Francis Fry (1803–1886) was an English businessman and bibliographer.
23-445: Fry was born at Westbury-on-Trym , near Bristol , on 28 October 1803, the second son of Joseph Storrs Fry . He was educated at a large school at Fishponds , in the neighbourhood of Frenchay , kept by a Quaker named Joel Lean, and began business training at Croydon . From the age of 20 to middle age he devoted himself to the rapidly increasing business of J. S. Fry & Sons, cocoa and chocolate manufacturers, at Bristol, in which he
46-545: A closed pub (The Foresters Tavern) just off the central War Memorial in the Village, its coming had been the subject of much discussion in the village and had been strongly opposed by many. Schools within the area include Elmlea Infant School , Elmlea Junior School , Bristol Free School and Westbury on Trym Church of England Academy . Independent schools include the prestigious girls' schools Badminton , which has taught pupils such as Indira Gandhi , Princess Haya of Jordan and
69-404: A fort but could also mean a fortified house or a minster . The name may refer to a minster already present on the site of the parish church in the 8th century. It is not clear why the burh was "west". It possibly referred to the westernmost minster in the territory of Hwicce. At the end of the 8th century, King Offa of Mercia granted land at Westbury to his minister, Aethelmund . Early in
92-533: A major share in managing the Bristol Waterworks (1846) until his death. In 1839 he moved to Cotham, Bristol , and built a house close to the old Tower. With William Forster, father of William Edward Forster , and Robert Alsop, he visited Northern Italy in 1850, as a deputation from the Society of Friends to various crowned heads, asking for their support in the abolition of slavery . In 1852 he made proposals to
115-565: A new church and other buildings. The monastery became a college with a dean and canons at the end of the 13th century. It was rebuilt in the mid-15th century to resemble a miniature castle with turrets and a gatehouse. Westbury College was dissolved in 1544 and became a private house. The Royalist Prince Rupert of the Rhine used it as his quarters during the English Civil War . When he left, in 1643, he ordered it to be set on fire so that
138-408: A number of charity shops . Two free car parks are available and a medium-sized supermarket, built on the site of the previous Carlton cinema, above which there is a ladies only gym. During 2001, a large Sainsbury's was proposed, but the opposition to the plan was so strong from local villagers that the supermarket construction was eventually scrapped. In November 2013 a Tesco Metro opened on the site of
161-459: A visit to Germany, a discovery made by Fry at Munich , about books printed at Worms by Peter Schöffer the younger , enabled him to decide that William Tyndale 's first English New Testament came from Schöffer's press. Two years later Fry produced his facsimile reprint, by means of tracing and lithography, of Tyndale's New Testament (1525 or 1526), the first complete edition printed in English, from
184-425: Is a grade I listed building . The ancient parish of Westbury-on-Trym was a large one. It included Stoke Bishop , Redland , a large exclave comprising Shirehampton and Avonmouth , and several smaller exclaves in the parish of Henbury . When the civil parish was created in 1866, Shirehampton was separated to form its own civil parish, and in 1894 Redland also became a separate civil parish. On 1 October 1904
207-650: Is a suburb in the north of the City of Bristol , near the suburbs of Stoke Bishop , Westbury Park , Henleaze , Southmead and Henbury , in the southwest of England. The place is partly named after the River Trym , which flows through it. For elections to Bristol City Council , the area is part of Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze electoral ward . From 1974 to 2016, Westbury-on-Trym was itself an electoral ward, initially electing 3 members to Bristol City Council and 1 member to Avon County Council , and later electing 2 members to
230-603: The A4018 , which runs from the city centre to Cribbs Causeway . Westbury is served by bus routes 1, 10, 11, 13, 623 and service T7 also connects Westbury-on-Trym with Chepstow . The nearest railway station is Sea Mills station at Sea Mills . The following suburbs are in the same urban area, but lie in South Gloucestershire or North Somerset : Brittas, Dublin Too Many Requests If you report this error to
253-636: The Parliamentarians could not make use of it. In the 20th century some of the college buildings were restored. Westbury College Gatehouse passed into the hands of the National Trust and the grounds were adapted for housing elderly people. The current Church of the Holy Trinity dates from 1194 (although there has been a place of worship on the site since 717), with an early 13th century nave and aisles, and 15th century chancel, chapels and tower. It
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#1732858704447276-653: The 60s. Falcondale Road was constructed during the 1930s to act as a bypass to the narrow twisting streets of the old village. With the opening of the Filton Bypass in the late 30s, Falcondale Road acted as a major conduit for A38 holiday traffic going to and from the South West. However, when the Filton Bypass was split into two by the construction of the Brabazon Runway in the late 40s, A38 traffic had to be directed to
299-500: The 9th century land at Westbury passed to the Bishop of Worcester . Later there was a monastery at Westbury, probably initially a secular one, with married clergy. This changed towards the end of the 10th century when Oswald of Worcester , in whose diocese the monastery lay, sent a party of 12 monks to follow more stringent rules at the Westbury monastery. The architect Ednoth constructed
322-514: The Bristol factory between 1768 and 1781 was particularly complete. Many examples were described by Hugh Owen . His collection of bibles and testaments numbered nearly thirteen hundred, chiefly English, especially editions of the versions of Tyndale, Coverdale, and Cranmer, but with a number of first editions in other languages. He catalogued the library of the Monthly Meeting at Bristol in 1860. On
345-471: The city council after ward boundary changes in 1999. The origins of Westbury-on-Trym predate those of Bristol itself. In the 6th century Westbury was in the territory of Hwicce , which became part of Mercia in the 7th century. The earliest record of Westbury, in the form Uuestburg , was in a charter dated between 793 and 796. -burg or -bury was from the Old English burh , which usually meant
368-436: The civil parish was abolished and absorbed into Bristol. In 1901 the parish had a population of 6063. Redland remained in the ecclesiastical parish of Westbury until 1942. Development of the village into a large suburb of Bristol was started in the 1920s and was well underway by the 30s. Many detached and semi-detached villas were built in this period. Apart from during World War II , major house building did not cease until
391-631: The daughter of the Sultan of Brunei ; Red Maids' , the oldest surviving girls' school in England. A new doctors' surgery has been constructed for Westbury near to the Holy Trinity Church and the Westbury Hill Car Park. This replaces the previous surgery which was housed in a building on Falcondale Road. Canford Cemetery opened in 1903, acquiring a crematorium in 1957. Transport routes include
414-606: The only perfect copy known at the time, later in the Baptist College, Bristol . In the same year he edited a facsimile reprint of the pamphlet known as The Souldiers Pocket Bible , distributed to Oliver Cromwell 's army, and discovered by George Livermore of Boston, who had himself reprinted it the previous year. Several editions were circulated among the soldiers during the American Civil War . The altered and enlarged edition, The Christian Soldier's Penny Bible (1693),
437-535: The original route through Filton. Westbury-on-Trym became a conservation area in 1971, one of the earliest in Bristol, the boundaries were expanded in 2015 to include the Southfield Road environs and Elmfield Lodge. Westbury-on-Trym High Street has three Indian and one Thai restaurants, eight pubs and several cafés. The village centre is well-served for shoppers, containing banks and independent stores including book shops, craft stores, hardware shops, florists, and
460-738: The railway companies for a general parcel service throughout the United Kingdom. He was a member of the committee of the Bristol Philosophical Society , as well as of the Bristol Museum and Library . He took an interest in other associations for social improvement. He died 12 November 1886, soon after the completion of his eighty-third year and was buried in the Friends' graveyard at King's Weston , near Bristol. Books and china formed his chief study. His collection of specimens produced at
483-517: Was also facsimiled and edited by Fry. In 1863 he issued a couple of small rare pieces illustrative of Tyndale's version, and in 1865 published his bibliographical treatise on the Great Bible of 1539 , the six editions of Cranmer's Bible of 1540 and 1541, and the five editions of the Authorised Version. Fry visited private and public libraries to collate different copies of these bibles. This work
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#1732858704447506-629: Was followed by his account of Miles Coverdale 's translation of the Scriptures, and his description of forty editions of Tyndale's version, most of them having variants. In 1833 he married Matilda, only daughter of Daniel and Anne Penrose, of Brittas , County Wicklow . [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : " Fry, Francis ". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Westbury-on-Trym Westbury-on-Trym (sometimes written without hyphenation)
529-596: Was later a partner. He took a part in the introduction of railways in the west of England, and was a member of the board of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway , which held its first sitting 11 July 1839, retaining his position during various amalgamations of the line until its union with the Midland Railway . He was also a director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway , the South Devon Railway , and other companies. He took
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