CONGRESBURY HISTORY GROUP
The Bristol Connection
In 1548 Edward VI seized the manor from the Bishop of Bath and
Wells. By 1569 John Carr of Bristol, a wealthy soap maker, owned
the manor and later bequeathed it to found a hospital for, poor boys
of Bristol and of Congresbury manor, so benefiting many
Congresbury boys. The hospital survives as the Bristol school,
Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Its trustees, originally Bristol’s Mayor and
Aldermen, oversaw the manor’s affairs from the 16th to the 20th
century.
Early photo of the Ship & Castle
The long connection with Bristol can still be seen, as the Ship and
Castle’s sign features Bristol’s coat of arms ).
