History of The University of Bristol - Post-War Era

Post-War Era

During the 1950s new buildings for the Medicine and Engineering departments was provided on St. Michael’s Hill. The Geography department were able take over the old. A new Chemistry building was also planned on the slopes of St Michael’s Hill but the project ran into difficulty when Bristol City Council’s compulsory purchase orders displaced some local residents. New buildings to be built in Berkeley Square caused similar complaints. These would become home of the Department of Education as it was clear that Royal Fort house would prove too small.

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