By the mid-14th century Bristol is considered to have been England's third-largest town (after London and York), with an estimated 15–20,000 inhabitants on the eve of the Black Death of 1348–49. The plague inflicted a prolonged demographic setback, with the population estimated at between 10,000 and 12,000 during the 15th and 16th centuries.

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bristol, England. 803 – St James' Priory founded. [1] 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]

Sep 18, 2023 · By the early 1800s, Bristol numbered around 60,000 souls, and the medieval infrastructure in everything from water supply to housing and even parish graveyards could not cope. This was probably when it was its least healthy; clean water supplies, new sewers and public health measures did much to solve the problem by the 1870s.

Mar 14, 2021 · Bristol boomed in the late 17th century as new colonies were founded in the West Indies and North America. Bristol was, obviously, well placed to trade with them because of its position in the West. Tobacco was imported from North America and sugar from the West Indies.

We have detailed some of Bristol’s history in the timeline below. JUMP TO: The major Roman settlement in Bristol was the town of Abona at Sea Mills. The site may have a military origin but a civilian town had been established by the early second century. Explore Kings Weston Roman Villa.

May 22, 2005 · By the 18th century Bristol was the principal British port for trade with the American colonies and the West Indies. Once again the city was involved in the slave trade. A common trade pattern was the transatlantic triangle.

c.950–1800. c.950 – Bristol grows into a busy market town. 1140 – St Augustine's Abbey is founded (and later becomes known as Bristol Cathedral). 1216 – First Bristol mayor is appointed. 1373 – King Edward III grants Bristol county status. 1497 – John Cabot sails out of Bristol to try and discover a new route to Asia and discovers ...

A populous cathedral city and port, situated on the rivers Avon and Frome about eight miles from the Severn, Bristol had been ‘the commercial capital of the West of England’ until the onset of relative economic decline in the late eighteenth century, when it was overtaken by Liverpool.

In the late-19th century, the copper, brass and glass industries in Bristol went into decline. The tobacco, shipbuilding, and cotton industries thrived. Here are some historical photos of Bristol from the late-19th century that offer a glimpse into everyday life.

In the late-18th century the city supported the American colonists in their pleas to Parliament and it was at Bristol that the first American Consulate in Europe was opened in 1792. The city also played an important role during the Civil War, and was later one of the towns, along with Nottingham and Derby, to be noted for its Reform Bill riots.