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Broad Street, Bristol

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Tailor's Court is a small side lane leading off Broad Street. Here can be seen the Merchant Tailor's Guild Hall, built in 1740. This area used to be full of lawyers' offices, but is now mostly student accommodation. The churchyard of St John the Baptist has an entrance here.
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St John's Gate, which stands at the bottom of the street, is the last remaining part of the
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Going downhill from the junction with Corn Street, other notable buildings include
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built above it. The two side passages were created in the 1820s.
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stands at the bottom of the street, where it joins Quay Street.
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merchants would set up their stalls on Broad Street. An old
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Broad Street, Bristol. A narrow street of historic buildings, spanned by an archway on which stands the tower of St John-on-the-Wall.
St John-on-the-Wall
Broad Street, Bristol is located in Bristol Central
Bristol City Council
Bristol
England
51°27′23″N 2°35′48″W / 51.456313°N 2.596605°W / 51.456313; -2.596605
High Street
Corn Street
High Street
Wine Street
Corn Street
Bristol
Saxon
The Exchange
city gate
Christ Church with St Ewen
William Paty
former branch
Bank of England
Charles R Cockerell
Greek Doric
Thistle Hotel, Bristol
Foster and Wood
Italian Renaissance
Guildhall
Gothic
Richard Shackleton Pope
Art Nouveau
Edward Everard printing works

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