In 1696 the Bristol Society of Merchant Venturers built their almshouses here for sick and elderly sailors, and the building still survives.
Merchants' Hall was the eighteenth-century headquarters of the Society of the Merchant Venturers of the City of Bristol.
Off to the side of Queen Square is Marsh Street, a rather less well to do address.
This building was designed especially as a Custom House, and the original opened in 1711.
In 1792 the first overseas Consulate for the United States of America was established in this house.
Captain Woodes Rogers (1679-1732) is remembered in a plaque on 33-35 Queen Square, he was Captain of a voyage around the world from 1708 to 1711, w
Queen Square has always been popular with rich merchants and traders.
This Public House is one of many that were used by sailors and others in the Port of Bristol.
This large Church of England church is a very fine example of how a church can be enlarged and supported by a very wealthy congregation. Some membe
The Christian religious group called the Quakers (The Religious Society of Friends) used this small plot of land as their burial ground for a numbe
