Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Antiquary, Vol. 28: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past The entrance gateway Of Westbury College, one Of the most interesting buildings in the neighbourhood of Bristol, is threatened with destruction, the site having recently been sold for building purposes, and plans pre pared for the erection Of upwards of twenty small houses. An effort is being made by a few gentlemen in the neighbourhood to rescue the ancient buildings, which were erected in the fifteenth century by Bishop Carpenter of Worcester (1443 who was so attached to the place that he wished to be entitled Bishop Of Worcester and Westbury. His friend, William Canynge, the younger, the great Bristol merchant and munificent benefactor of the Church Of St. Mary Redcliff, became Dean Of Westbury College, and died there November, 1474. He is said to have rebuilt the college, which had succeeded and probably occupied the site Of a very ancient Benedictine monastery founded long before the Conquest, which about 1297 was converted into a college, with a dean and canons. Here, about a.d. 964, Oswald, Bishop of Worcester, commenced his movement against the seculars by planting a colony of twelve Bene dietine monks from Fleury, with his friend Gerrnanus at their head. An interesting account Of the Westbury monastery was given by the late Mr. John Taylor in Bristol Past and Present, vol. Ii., pp. 3-10, with a view of the buildings now threatened with demo lition. It is to be hoped that the endeavour to save these remains may be successful. Ii? 929 air. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.