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BRISTOL POLICE COURT

... rescue Milsom. P.C. Hagley, deposed that on tin* previous evening about 7 o'clock was company with P.C. Saunders near Cock and Bottle Lane. Castle Street, when saw Milsom, wh-> was advised by another constable (P.C- Harvey) to go away, as he was creating ...

Published: Saturday 24 May 1902
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 682 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

“ROBINSON CRUSOE

... in 1694. and wrote The Essay on Projects at the Bed Lion Inn, Castle Street (now Nos. 80 and 81), and used the Star in Cock and Bottle Lane. Alexander Selkirk lived on Juan Fernandez from November, to February, 1709. Strange say, he also made bis appearance ...

Published: Thursday 04 January 1906
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: | Words: 391 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

BICYCLES. Ac —For Sal* * Wanted

... Oa—way. BodmineUr. RALEIGH CYCLE, rim-wheel, in spioodld condition, lor BALL—BI. Ringadvwa Parade. Wrialel. —Apply 2. Cock and Bottle Lane. Castle Strom. (KENT’S B.S.A. FREB WHEEL, two brgke* JT 60. lady'. B*lfl 39* a bargain —• Waoi Street. Kj.«r’,l|* ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1907
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: | Words: 705 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LOCAL NOTES

... reference to a part the city which has to be traversed to Teach the hospital, including Castle Street, Old Market Street, and Cock and Bottle Lane, where, at the Star, Daniel Defoe lodged after quitting London to escape his creditors, and heard from Alexander ...

Published: Monday 19 November 1917
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1154 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BRISTOL IN FICTION

... their creators. Many cf the classics in action had their beginnings in the city, in which Defoe, who occupied lodgings j Cock-and-Bottle Lane, first heard the tale of Alexander Selkirk, the original •Robinson Crusoe. The circumstance -hat Edgar Allan Foe's ...

Published: Saturday 03 January 1920
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1018 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HOW THEY WERE CORRUPTED

... could hardly escape transformation into the Cat and Fiddle ': and La Coquinet Bouteillc (the rascally bottle) loet its meaning the Cock and Bottle. Nor had the villager any great respect for either heraldry or ornithology. The swan an d portcullis figuring ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1920
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 649 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LOCAL NOTES

... of his time Bristol at the Red Lion, now 80 and 81 Castle Street, and met his literary friends at the Cock and Bottle (now the Star), Cock and Bottle Lane. Castie Street. Capt. Woodes Rogers lived at 19, Queen Square, now the Docks Office. Juan Fernandez ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1920
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1202 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LOCAL NOTES

... Rogers, of privateering fame, and brought home to Bristol. Here it was. probably at one of the old taverns—ithe Tnn, Cock and Bottle Lane, most likely—that he met Daniel Defoe, and related the story which every British boy is familiar with. ARNO'S VALE ...

Published: Tuesday 09 August 1921
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1237 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE PRINCE AND CHILE

... the story is sufficiently pic turestme to be true. At all events Defoe, who at the time occupied humble lodging in Cock - and - Bottle Lane, found the. rescued mariner's tale sufficiently inspiring, and so we gained a finelegacy of pure romance. It should ...

Published: Tuesday 08 September 1925
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 942 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ROBINSON CRUSOE ON THE FILM

... James's Square, Bristol, and there heard, from him the narrative. Another version is that the two men met the Star Inn, Cock and Bottle Lane, near Castle Street, nnd discussed the •natter- Whatever inspiration Defoe drew, from Selkirk's experiences, he did ...

Published: Wednesday 19 January 1927
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 962 | Page: 4 | Tags: none