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England Bristol

Guide to Bristol history, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

HISTORY
Bristol is a very old city. The town of Brycgstow (Old English, "the place at the bridge") appears to have been founded by 1000 and by c.1020 was an important enough trading center to possess its own mint, producing silver pennies bearing the town's name. It was identified as a 'burgh' in the Domesday Book of 1088.

Early in its history, Bristol was associated with the Shire of Gloucester. Later, it was incorporated into the Shire of Somerset and stayed there for most of its medieval history. Today it is both a county and a city in its own right.