For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district including both sides of the River Avon and the River Severn wherever the Seven Bore rolls.

Images of old postcards may be uploaded and reminiscences are particularly welcome.

(the image is the crest of the Great Western Railway linking London and Bristol)

Brycgstow or Brycgstowe (Old English): - Brycg=bridge; Stowe=Assembly place- the assembly place by the bridge: mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as ‘Bristou’, later written as ‘Bristow’