Bristol History

• Social History / Ashton Court Mansion

  Artists and young people collaborate on project to awaken the forgotten and untold stories of Ashton Court

  The work culminates in an evening of performance at the Mansion on January 26

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• Arts / culture

  New immersive exhibition highlights local Bristol stories

  Phone boxes, mini museums and boxing gyms are amongst some of the features in our city's history

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• News / Bristol History

  Blue plaque to commemorate Suffragette who confronted Churchill in Bristol

  It is believed to be the first blue plaque on a working prison

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• Features / We Are Bristol History Commission

  Bridging Histories: Launch of a major project to connect people in Bristol

  ‘This is a moment of huge possibility for positive change’

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• News / Bristol History

  Accounts of extreme weather events that hit Bristol 400 years ago discovered

  From devastating floods to weather so cold that rivers froze for months

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• Books / Bristol History

  Viewing the history of Bristol through a cultural lens

  On Brandon Hill was written over the course of four years

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• News / Aerospace Bristol

  Aerospace Bristol to reopen in August

  It reopens on August 1

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• News / Edward Colston

  Restoring Colston’s statue – graffiti, bike tyre and all

  The work is being carried out in a secret location

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