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| | Wikinfo | Bristol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | With a population of 381,000 in the 2001 census, Bristol is England's eighth, and the United Kingdom's eleventh most populous city after London (7,172,000), Birmingham (977,000), Leeds (715,000), Glasgow (618,000), Sheffield (513,000), Belfast (500,000) Bradford (468,000), Edinburgh (448,000) and Liverpool (439,000)) and Manchester (392,000). |
 | | The town of Brycgstow (Old English, "the place at the bridge") was in existence by the beginning of the 11th Century, and under Norman rule acquired one of the strongest castles in southern England. |
 | | The city is connected by road on an east-west axis from London to Wales by the M4 motorway, and on a north-southwest axis from Birmingham to Exeter by the M5 motorway. |
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