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The Llandoger Trow, King Street, Bristol

The street lies just south of the old town wall and was laid out in 1650 in order to develop the Town Marsh, the area then lying between the south or Marsh Wall and the Avon. The north side was developed first and the south side in 1663, when the street was named after Charles II. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1570x1712, 502 KB) Llandoger Trow, Bristol, England. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1570x1712, 502 KB) Llandoger Trow, Bristol, England. ... Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. ... // Events Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts. ... The name Charles II is used to refer to numerous persons in history: Kings Charles the Fat (also known as Charles II of France and Charles III of the Holy Roman Empire) Charles II of England Charles II of Naples Charles II of Navarre Charles II of Romania Charles II...

The Old Duke, King Street, Bristol

Among the historic buildings in the street are:

• The Llandoger Trow, originally merchants' houses, now a historic public house (1664)^[1]
• The Old Duke, a public house (1780s)^[2]
• King William and Naval Volunteer Public Houses (1670s)^[3]
• St Nicholas's Almshouses (1652)^[4]
• Theatre Royal (1766)
• Coopers' Hall (1743), now part of the Theatre
• Numbers 33-34 (1653) the only surviving buildings of the original development, including parts of the old town wall^[5], ^[6]
• Free Library (1738-40) by James Paty, now a Chinese restaurant^[7]
• Merchant Venturers Almshouses (1696-9)^[8]

The Coopers' Hall (right), King Street, Bristol

Queen Square lies just to the south of King Street, and a small 21st century open space connects the west end of King Street to the north-west corner of Queen Square. The Llandoger Trow is an historic public house in Bristol. ... The Old Duke is a famous Jazz and Blues venue and pub situated on King Street in the heart of Bristol, England. ... The Coopers Hall (right) became the theatre foyer in the 1970s. ... The Bristol Old Vic (grid reference ST587727) is a theatre complex and theatrical company in the centre of Bristol, England. ... The Bristol Old Vic theatre complex in Bristol, England. ... The Bristol Old Vic theatre complex in Bristol, England. ... Queen Square is a public open space in the centre of the historic city of Bristol, England. ... The 21st century is the present century of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

• Andrew Foyle, Bristol, Pevsner Architectural Guides (2004) ISBN 0-300-10442-1