Bristol UK Postcards - The Cathedral (2)

Bristol UK Postcards - The Cathedral (2)

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

This postcard, posted in Bristol on July 10th, 1907, has no other printed text.

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

This unused postcard has the printed text...

417
Avonvale Series
J. B. & S. C.
Avonvale Series of Pictorial Post Cards
Printed in Hessen

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Great Western Railway
G. W. Series 4

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

This postcard, posted in Bristol on August 27th, 1926, has the printed text...

3291
"Pelham" Post Card
Real Photo Series

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

This unused postcard has the printed text...

3630
Printed in England

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

Bristol Cathedral & Queen Square

This postcard, posted in Bristol but with an unreadable date, has just the printed text 385.

The marble statue of Queen Victoria, by Joseph Edgar Boehm, is on the edge of College Green, near the Cathedral. It was unveiled by her grandson Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence on 25th July 1888, to commemorate her Golden Jubilee of the previous year. £2,500 was raised by public subscription to pay for it. It is 8 ft 6 ins high and weighs 4 tons. The original sceptre and orb the statue holds are now broken. During redevelpment of the site in 2004, a sealed glass jar "time capsule" was found under the bronze plinth of the statue which was given to Bristol Museum.

Bristol Cathedral & Abbey Gateway

Bristol Cathedral West Front & Abbey Gateway

This postcard, posted in Harrowgate on December 12th, 1908, has the printed text...

270
"Phillimore" Series, Fuller & Richard, London.

The illustration in the lower left of the postcard says "Abbot Knowle, architect of the Abbey began building 1298." The illustration in the lower right says "Monks of the Abbey giving anniversary dole to the poor."

The back of the postcard also has a small illustration...

Cabot sails on Matthew

This illustration has the text "John Cabot and sons sail from Bristol and discover the continent of America, A.D. 1495.

Bristol Cathedral West Front & Abbey Gateway

Bristol Cathedral West Front & Abbey Gateway

This unused postcard has the printed text...

No. 248
E. S. Copyright
Printed at works in Leipzig

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