Bits of Bristol

This post strays a bit out of Somerset into Bristol, though this first cover from December 1814 is going to Sidcot in Somerset.  Sidcot was a receiving house on the road to Axbridge, opened in 1805 for the Fifth Clause Post.  The wrapper has a manuscript "1d" on the reverse for the Fifth Clause post from Bristol to Sidcot.

This next piece is part of a parcel, with a large address label for Hellyar & Crinks, and with a Parcel Post label for Victoria Street, Bristol with a handstamp dated November 1897.

Finally, here is a Post Office form used to requisition licenses by the postmaster of Inns Court Green, Bristol in November 1960.  The postmaster is requesting two books of gun licenses and two of TV licenses.

This is the reverse of the form, showing a nice Bristol slogan cancel.