Edward Colston
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Edward Colston was an English merchant, slave trader, philanthropist and Tory Member of Parliament.
Jonathan Richardson Portrait of Edward Colston
Colston's Almshouses
Cromwell House, Mortlake, west London, where Colston died in 1721. He was buried in Bristol.
Engraving of Colston's monument in All Saints' Church, Bristol from Bristol Past and Present (1882)
Bristol Beacon
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Bristol Beacon, previously Colston Hall, is a concert hall and Grade II listed building on Colston Street, Bristol, England. It is owned by Bristol City Council. Since 2011, it has been managed by Bri
Edward Colston
…statue was toppled and pushed into Bristol Harbour during protests in support of Black Lives Matter. The city's concert venue, Colston Hall, was renamed Bristol Beacon along with several other locations that held his name. Colston was born on 2 November 1636, in Temple Street, Bristol, and baptised in the Temple Church…
The 2009 foyer block
The Great House (then Colston's Hospital for boys) on St Augustine's back, Bristol, 1720s
The Bristol Byzantine-style façade at the front of Colston Hall
The new foyer alongside Colston Hall, which opened in 2009