Brandon Hill, Bristol
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Brandon Hill, also known as St Brandon's Hill, is a hill close to Bristol city centre, between the districts of Clifton and Hotwells, in south west England.
Cabot Tower on top of Brandon Hill, Bristol
Bristol seen from the summit of Brandon Hill, 1734. Washerwomen in foreground.
Brandon Hill depicted in Millerd's prospect of Bristol, 1673
The Grand Reform Dinner on Brandon Hill, Aug 1832
James Millerd
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James Millerd was a Bristol cloth merchant and cartographer, best known for his 1673 map of the city and his associated illustrations of Bristol.
Brandon Hill, Bristol
…in 1574. It was said she did this to compensate the city's washerwomen for their ugliness. The hill's continued use for drying clothes is recorded on James Millerd's 1673 map of Bristol, which notes that: 'The Hill is a publick convenience to the Cittie for the use of dry-ing Cloaths'. The Latin text on his map…
James Millerd, prospect of The Citty of Bristoll (1673)
Dedication on the Millerd's 1673 prospect, obscured by drapes
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