Coordinates: 51°27′28″N 2°35′16″W / 51.457651, -2.587900 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 540 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (702 × 780 pixel, file size: 170 KB, MIME type: image/png) Map of Bristol, from same sources as others on Wikipedia:WikiProject Bristol. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... View from Cumberland Basin of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Avon Gorge Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Quakers Friars (grid reference ST592733) is a historic building in Broadmead, Bristol, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... St Augustines Reach from St Augustines Parade during the 2004 Harbour festival The central area of the city of Bristol, South West England, is the area south of the central ring road and north of the Floating Harbour, bordered north by St Pauls and Easton, east by Temple... View from Cumberland Basin of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Avon Gorge Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate...

The site is the remains of a Dominican friary that dates from 1230.^[1]

The friends meeting house was built in 1747-49 by George Tully, with detailing by Thomas Paty, as a Quaker meeting house and is now used as a register office. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.^[2] Thomas Paty (c. ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... In England and Wales, The Register Office is primarily the local office for the registration of births, deaths and marriages (BD&M), and for the conducting of civil marriages. ... English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

William Penn was married, 1696, in an earlier building on the site.^[3] William Penn William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...

It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.^[4] A Scheduled Ancient Monument is defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983 of the United Kingdom government. ...

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See also

• Grade I listed buildings in Bristol