"Radical Retrofit & Adaptive Reuse" / Master of Architecture Design Research Unit #2
BRISTOL HISTORY TIMELINE:
C. 950 - 1800
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C.950 - Bristol grows into a busy market town.
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1140 – St Augustine's Abbey is founded (and later becomes known as Bristol Cathedral).
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1216 – First Bristol mayor is appointed.
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1373 – King Edward III grants Bristol county status.
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1497 – John Cabot sails out of Bristol to try and discover a new route to Asia and discovers Newfoundland.
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1595 – Bristol Society of Merchant Venturers' Navigation School formed, an important moment in UWE Bristol's history.
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1698 - Bristol’s first slave ship The Beginning sails from Bristol to the African coast.
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1795 – Poet William Coleridge gives an anti-slavery lecture in Bristol.
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Fig 1. The Southwell Frigate
1800 - 1900
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1807 – An Act of Parliament signals the end of the British trade in enslaved Africans.​
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1809 – Bristol Floating Harbour opens.
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1836 – Bristol Zoological Gardens opens.
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1843 – The SS Great Britain is launched.
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1864 – Clifton Suspension Bridge opens.
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1897 – Cabot Tower is built high on top of Brandon Hill to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's voyage to Newfoundland.
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Fig 2. Clifton Suspension Bridge
1900 - 2000
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1910 – Bristol Aeroplane Company is founded at Filton.
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1967 – St Paul's Carnival is held for the first time.
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1969 – Concorde makes its maiden flight from Filton.
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1970 – The SS Great Britain returns home to Bristol for the last time.
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1997 – Local artist Banksy paints his first major mural.
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Fig 3. Filton House became headquarter's of Bristol aeroplane company
Fig 4. The thirteenth Bristol Boxkite at Durdham down
2000 - 2020
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2002 – Bristol shortlisted for European Capital of Culture.
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2003 – Concorde makes its last ever flight to Filton.
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2008 – Bristol becomes the UK's first Cycling City and is shortlisted for European Capital of Culture.
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2008 – International graffiti artists paint the city in the first–ever Upfest.
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2009 – Bristol is named 'European City of the Year'.
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2010 – Bristol is named 'Britain's most musical city'.
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2012 – Bristol’s first elected Mayor takes seat, architect and entrepreneur George Ferguson (independent).
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2013 – Bristol is ranked as the best city to live in the UK.
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2014 – Bristol is awarded title of European Green Capital for 2015.
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2016 – Bristol pioneers community energy supply with the Bristol Energy company.
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2017 – Bristol is ranked best place to live by The Guardian.
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2019 – Bristol becomes home to the first inland surf lagoon, The Wave.
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2020 – Bristol hosts Greta Thunberg at one of the UK’s biggest school strikes.
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2020 – Bristol launches the Interactive Light Festival, connecting technology and culture.
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2020 – Black Lives Matter protestors bring down statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston.
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Fig 5. Bristol street art
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Fig 6. Bristol Light Festival
Fig 7. BLM protestors topple statue of Bristol slave trade