How has Bristol changed since the Tudor period? |
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| Because we have such detailed records of Bristol in the Tudor period we can compare what the city must have been like then to the city that we know today. It is interesting to see that many of the landmarks that people would have known in Tudor times still survive. Bristol was known as 'The City of Churches' and many of them are still standing, though St. Werburgh's Church was moved, stone by stone from the centre to its current location in St. Werburgh's. A lot of the street pattern in central Bristol has remained unchanged since the Tudor period, particularly around Corn Street, although most roads have been widened and now have tarmac surfaces. You can draw parallels between modern and Tudor Bristol through comparing maps of the two time periods. In this section you can explore life in Tudor Bristol. You can compare Tudor descriptions of the streets with the modern city and how people's homes have changed since Tudor times. |