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You didn't finish the wiki quote, the same sentence even!:
The King tried to innovate, and the people ignored him! Exactly how we should react to state meddling now. It was only a temporary half-hearted sort of measure, it would seem, and not one the Bristolians seem to have been too bothered about fighting for.but maps usually showed it as part of Gloucestershire, until the county was enlarged in the 19th century, and as the city spilled south of the river, it took the county with it.
Gloucestershire, eh? I though it was Somerset. I can be forgiven this surely? It is a million miles from my house. I only went there once, for a University Open Day. Met a nice Durham girl on the train home too...
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