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The Indian community in Bristol is the most socially mobile of Bristol's South Asian residents.

Bristol’s Polish community was first established in the twentieth century by Polish airmen and people displaced by the second world war and by econ

Since at least the time of John Cabot, Italians have been resident in Bristol.

The late Victorian period was one of public health reform and the construction of new streets in the city.

The Bristol and West Progressive Jewish congregation was formed in 1961 and met briefly in members’ houses then met at the meeting house of the Red

Few migrant communities have had such an ambivalent and transformative relationship with Bristol as has the African-Caribbean community.

The Irish, c.1685-1835  

The table shows people of African descent  who lived in Bristol. Scipio Africanus  (1720) was one of them.

The Malcom X Elders, inclusing Princess Campbell. 

By 2001, some sixty years of 'Asian migration' had had a discernible impact on Bristol's cityscape.

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