BRISTOL

(51° 28’ N., 2° 35’ W.), city, England; in Gloucestershire and Somersets hire, at junction of Frome and Avon; important port, has good dock accommodation; large trade with U.S.A., Canada, Indies, and other parts of empire; exports coal, salt, tin-plates, machinery, cottons, chemical products, etc.; imports provisions, timber, grain, oils, marbles, ores, etc. In district are traces of Rom. and Brit. camps; while under Dan. rule, noted as slave market; surrendered to William the Conqueror, after which it was fortified; scene of rising against Edward IT. in 1313; supported Parliament in Civil War; suffered three sieges; scene of riots at various dates in XVIII. cent. and during Reform Agitation, 1831. Pop. 1921, 377,061.