Bedminster, Bristol
Again corrected misguided text on the origin of the place-name, due to another editor clearly seeking to play down the academic credentials of the person who has completely and robustly deconstructed the earlier idea about the origin of the toponym.
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Bedminster was once a small town in [[Somerset]]. The town's origins seem to be [[Roman Britain|Roman]], centred on the present East Street and West Street. Finds here have been interpreted as an enclosed rural farmstead, dating between the 2nd and 4th centuries, but with possible [[Iron Age]] origins.Jackson, Reg & Roper Simon (2008). ''Archaeological Desk-based Assessment of land at ASHTON VALE, BRISTOL.'' Ashton Gateway Project. p9 |
Bedminster was once a small town in [[Somerset]]. The town's origins seem to be [[Roman Britain|Roman]], centred on the present East Street and West Street. Finds here have been interpreted as an enclosed rural farmstead, dating between the 2nd and 4th centuries, but with possible [[Iron Age]] origins.Jackson, Reg & Roper Simon (2008). ''Archaeological Desk-based Assessment of land at ASHTON VALE, BRISTOL.'' Ashton Gateway Project. p9 |
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The [[river Malago]], runs through Bedminster to join the [[River Avon (Bristol)|Avon]], but there is no evidence or authority whatsoever for the oft-repeated claim that Bedminster was an early Christian place for [[baptism]]s. Historian Anton Bantock proposed that Bedminster's name might derive from a [[Brittonic languages|Brittonic]] word for baptism, ''beydd''.{{cite journal |
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}} However, academic linguist and eminent place-name scholar Professor Richard Coates disputes this toponymy, stating "the Welsh for 'baptism' is {{lang|cy|bedydd}}; this word never even appears in Welsh placenames and it cannot be the source of the medieval spellings of Bedminster".Coates, Richard, 2017. ''Your City's Place-Names: Bristol''. English Place-Name Society, pages 36-37. [[Special:BookSources/9780904889|ISBN 978 0 904889 96 3]] |
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Substantial Roman remains have also been found at Bedminster Down, including plaster, [[tesserae]] (hence [[mosaic]] floors), sandstone roof tiles, coins and pottery, hence the site is thought to be a [[Roman villa]] occupied by the [[Romano-British]]. |
Substantial Roman remains have also been found at Bedminster Down, including plaster, [[tesserae]] (hence [[mosaic]] floors), sandstone roof tiles, coins and pottery, hence the site is thought to be a [[Roman villa]] occupied by the [[Romano-British]]. |
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