EPW060117 ENGLAND (1938). The city centre, Bristol, 1938

Site of Newgate Gaol demolished 1821

Mary Le Port church. Only the perp. tower 72 feet high to the battlements survives as the body of the church was bombed

Castle Green School, 1887 which towered over the area. It faced down Castle Green and was burnt out in the blitz

St Johns arch removed 1911. A postern gate in the inner town wall built sometime in the 11th century.

The inner castle wall c.1135. The outer wall is represented by the hoarding on Broadweir immediately to the left which rose straight out of the moat (mill pond) the man made arm of the Frome. The moat here along Broadweir was 35-40 feet wide and around 5-7 feet deep. It was scoured to 10 feet deep 1848 and culverted around 1866.

1750s housing in Philadelphia St that survived the slum clearance of 1930 as they were in commercial use

Marks and Spencer. a large complex of buildings between Castle St and Castle Green.

Aerial footbridge connecting Baker and Baker retail store to their Wholesale section and warehousing. All bombed. The footbridge and tottering remains were cleared to basement level soon after, which was on average 12 feet deep.

Union Street Bridge, single span 24 feet wide over the river Frome built 1771-76. Road deck 31'6" above the river 1776-1809 and 30 feet above the river once Bridewell Weir had been removed 1809. In 1828 Mylne's culvert and the floodgates at Stonebridge lowered the level of the Frome to a trickle in Summer and a few feet in Winter, making the drop around 42 feet (including parapet) There was a land arch either side under the Union St ramp. The river either side was culverted 1866-1871, making Fairfax St to the east, with steps up to Union St, and a blanked off wall to the west, where Fry's factory annex 2A was laid out. This factory was burnt out and the site cleared by 1953, when the blocked up river arch and southern land arch were removed and a new ferro concrete road deck inserted. Fairfax St was also made right through on a new alignment to Nelson St, through the plots of the former chocolate factories.

The western end of Castle St at its junction with Peter St and Little Peter St (also called Bear Lane after the early 17th century inn the Bear and Rugged Staff) Castle St ran east for 990 feet on a slight downward grade to a crossroads with Old Market, Lower Castle St (also known as Castle Ditch) and Tower Hill. Buildings were originally laid out through the former castle between 1629 and 1700, consisting of half timbered gabled buildings with 2 floors on average plot widths of 16-21 feet.

Dolphin St c1776. Bristol's shortest street; from Peter St/ Mary Le Port St crossroads to Wine St / Narrow Wine St crossroads. Completely blitzed.

St. Peter's Church, Bristol, 04/03/2014

Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company Ltd, Temple Backs electricity generating station built 1899-1901, with 265 feet high chimney

Fry's Factory no1 chimney 1877, 199 feet high. felled 1961

Broadmead Baptist Chapel, Lower Union St.

Boots the Chemist, flagship store facing Castle St and Tower St

British Home Stores, with modern art deco facades facing Castle St and Tower Hill, with a great concrete raft over the castle moat below.

The Greyhound and Old Post office coaching inns, Broadmead

St Peters Hospital. Norton's House 1402, rebuilt and extended by Robert Aldworth 1612/13. 130 feet fronting the churchyard, rear facing the river wall

Llewellyn and James Brass works, Castle Green and Cock and Bottle Lane

Freemasons inscribed Pediment of 15 Bridge St, c1775. the centre of the great 500 foot x 34 foot south terrace. The upper rooms contained a Freemason's hall.

aerial footbridge between 1937 Co-Op Education Centre towering over Broadweir and the main offices and dept store in Castle Green and St. whole complex Pulled down 1963

The rebuilt Rising Sun, corner of Lower Castle St with Ellbroad St, 1905-1956

St Peters School, built on the site of 1 and 2 Castle Green,the site of Newgate and the original drawbridge into the outer Castle Ward Pulled down around 1959/60

The massive Regent Cinema, Castle St, opened 1928. Ruins cleared 1963.

The Bank Hotel, Bridge St.

The Dutch House, 389 days before it was burnt out and had to be pulled down.

The Exchange

The Odeon, Union Street which opened in 1938, photographed 4/3/2014

Christ Church from Corn Street looking east. 06/08/13

Bristol Bridge

Old Market Street