The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol; . ane in its neighbourhood) there were afterwards and ftill remainbridges for the better communication with other places. From the defcription already given it appears how well the old town wasfituated and fecured on all fides, with every kind of defence by nature aswell as Art. By the neighbouring hilly ground of St. Auftin, St. Brandon-hill, + St. Michaels and Kingfdown hills, with the river Froom running in a * Or Ellebridge, fo called in old writings from EUe, lord of the caftlc ; now the flreet nextit is corruptly called EUbroad-flreet,
The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol; . ane in its neighbourhood) there were afterwards and ftill remainbridges for the better communication with other places. From the defcription already given it appears how well the old town wasfituated and fecured on all fides, with every kind of defence by nature aswell as Art. By the neighbouring hilly ground of St. Auftin, St. Brandon-hill, + St. Michaels and Kingfdown hills, with the river Froom running in a * Or Ellebridge, fo called in old writings from EUe, lord of the caftlc ; now the flreet nextit is corruptly called EUbroad-flreet, for Ellebridge-(Ircct. t Pithay was formerly called the Putte, or pit, from its low fite; and the gate of old had thename of pons Aylwardi, Aylwards-gate, from Aylward, the Saxon governor of Briftol; ofwhom fee the chapter on the caftle. J In the county of Kern,-, in Ireland, there is a very high mount, called Brandon-hill, withthe remains of a fmall oratory on its fummit, dedicated to Su Brandon, who founded a monaftcry,(Clonfcrt,) in the year 558,. [ SI ] a winding channel underneath was it environed on the north fide ; by Rcd-cliff, Pyle Hill and the river Avon on the fouth, by tlie Caflle very dcfenfi-blc on the eafl; being feated on a hill, in a valley betwixt thefe hills, jt hasgiven occafion to its being compared to ancient Rome on its fcven hills,its ground plot like that being nearly circular, with a fomewhat greater di-ameter one way then another, enough to make it oval, the river cutting oQone part about a fixth from the reft ; like it indeed a great part of the cityin its improved ftate is fitiiated on fevcral hills. A place io happily feated as BriRol foon began to extend its ancient boun-daries beyond the firfl; erecled walls, and how far, appears by the plan becoming large and populous was foon added to the city, whiclivery early became a borough town, defended by a caflle. Andrew DcChefnc (Gefta Steph.) thus defcribes it as in the time of Ki
Size: 1439px × 1736px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1700, bookdecade1780, bookidhistoryantiquiti00barr
