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Forlorn Hope Estate, or part of it, was described as 'Langsdown's Land' in the 1373 Charter establishing Bristol as a county. It was sometimes also known as Riglings, Ridglings, or Ragland's. While the origin of the name 'Forlorn Hope' is obscure, it predates its use as a pesthouse, in that the
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Pesthouse remained in operation until at least 22 September 1666, when the mayor and aldermen decided to curtail their annual perambulation of the boundaries of the city and county, to view the 'shirestones' because this would require them to pass through the estate twice, going within fifty
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Forlorn Hope Pest House was key to Bristol's attempts to limit the spread of Plague within Bristol in 1666. Unlike London, where 100,000 people died, only about 100 people (
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Bristol Charities, being the report of the commissioners for inquiring concerning charities in England and Wales, so far as relates to the charitable institutions in Bristol
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