping mall situated in the Broadmead shopping centre in Bristol city centre, England. Functioning as one of the city's retail malls, it is a three-Storey building, which spans over Fairfax Street.