If you like the history of this area then have a look at Pill, Somerset which is on the banks of the river Avon.. unfortunately Pill was ruined by the developers in the 50s and 60s but we still keep our history alive! Bristol likes to claim the Matthew with John Cabot left from there in 1497. Two Pill men were appointed to pilot her down who were Mr Ray and Mr Shepard.. James Ray gets all the credit normally. The river wasn’t navigable in one tide so they would have probably made it to Hung road, Pill and waited for the next ebb tide.
A good try , the main reason for the naming of Christmas Steps , is that of the church at the top of Christmas Steps , which is , or was called The Chapel of The Three Kings . Also I agree with a previous subscriber that the pronunciation of Llandoger Trow needs to be improved .
Hello again from me…. Just watched your interesting Bristol story. We passed the Llandoger Trow last year, when we went up to An exhibition at Bristol Cathedral…. When they had a giant inflatable moon 4 everyone to see exhibition there. The Llandoger Trow was packed to the rafters & all those tables outside were rammed with people & laughter. Lovely atmosphere. As for the haunted side. I know we visited Redcliff caves once by the harbour side many years back. In 2000 at Bristol open doors days. When old properties are open to the public once a year. Redcliffe caves are said to be haunted, but by what unfortunately not sure. Most haunted with Evette Fielding have visited & done live ghost hunt there….. Now if we venture just a little outside of Bristol is Ashton’s Court Estate & Mansion. Said to be haunted by a scarey coachman at its gates. The mansion is vast. But has sadly been shut off to the public in parts. Other parts of it are used 4 functions & there are small tea rooms 4 visitors in the summer months. Lots of people use it’s grounds 4 dog walking, cycling, it hosts festivals like the Annual Bristol balloon festival. I’m pretty sure local ghost hunters visit it too. We once attended a ghost story teller. Who opened his room 4 visitors so he could tell 40+ of us spooky tales. We found it very interesting indeed. We had to book. Now Onto Another area famous 4 it’s ghost sightings are Brockley Coombe. Brockley coombe is a very large dense wooded area similar to Weston woods. It’s about half a mile from Lulsgate Bristol airport. Brockley Coombe is a very slightly curvy wooded road that goes through Brockley Woods. It connects from the A370 to the Main Bristol to Weston Road. Brockley coombe Which are said to be Haunted by numourous ghosts. 1 being the famous headless coachman that is seen to ride down the Coombe every full moon 🌕 at midnight. My Friend Janey & her brother once told me they parked up & waited there on a full moon 🌕 at 12:00am. She said they saw some strange beem of light…… not of car headlights. Then it vanished again…. My account of weirdness there was when it was a cold winters night. I was sat laughing & telling ghost 👻 stories when my friend Rachel’s mum was driving me home from Felton where they lived. We were coming up through Brockley & it would of been 9:ish in the evening…. Very cold 🥶 & dark. When a sudden whirl of ground mist out of nowhere whirled up towards the car. We drove through it. It made me feel odd. Anyway there’s a few local stories from that area. Looking forward to watching some more of your interesting stuff & commeting.
Wow! Thanks for those stories. Seems you have had some encounters too. That was a bit errie about seeing the lights on the full moon - The headless horseman? Thanks. :-)
I lived in Bristol form 1988 till 2012 - a bit longer than 24 hours! I went to the University of Bristol and stayed on afterwards. I love the city. An interesting thing about Corn Street and the Corn Exchange. If you have heard the saying 'pay on the nail' - it comes from the three brass pedestals outside of the exchange. When negotiating the price of corn, after a price was agreed, the buyer would pay for their corn on one of the brass pedestals - which are called 'nails'. So, the buyer would pay on the nail. If you ever stay in Bristol again, there is a hotel that backs onto the Llandoger Trow (I think it is a Premier Inn) and there is actually a door between the pub and hotel. Iast time I stayed there, I think breakfst was served in the pub.
@@thefloorkilleryou’ve got that story not quite correct! My 3rd great aunts husband was the Pill pilot who pulled the two girls out the river.. his name was James Hazel from Pill, Somerset! The two young girls were thrown off the bridge by the father, I think it was because he was bankrupt but I might not have that correct. Anyway, James Hazel was coming under the bridge on his way back to Pill as that was where the Bristol Pilots were traditionally all from. He heard two splashes to went to investigate in the dark and found the two young girls alive and well. The dresses they were wearing acted like parachute and slowed the fall. The girls were Ruby and Elsie Brown and if you Google the names you’ll find it. I’m not sure if the girls were landed back at Pill but if they were they would have been taken care of despite Pill being a very hard place with locals not liking outsiders.. especially ones meddling with their lively hoods! Pill and Bristol always had a strange relationship but Pill had them because without the Pill men’s knowledge (Pilots and Hobblers) the ships and cargoes would have never gotten to the port! The Pill sharks still rule the river today! 🦈⚓️🏴☠️
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The Ram PH in Wooton. That will freak you out.
If you like the history of this area then have a look at Pill, Somerset which is on the banks of the river Avon.. unfortunately Pill was ruined by the developers in the 50s and 60s but we still keep our history alive! Bristol likes to claim the Matthew with John Cabot left from there in 1497. Two Pill men were appointed to pilot her down who were Mr Ray and Mr Shepard.. James Ray gets all the credit normally. The river wasn’t navigable in one tide so they would have probably made it to Hung road, Pill and waited for the next ebb tide.
Londoner Trow was a flat bottomed sailing boat that crossed from Bristol to Chepstow.
Severn Trows went all over the top part of the channel and right up the rivers.
@@PillSharks Interesting.
The White Hart Inn (next to the bus station) is very haunted.
There are many locations in Bristol that are very haunted, to many to actually list
Thanks for that. I actually walked past it! 👍
A good try , the main reason for the naming of Christmas Steps , is that of the church at the top of Christmas Steps , which is , or was called The Chapel of The Three Kings .
Also I agree with a previous subscriber that the pronunciation of Llandoger Trow needs to be improved .
Thanks for that. 👍
I have investigated the Llandogger Trow....it is very active 👻
Wow! What did you encounter?
From experience, I know that Barrow Gurney Hospital was incredibly overcome by something.
Thanks for that. 🙂
Twinned with the moon! lol.
There is a Iron age settlement on the Downs overlooking the Suspension Bridge
Wow! Thatnks for that.
You should do research on half penny bridge in snuff mills (in Bristol) it's got a pretty messed up history many deaths there
Thanks for that. I may have to return to Bristol,. Getting many tips to investigate. Thanks. :-)
Hello again from me…. Just watched your interesting Bristol story. We passed the Llandoger Trow last year, when we went up to An exhibition at Bristol Cathedral…. When they had a giant inflatable moon 4 everyone to see exhibition there. The Llandoger Trow was packed to the rafters & all those tables outside were rammed with people & laughter. Lovely atmosphere. As for the haunted side. I know we visited Redcliff caves once by the harbour side many years back. In 2000 at Bristol open doors days. When old properties are open to the public once a year. Redcliffe caves are said to be haunted, but by what unfortunately not sure. Most haunted with Evette Fielding have visited & done live ghost hunt there….. Now if we venture just a little outside of Bristol is Ashton’s Court Estate & Mansion. Said to be haunted by a scarey coachman at its gates. The mansion is vast. But has sadly been shut off to the public in parts. Other parts of it are used 4 functions & there are small tea rooms 4 visitors in the summer months. Lots of people use it’s grounds 4 dog walking, cycling, it hosts festivals like the Annual Bristol balloon festival. I’m pretty sure local ghost hunters visit it too. We once attended a ghost story teller. Who opened his room 4 visitors so he could tell 40+ of us spooky tales. We found it very interesting indeed. We had to book. Now Onto Another area famous 4 it’s ghost sightings are Brockley Coombe. Brockley coombe is a very large dense wooded area similar to Weston woods. It’s about half a mile from Lulsgate Bristol airport. Brockley Coombe is a very slightly curvy wooded road that goes through Brockley Woods. It connects from the A370 to the Main Bristol to Weston Road. Brockley coombe Which are said to be Haunted by numourous ghosts. 1 being the famous headless coachman that is seen to ride down the Coombe every full moon 🌕 at midnight. My Friend Janey & her brother once told me they parked up & waited there on a full moon 🌕 at 12:00am. She said they saw some strange beem of light…… not of car headlights. Then it vanished again…. My account of weirdness there was when it was a cold winters night. I was sat laughing & telling ghost 👻 stories when my friend Rachel’s mum was driving me home from Felton where they lived. We were coming up through Brockley & it would of been 9:ish in the evening…. Very cold 🥶 & dark. When a sudden whirl of ground mist out of nowhere whirled up towards the car. We drove through it. It made me feel odd. Anyway there’s a few local stories from that area. Looking forward to watching some more of your interesting stuff & commeting.
Wow! Thanks for those stories. Seems you have had some encounters too. That was a bit errie about seeing the lights on the full moon - The headless horseman? Thanks. :-)
Not too far from Brockley Coombe, the now demolished Barrow Gurney Hospital was incredibly active.
The disfigured man could have come from the leper hospital of st Lawrence now the st Lawrence roundabout .it was outside the city walls
Oh! Thanks for that. :-)
I lived in Bristol form 1988 till 2012 - a bit longer than 24 hours! I went to the University of Bristol and stayed on afterwards. I love the city.
An interesting thing about Corn Street and the Corn Exchange. If you have heard the saying 'pay on the nail' - it comes from the three brass pedestals outside of the exchange. When negotiating the price of corn, after a price was agreed, the buyer would pay for their corn on one of the brass pedestals - which are called 'nails'. So, the buyer would pay on the nail.
If you ever stay in Bristol again, there is a hotel that backs onto the Llandoger Trow (I think it is a Premier Inn) and there is actually a door between the pub and hotel. Iast time I stayed there, I think breakfst was served in the pub.
Thanks for Corn Exchange story. Never heard that phase 'Pay on the naiil'. Thanks for that tip about the Premier Inn. Might stayt there next time. :-)
Premier Inns sold the Llandoger and that door was bricked up, the Llandoger is now a brilliant real ale pub and has it's fair share of ghosts
Sadly, the Clifton suspension bridge is the site of many suicides.
Yes. I've heard. :-( Thanks for watching. :-)
One woman threw herself off the bridge and survived due to her large flowing dress
@@thefloorkilleryou’ve got that story not quite correct! My 3rd great aunts husband was the Pill pilot who pulled the two girls out the river.. his name was James Hazel from Pill, Somerset!
The two young girls were thrown off the bridge by the father, I think it was because he was bankrupt but I might not have that correct. Anyway, James Hazel was coming under the bridge on his way back to Pill as that was where the Bristol Pilots were traditionally all from. He heard two splashes to went to investigate in the dark and found the two young girls alive and well. The dresses they were wearing acted like parachute and slowed the fall.
The girls were Ruby and Elsie Brown and if you Google the names you’ll find it.
I’m not sure if the girls were landed back at Pill but if they were they would have been taken care of despite Pill being a very hard place with locals not liking outsiders.. especially ones meddling with their lively hoods! Pill and Bristol always had a strange relationship but Pill had them because without the Pill men’s knowledge (Pilots and Hobblers) the ships and cargoes would have never gotten to the port!
The Pill sharks still rule the river today! 🦈⚓️🏴☠️
It's a City and a County in its own right. Please don't call it a town
Oh! :-o Sorry! Thanks for the update.
You are pronouncing Llandogger Trow totally wrong....
Try Lan-dog-er Trow (trow rymes with how or wow)
Thanks for that. 👍