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In 1792 the first overseas Consulate for the United States of America was established in this house.

This Public House is one of many that were used by sailors and others in the Port of Bristol.

This street is named after the gold coin called a guinea, which took its name from the West African gold coast.

Dating back to at least 1745, the Ostrich Public House is one of the pubs which Sailors, shipyard and dock workers, merchants and others used when

A modern housing development is now built on the site of Sydenham Teast's shipyards.

This street was once a very busy location, with merchants and traders living here as well as warehouses alongside the quay at the backs of the hous

Bristol, built at the bridging point of the Frome and Avon rivers in Saxon times, has been an important port for centuries.

Winsford village

Rams heads over the entrance to South Molton market.

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