This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Town laid out commonages routes shaping old Bristol streets
Historic notes detail how commonages formed Bristol lanes and avenues. Prominent figures such as Joseph Jacobs Nathaniel Byfield and Francis Bourn helped set plots and opened streets from Hope Street to the bay. Many lanes became modern streets while some remained unopened or renamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damia
Thom Caven
Rini
Nes
la Troad
James Dewat
Bay View Avenue
Catholic Congregational Society
Joseph Jacobs
Hannah ‘Jacobs
Nathaniel Byfield
Naomi
Thenice
Warwick Bay
Bourn
Wood
Franklin Street
Foster
Congregational Society
Wardwell Street
Central
Bradford Street
Allen Wardwell
Central Street
Col
Samuel Wardwell
Court Street
Hope Street
Bristol County Jail
High Street
John Ward
Summer Street
Thames
Norris and
Burns
Burnside Street
Smith Street
Thomas Paine
Wallis Howe
Williams Street
William Bradford
Congregational Street
High
Wood Street
Bradford
Wood Streets
Francis Bourn
Rock Street