Description:

Survey of the Manor of Clifton, by De Wilstar.1746.
Land owned by the Society of Merchant Venturers is shown in red. The area was developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.

Date: 1746

Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers