Modern Totterdown owes much of its character to the suburban expansion of Bristol in the 1870s and 1880s, but beneath the brick and stone terraces of Lower Totterdown's "Pylle Hill" lies a much older history.
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1. Introduction
About this site
2. Settlement
Alders, old places and bridges
Monastic engineering and medieval highways
Guns, ropes and rabbits
Excavations, Uses and Development
Two buildings that gave shape to a developing community
Destruction and Rebuilding
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