For one reason or another, though my family has no particular connection with the place, I’ve quite often had UK-based relatives who live in Bristol. When I used to visit them there when I was young, it was before I’d so determinedly become a medievalist, and I mainly visited the waterfront. It wasn’t till a more recent visit, in March 2022, that I discovered that Bristol’s medieval past is actually visible in places. I admit, I’d assumed that a combination of devel