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Midland Railway Wharf Avon Street 1898 Paul T
Midland Railway Wharf Avon Street 1898 after it changed from being Kings Wharf. National Railway Museum DY1024
St Phillips Bridge 1941
St Phillips Bridge 1941

St Phillips Bridge was built in 1841 on which a toll of ½d was levied until 1875. replacing the Counterslip Ferry. Hence old Bristolians know it as “The Ha’penny Bridge”. It was bombed in 1941 and had to be rebuilt.

Avon Street Wharf 1922 Paul T
Avon Street Wharf 1922
Avon Street Clive Moore
Avon Street – Clive Moore
The Wharf Cheese Lane c1969
The Wharf Cheese Lane c1969
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Shot Tower and Cheese Lane 1979. View towards St Philip’s Bridge from Temple Way. (In: Lord, J. Southam, J. 1983, p.104).
St Phillips Bridge and Shot Tower
St Phillips Bridge and the Shot Tower
St Phollips Bridge from SE
St Phillips Bridge from the SE
south east from st phillips bridge 1935 rw
SE from St Phillips Bridge 1935
Temple Bridge from Valentines
Looking SE from St Phillips Bridge