University of Bristol
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The University of Bristol is a red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595, and University College, Bristol, which had been in existence since 1876.
Wills Memorial Building (Schools of Law and Earth Sciences) on Park Street, Bristol. The tower was cleaned in 2006–2007.
Evacuated King's College London students at the University of Bristol in 1940
The Victoria Rooms, housing the School of Music
Most of the buildings here are used by the university. The Wills Memorial Building is left of centre. Viewed from the Cabot Tower on Brandon Hill
Red brick university
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A red brick university was originally one of the nine civic universities founded in the major industrial cities of England in the 19th century.
The Victoria Building of the University of Liverpool was the inspiration for the term "red brick university" which was coined by Professor Edgar Allison Peers.
The Aston Webb building, University of Birmingham
University of Manchester
Image: Former County Court, Quay Street, Manchester 3