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Northumberland Poll book of 1826
Register which includes names, locations and property of voters... More Info
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Resident apothecaries in Georgian Bristol
Michael Whitfield 978 1 911592 31 0 For the first 120 years of Bristol’s hospitals, an Apothecary was their only full-time medical practitioner. Although Apothecary rated low in the medical hierarchy, many went on to become MD or to run very lucrative private practices. This is about the work they did, and the men who did it.
The Trade of Bristol in the later Seventeenth Century, by Jonathan Harlow
Jonathn Harlow 978 1 911592 33 4 After the Civil War, Bristol really began to trade with the Americas as well as expanding its traditional trade with Europe. As trade grew, so the merchant community and the city prospered. This booklet looks at the nature of the trade, at the port and shipping, at customs and smuggling, at seamen and, in some detail, at the merchants and their dealings. .After ...More Info
The Pass Family and the Smelting Industry in Bristol, by Brian Vincent
The Pass Family was a very successful family firm operating in Bristol until after World War II when it was taken over by RTZ. They were in the smelting business, mainly recovering metals from previous working. They were not technological innovators; but Professor Vincent’s history demonstrates the technical developments of the industry interacting with the dynamics and financial constraints of ...More Info
Susanna Morgan: Campaigning for reform in early 19th century Bristol, by Michael Whitfield
After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Britons were increasingly aware of many social ills; and this awareness contributed to the great wave of reforms which followed the passing of the 1832 Reform Bill. One of the most active of Bristol’s campaigners for reform was Susanna Morgan. She wrote and published on several major causes, and took an active part in new institutions. But, as a woman, she o...More Info
D Edward Long Fox: radical and mental health pioneer
Dr Edward Long Fox (1761-1835) was born into a quaker family in Cornwall. He came to Bristol in 1785. He engaged in local politics, and led an inquiry into the Bristol Bridge riots. He pioneered a humane approach to the treatment of mentally ill people. He built an asylum at Brislington with innovative features and 'romantic' landscape gardens, and a therapeutic spa at Knightstone, Weston super ma...More Info