St Werburgh's Church, Bristol

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St Werburgh's Church, Bristol, is a former church, now a climbing centre in the St Werburghs area of north-east central Bristol, England. It has been designated on the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building.

Printed engraving from 1829 of the view westwards along Corn Street, Bristol, showing the original position of St Werburgh's church on the north side of the road beyond the Register Office (then the Council House). Also shows All Saints' Church on the south side of the road before The Corn Exchange building. In the foreground is Castle Bank on the south side of Corn Street, destroyed during the Bristol Blitz. The engraving also shows a street scene with numerous figures, market stalls, and a horse and cart.

Corn Street, Bristol

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Corn Street, together with Broad Street, Wine Street and High Street, is one of the four cross streets which met at the Bristol High Cross, the heart of Bristol, England when it was a walled medieval town. From this crossroads Corn Street and its later extension Clare Street runs downhill approximately 325m south-westwards to The Centre.

Corn Street, looking towards its crossroads with Broad Street, Wine Street and High Street. The Exchange is on the right.

Original Caption: 'The Corne Market-house as it stood before taken down'

The Old Council House

Corn Street, looking towards Wine Street on a market day