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From: "Jo Taylor" <>
Subject: Re: Bristol Castle (Henry Abbott)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 13:54:15 +0200
References: <E12wPHW-0004QP-00@skink.ru.ac.za>


Dear Henry (& William),
Don't think there was a 'Bristol Castle' ship, here
http://www.maritimematters.com/union-castle.html is a very informative site
about the Union Castle line - there are many other Castle names. The Great
Western Railway did have a locomotive named 'Bristol Castle', so the absence of
the castle itself wasn't an obstacle!

Here http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/old-02.html are some pictures and info about
Bristol Castle.

Bristol & Avon Family History Society:
http://www.cix.co.uk/%7Ekgroves/ba/index.html

Genuki pages for Bristol:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Bristol/

The local pronunciation is more like "Bristolol" - the 'L' being pronounced
twice, not missed off altogether! - and the 'T' quite soft. If one had a West
Country accent but NOT Bristol, e.g. Somerset or Devon, it would sound a little
more
like "Brist'l" but a person with a neutral 'Queen's English' type accent would
say "Bris-tul".

HTH
Jo Taylor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> hello henry
>
> My 1842 edition of Lewis' "Topographical Dictionary of England and
> Wales" describes bristol as being "a city and county of itself,
> ....between the counties of Gloucester and Somerset, into both of
> which the town extends..." There was never a parish named
> "Castle" in Bristol and Lewis(p.380) says "Cromwell soon after
> [the capitulation of the Royalist force] ordered the castle and
> fortifications to be demolished". (p.385): "Of the ancient
> fortifications, the tower gateway, a plain arch at the end of John
> Street, and St John's gate, under the tower of St John's
> church...are all that remain."
>
> Not surprisingly, there is still a Castle Street in Bristol.
>
> Bristol is usually pronounced as written, but some ancient
> documents call the city "Bristow", which probably indicates the
> local pronounciation. The surname Bristow derives from this.
>
> Because of the total destruction of the castle, it seems rather
> unlikely that there would have been a ship of that name!
>
> with best wishes
>
> William
>
> On 29 May 00, at 13:09, Abbott Henry wrote:
>

> > A fresh source list my "brick wall" as:
> > John ABBOTT, b. 28-2-1820, Bristol Castle
> >
> > I know there is the Castle in Bristol and Castle park.
> > Is there a parish called Castle?
> > Could it be a ship called "Bristol Castle"?
> > About the pronunciation, I am just curious,
> > is Bristol ever pronounced as almost "bristle"?
> > That one seems to come fairly naturally to me.
> > Maybe I am just lazy!
> >
> > All help greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Warm regards,
> > Henry Abbott




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