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Pero: The Life of a Slave in Eighteenth-Century Bristol by Christine Eickelmann and David Small
(Published by Redcliffe Press)This is the remarkable story of the man who gave his name to a famous bridge in Bristol. Born in the West Indies and owned by the Bristol merchant John Pinney, Pero worked on a sugar plantation on Nevis before being brought to Bristol to live and work as
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Puddings Without Suet, Life in Hinton Blewett 1840s -1940s: Compiled by Rosemary Walker
(Published by Fiducia Press)A lovely book with 72 pages of photographs and reminiscences of life in Hinton Blewett between 1840 and 1940
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Queen Square Bristol by Andrew Kelly
(Published by Redcliffe Press)The story of Bristol's most famous square, from its early incarnation as a venue for bull-baiting through the 1831 riots to its recent restoration to its original eighteenth-century layout.
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RIOT! - The Bristol Bridge Massacre of 1793 by Michael Manson
(Published by Past and Present Press)Compellingly written and meticulously researched 'Riot!' chronicles the events in Bristol during the pivotal year of 1793.
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Scenes from a Somerset Childhood by Llewelyn Powys
(Published by Redcliffe Press)A unique collection of impressions of life in and around Montacute at the turn of the nineteenth century.
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Secret Underground Bristol by Sally Watson
(Published by Broadcast Books)This is a new extended edition, published in 2002, of the most popular book ever written about Bristol, revealing the secret world of mines, caves, rivers and passages beneath the pavements of the city and beyond to the countryside around Bath.
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Slavery Obscured - The Social History of the Slave Trade in Bristol by Madge Dresser
(Published by Redcliffe Press)For much of the eighteenth century, Bristol was England’s second city and, between 1730 and 1745, its premier slaving port.
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Somerset By Muriel Searle
(Published by Intellect)Somerset is a county of contrasts. Flat moors hiding fascinating evidence of the lives of centuries past lying beside abrupt hills cleft by nature into crannies and caves. Somerset has seen both the first flickering light of Christianity and the darkness
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St Mary Redcliffe: The Church and Its People
(Published by Redcliffe Press)A history of St Mary Redcliffe, lavishly illustrated.
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Steep Holm Diary by Howard and Rosie Smith
(Published by The Garret Press)Steep Holm is an island in the Bristol Channel - about five miles offshore from the Somerset seaside resort of Weston -super-Mare.
The 'diary' entries originally appeared in The Weston & Somerset Mercury under the title 'Notes from an Even Smaller Island' between 2001 and 2006.
Their purpose was to relate the comings and goings of a gang of island enthusiasts involved in conserving Steep Holm's unique wildlife, military history and archaeology. The diary is liberally
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