History of Bristol in Gloucestershire

Place:

Bristol Gloucestershire

Names from historical writing:

The following appear as names for Bristol. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name	Author	Source
BRIGHTSTOWE	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
BRISTOL	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
BRISTOL	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
BRITOSTOW	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CASTLE PRECINCTS	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
REDCLIFF	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
REDCLIFF ST MARY	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
ST MARY REDCLIFF	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.

Names for administrative units:

These names were used for units associated with Bristol. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:

Name	Unit Type	Source
00HB	District/Unitary Authority (City/UA)	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ALL SAINTS	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
AUGUSTIN ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
AVONMOUTH	Urban Labour Market	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour)
BRISTOL	1841 Occupation reporting area	1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'.
	Ancient District (AD_City/CntyOfIt)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. XIII.
	Ancient District (Borough)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 607.
	Archdeaconry	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 779.
	Constituency (PBCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
	Diocese	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 775.
	Diocese	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 775.
	District/Unitary Authority (City/UA)	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
	Local Government District (CB/MB)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 609.
	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
	Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/Inc)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 608.
	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 775.
	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 778.
	Sanitary District (USD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 609.
	Urban Labour Market	Great Britain Historical GIS Project
BRISTOL ALL SAINTS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
BRISTOL ALL SAINTS	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
BRISTOL CASTLE PRECINCTS	Parish-level Unit (CP/ExP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
BRISTOL CENTRAL	Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRISTOL CENTRAL	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
BRISTOL CENTRE	Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)	Great Britain Historical GIS Project
BRISTOL CHRISTCHURCH	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL CHRIST CHURCH	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
BRISTOL CHRIST CHURCH WITH ST EWEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
BRISTOL CHRIST CHURCH WITH ST EWEN AND ALL SAINTS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL CITY	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 775.
BRISTOL CITY CITY DIVISION	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 775.
BRISTOL CITY OF	District/Unitary Authority (City/UA)	Census of Population (2011 Key Statistics)
BRISTOL DOCKS AND AVONMOUTH	Urban Labour Market	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour)
BRISTOL EAST	Constituency (PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRISTOL EAST	Constituency (BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRISTOL EMMANUEL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL HOLY CROSS	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL HOLY TRINITY	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL HOLY TRINITY ST PHILIP	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL INCLUDING KINGSWOOD	Urban Labour Market	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.)
BRISTOL NORTH	Constituency (PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRISTOL NORTH EAST	Constituency (BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRISTOL NORTH WEST	Constituency (BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRISTOL RURAL DIVISION	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 775.
BRISTOL SOUTH	Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRISTOL SOUTH EAST	Constituency (BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BRISTOL SS PHILIP AND JACOB IN	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
BRISTOL ST AGNES	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST AGNES WITH ST SIMON	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST AIDAN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST AMBROSE WHITEHALL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST ANDREW WITH ST BARTHOLOMEW	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST AUGUSTINE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST AUGUSTINE	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST AUGUSTINE THE LESS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST AUGUSTINE THE LESS	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST AUGUSTINE WITH ST GEORGE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST BARNABAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST BARTHOLOMEW	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST CLEMENT	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST EWEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST EWEN	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST EWIN	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
BRISTOL ST GABRIEL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST GEORGE BRANDON HILL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JAMES	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
BRISTOL ST JAMES	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JAMES AND ST PAUL OUT	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JAMES IN	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JAMES WITH ST PETER	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WITH ST MARY LE PORT	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JUDE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JUDE WITH ST MATTHIAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST LAWRENCE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST LAWRENCE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST LEONARD	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST LEONARD	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST LEONARD REDFIELD	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST MARY LE PORT	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST MARY LE PORT	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST MARY MAGDALENE WITH ST FRANCIS LOCKLEAZE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST MARY REDCLIFF	Parish-level Unit (CP/Ch)	1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
BRISTOL ST MARY REDCLIFFE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL ST MARY REDCLIFFE	Parish-level Unit (CP/Ch)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL ST MARY REDCLIFFE WITH BRISTOL TEMPLE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL ST MARY REDCLIFFE WITH BRISTOL TEMPLE AND BEDMINSTER ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL ST MICHAEL	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST NATHANAEL WITH ST KATHERINE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST NICHOLAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST NICHOLAS	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST NICHOLAS WITH ST LEONARD	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PAUL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PAUL	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PAUL IN	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PAUL WITH ST BARNABAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PAUL WITH ST CLEMENT	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PETER	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PETER	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PHILIP AND JACOB IN	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
BRISTOL ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB IN	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB OUT	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB WITH EMMANUEL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB WITHOUT	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST SILAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST SIMON	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST STEPHEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST STEPHEN	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST STEPHEN WITH ST NICHOLAS AND ST LEONARD	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST STEPHEN WITH ST NICHOLAS AND ST LEONARD AND ALL SAINTS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST THOMAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL ST THOMAS	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL ST WERBURGH	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST WERBURGH	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL TEMPLE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL TEMPLE	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL THE UNITY	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL WEST	Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
CASTLE PRECINCTS	Parish-level Unit (CP/ExP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CASTLE PRECINCTS	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CASTLE WARD	Parish-level Unit (CP/ExP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CENTRAL BRISTOL	Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
CENTRAL BRISTOL	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
CHRISTCHURCH	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHRIST CHURCH	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CITY OF BRISTOL	District/Unitary Authority (City/UA)	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
E130345	Local Government District (CB/MB)
EAST BRISTOL	Constituency (PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
EAST BRISTOL	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 775.
EWIN ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
JAMES ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
JAMES ST OUT AND PAUL ST OUT	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
JOHN THE BAPTIST ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LEONARD ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MARY LE PORT ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MARY REDCLIFFE ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/Ch)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MICHAEL ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NICHOLAS ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NORTH BRISTOL	Constituency (PBDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
NORTH BRISTOL	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
NORTH EAST BRISTOL	Constituency (BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
NORTH WEST BRISTOL	Constituency (BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
PAUL ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PETER ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PHILIP AND JACOB ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PHILIP AND JACOB ST	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PHILIP ST AND JACOB ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PHILIP ST AND JACOB ST	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PHILIP ST AND ST JACOB	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SOUTH BRISTOL	Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
SOUTH BRISTOL	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
SOUTH EAST BRISTOL	Constituency (BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
SS JAMES AND PAUL OUT	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
SS PHILIP AND JACOB	Registration sub-District	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
SS PHILIP AND JACOB OUT	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST AUGUSTINE	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
ST AUGUSTINE	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST AUGUSTINE THE LESS	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
STEPHEN ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST EWIN	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JAMES	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JAMES	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST JAMES AND ST PAUL OUT	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JAMES AND ST PAUL UNITED OUT	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
ST JAMES IN	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST LEONARD	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARY LE PORT	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARY REDCLIFF	Parish-level Unit (CP/Ch)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARY REDCLIFF	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST MICHAEL	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST NICHOLAS	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST PAUL	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST PAUL	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PAUL AND ST AUGUSTINE	Registration sub-District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PAUL IN	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST PETER	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST PHILIP AND JACOB	Registration sub-District	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Ages of the People'.
ST PHILIP AND JACOB IN	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST PHILIP AND JACOB OUT	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB OUT	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST STEPHEN	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST THOMAS	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST WERBURGH	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
TEMPLE	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
THOMAS ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WERBURGH ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WEST BRISTOL	Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Bristol, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:

For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of whose names is the name of the city followed by a saint's dedication, with just the saint's name as another variant. Parish names will sometimes also include "places" within towns.
Districts usually contain more than one settlement, and some districts had their names changed to take the name of a completely different settlement. As we link each administrative unit to just one of our "places", usually the last place the unit was named after, in these cases the name for a completely different place will appear on this page.
Similarly, a unit may sometimes be named after a particular settlement it contains and sometimes to indicate its location within a higher level unit. This was very common among British parliamentary constituencies in rural areas, one name referring to their main town and another indicating that they were in, say, the southern part of the relevant county.

Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Bristol, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bristol in Gloucestershire | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/843/names

Date accessed: 16th April 2024

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