Broad Street, along with High Street, Wine Street and Corn Street, is one of the four original streets that have made up the city of Bristol since Saxon times, when it was the burgh of Brycgstow.
Broad Street, Bristol, and the church tower of St John-on-the-Wall
St John's Gate in 1931
High Street, together with Wine Street, Broad Street and Corn Street, is one of the four cross streets which met at the carfax, later the site of the Bristol High Cross, the heart of Bristol, England when it was a walled medieval town. From this crossroads High Street runs downhill south-east to Bristol Bridge, a distance of approximately 155m.
High Street, Bristol, looking from the central crossroads towards Bristol Bridge.
The Dutch House in 1931.
High Street, viewed from Bristol Bridge.
Bristol's Front Door: High Street and Bristol Bridge, c1900