This study covering the period c1000 to c1800 is of the medieval and early modern houses of bristol englandrsquos second city in the later middle ages and again in the 18th century based partly on the survey of surviving early buildings the study also makes extensive use of documentary evidence and records of houses now demolished to analyse how town houses reveal the social structure and aspirations of bristolrsquos citizens in this period it looks first at the development of the town a