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Life-sized statue of Queen Elizabeth I This wood carving of Queen Elizabeth I in the St John's Chapel (St Mary Redcliffe Church) may date from the opening of the parish school in 1571. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St John's Chapel These gates, crafted by William Edney in 1710 to separate the West end of St Mary Redcliffe Church from the box pews of the nave, are some of the finest ironwork in the West of England. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St Mary Redcliffe Church There has been a church on this site since Saxon times and it was once the daughter church of the Bede Minster (the monastery church of St John the Baptist). The present building is probably the fifth church to be built here. The oldest surviving parts date from 1185. The Lady Chapel, South porch and South transept date from the 14th century and most of the other parts were built in the 15th century. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St Mary Redcliffe Church This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St Mary Redcliffe nave "the fairest, goodliest, and most famous parish church in England." Elizabeth I This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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St Mary Redcliffe oldest part The North inner porch dates from the 12th century. In the medieval period pilgrims, sailors and other travellers made offerings at the shrine of Our Lady inside the porch – hence the two side doors, to facilitate the flow of people. John Cabot and his crew probably came here to pray for safe passage before they departed and to give thanks when they returned. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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West Towers of the Cathedral Robert FitzHardinge founded the Abbey of the Black Canons of St. Augustine in 1140 in the fields to the west of the town, and it was ready for its dedication in 1146. Between 1306 and 1132 the Abbot was Abbot Knowle who started an extensive rebuilding of the Abbey for it was falling into disrepair. He rebuilt the choir, aisles, Lady Chapel, Berkeley Chapel and the Sacristy. Since those days the Cathedral has undergone much rebuilding and alteration. The last being the two towers built in 1888. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Norman Arch Near to the west entrance of the Cathedral is the decorated Norman Arch. It was orginally built in 1142 but restored, along with much of the Cathedral between 1480 and 1520. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The Matthew at Great Western Dockyard This replica of John Cabot's ship was built in Bristol on Redcliffe Wharf at the eastern end of the harbour. After the ship had replicated its historic voyage to the New World, it returned to Bristol to serve as a tourist attraction available for private hire. Unlike the original, it has the benefit of an internal combustion engine to supplement sail power. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The end tower of the Council House This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Statue of John Cabot John Cabot (or Giovanni Caboto in Italian) was probably born in Genoa in 1450 but may have been from a Venetian family. In 1476 he married a young woman called Mattea and after travelling as a merchant, moved to England around 1490 settling in the Port of Bristol. In May 1497 with the support of Henry VII and some Bristol merchants Cabot sailed west on the 70 feet long Matthew with a crew of 18 hoping to find a route to Asia. On 24 June, 34 days after leaving England Cabot sighted land and called it New-Found-Land. He believed it was Asia and claimed it for England. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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River Avon This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Park Street and the Wills Tower The gothic tower is part of Bristol University’s Wills Memorial Building which funded by George and Henry Wills of the family that created the Wills Tobacco Company, and was opened on June 9 1925 by King George V and Queen Mary. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 1 person has added this picture to their favourites |
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Entrance to the Council House The statue of an Elizabethan seaman was made in Portland stone by Charles Wheeler in the 1950s. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Bristol Unicorn The coat of arms of Bristol is made up of a shield showing a ship protected by a castle, surrounded by a pair of unicorns. Each of the two end towers of the Council House bear a golden unicorn. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Bristol Planetarium This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 1 person has added this picture to their favourites |
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Bristol City Council House The Council House was officially opened on 17th April 1956 by the Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed by E.V Harris and construction began in 1935. The shell of the building was almost complete when WWII commenced. During the war it was used as a restaurant. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Bristol Cathedral This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Clifton Suspension Bridge This magnificent piece of engineering was planned by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1829, but the building of it was plagued by financial difficulties. Work started on it in 1831 but the money soon ran out and work stopped for five years. It was finally opned on 8th December 1864, but Brunel didn't see it as he died in 1859. It has a span of 702 feet and is 245 feet above the river. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 1 person has added this picture to their favourites |
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Seamen's Almshouse detail, King Street This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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