Steep Street Bristol

The junction of Steep Street and Trenchard Street, Bristol, 1866. John Hill Morgan (b 1833), platinum print.This view was recorded five years before Steep Street, curving away to the left, was demolished and replaced by a realigned road, Colston Street. Steep Street existed in the medieval period when it was the main road from the centre of Bristol to Gloucester. This photograph was published in 1891 as a nostalgic view by Bristol art publishers and print sellers Frost and Reed. A limited run of 100 prints was produced and the negative destroyed

1833 1866 Cobble Colston Curving Demolished Existed Frost Gloucester Junction Picturing Platinum Publishers Recorded Replaced Steep Trenchard

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