Two miles upstream from Bristol Bridge on the River Avon is Crew’s Hole (laying outside the Bristol conurbation), which started to be...

The River Frome - a 'little but useful river' You may be forgiven for not knowing (given the state and general disappearance of the Frome...

In 1710 the foundry at Cheese Lane, which is where the lead shot tower still stands today, was valued at £1,738! Brass is made by...

A poem inspired by research into the establishment of the Bristol Gas Light Company and the changes it brought to the city. ‘The Coming...

A poem inspired by the Floating Harbour and Bristol's history of flooding. ‘Underfall & Overflow’ We came to build A city on the water...

A poem inspired by the grave of a police officer murdered in Old Market whilst trying to intervene over the ill-treatment of a donkey. A...

From 'Bristol's Own: The 12th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment' 1914 - Alert Appreciation of Orders - Who stands if freedom fall? All...

Did you know that the first person buried at Arnos Vale was Mary Breillat, wife of the man who had brought gas street-lighting to...

Everyone knows about Brunel's Suspension Bridge which was opened to the public in 1864 but few know about Brunel's Swivel Bridge which...

Whilst we were doing our first Sounding the City project at Arnos Vale we found Soldiers Corner, which contains 240 graves of men who...

During our earlier Sounding the City project we started to look into Bristol's First World War history, mostly with a focus on the young...

A group of us decided to look into slavery in Bristol because along with London and Liverpool it was a major slaving port. We then...

We formed a group that was especially interested in photography to make an initial research trip whilst a second group did online...

When we spoke to the Bristol Merchant Navy Association, Hon Treasurer Hank told us several things that shocked us but that also inspired...

Through the Bristol Merchant Navy Association, which is based on the Harbourside in Bristol, we made contact with Hank.  As well as being...

At a meeting in the Commercial Rooms on 15 December 1815 it was resolved to form a gaslight company for Bristol. An Act of Parliament...

After the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia the Bristol Channel has the second greatest tidal range of any in the world - it can be as much as...

The starting point for our project was to meet with the men of the Merchant Navy Association (Bristol & District) who shared their...

Our group visited the Bristol Records Office for a whole morning on a research trip. The guide answered all of our questions and showed...

As we followed the path of the Frome as it arrives into Bristol from Eastville Park, along the M32 to the unassuming Junction 3 we came...