Any chance someone local could please tell me if Prior Hill still exists today? I have googled and got all my old Ordnance Survey maps out and still no luck finding it!!! Maybe it’s Goodwin Street now? I keep finding the Connecticut versions instead! Amanda NZ

On the map below if you zoom in to Bristol city centre around Lewins Mead and the Horsefair you can see the modern area covered by St James in 1851. When you have zoomed in click on "Map" at the top of the page which changes the background to the modern street map. http://maps.familysearch.org/#search Have you tried Bristol-Know your place as that has pre OS maps including 1750 Rocque and 1828/1855/1874 Ashmead maps which all cover the St James area. The 1855 map is the easiest to read but I could not see a Goodwin Street. http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/knowyourplace/ Many Bristol streets were renamed in the 1890s possibly because there were several acts of parliament around them which meant local councils had to clearly name streets to avoid confusion. Some streets would have disappeared because of slum clearances and redevelopment and others disappeared in the 1940s for obvious reasons. This web page lists some lost streets since 1900 http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/2133485328/ Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amanda Kerby Sent: 08 October 2012 09:47 To: [email protected] Subject: [B&S] Godwin Street, Prior Hill, St James Bristol 1787 Any chance someone local could please tell me if Prior Hill still exists today? I have googled and got all my old Ordnance Survey maps out and still no luck finding it!!! Maybe it�s Goodwin Street now? I keep finding the Connecticut versions instead! Amanda NZ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:47:25 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > Any chance someone local could please tell me if Prior Hill still exists > today? I have googled and got all my old Ordnance Survey maps out and > still no luck finding it!!! Hi Amanda, Prior's Hill Fort (Fremantle Square) in Bristol is mentioned on the following web page: http://www.fortified-places.com/bristol.html A map showing the position of Prior's Hill Fort in Bristol is here: http://www.fortified-places.com/bristol_image6.gif The position of Prior's Hill Fort on a modern map is shown here: http://www.pastscape.org.uk/maps.aspx?a=0&hob_id=198333 Possibly Godwin Street was in this location. Josephine

On the 1880 map the words "Priors Hill Fort (Site of)"appear at the junction of Fremantle St and Kingsdown Parade. If you do an address search for 13 Fremantle Rd on "Know Your Place" that will take you straight there. However the street is only partly built on the 1855 map and on the 1828 map the area is green fields called Nine Tree Hill so cannot be Godwin St in 1787. The streets just south of Fremantle St such as Somerset St or Dove St(was Dove Cote Lane) are in St James Out Parish and are on the 1750 map. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josephine Jeremiah Sent: 08 October 2012 16:45 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&S] Godwin Street, Prior Hill, St James Bristol 1787 On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:47:25 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > Any chance someone local could please tell me if Prior Hill still > exists today? I have googled and got all my old Ordnance Survey maps > out and still no luck finding it!!! Hi Amanda, Prior's Hill Fort (Fremantle Square) in Bristol is mentioned on the following web page: http://www.fortified-places.com/bristol.html A map showing the position of Prior's Hill Fort in Bristol is here: http://www.fortified-places.com/bristol_image6.gif The position of Prior's Hill Fort on a modern map is shown here: http://www.pastscape.org.uk/maps.aspx?a=0&hob_id=198333 Possibly Godwin Street was in this location. Josephine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Josephine and Chris for all the useful map links. I loved that 1750 Rocque map! So much tiny hand drawn detail, little trees and you can zoom in to see individually named buildings. The nonly thing is how to ged rid of the little green diamonds which keep popping up everywhere!! Wow, gotta figure a way of downloading it! It cant be as easy as right click save it surely. The diagramatic map of Prior Hill Fort was helpful too Josephine. They are all showing the right sort of area where Benjamin Gillam lived so at least if we cant find Godwin St itself we know it was around Freemantle somewhere. Thanks for your help everyone. Amanda From: Chris Jefferies Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 7:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&S] Godwin Street, Prior Hill, St James Bristol 1787 On the 1880 map the words "Priors Hill Fort (Site of)"appear at the junction of Fremantle St and Kingsdown Parade. If you do an address search for 13 Fremantle Rd on "Know Your Place" that will take you straight there. However the street is only partly built on the 1855 map and on the 1828 map the area is green fields called Nine Tree Hill so cannot be Godwin St in 1787. The streets just south of Fremantle St such as Somerset St or Dove St(was Dove Cote Lane) are in St James Out Parish and are on the 1750 map. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josephine Jeremiah Sent: 08 October 2012 16:45 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&S] Godwin Street, Prior Hill, St James Bristol 1787 On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:47:25 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > Any chance someone local could please tell me if Prior Hill still > exists today? I have googled and got all my old Ordnance Survey maps > out and still no luck finding it!!! Hi Amanda, Prior's Hill Fort (Fremantle Square) in Bristol is mentioned on the following web page: http://www.fortified-places.com/bristol.html A map showing the position of Prior's Hill Fort in Bristol is here: http://www.fortified-places.com/bristol_image6.gif The position of Prior's Hill Fort on a modern map is shown here: http://www.pastscape.org.uk/maps.aspx?a=0&hob_id=198333 Possibly Godwin Street was in this location. Josephine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message