Forlorn Hope Estate

[4] As such, it still exists as a legal entity, with the proceeds of the estate being employed for religious education in schools and youth organisations within the Bristol.

[6] It seems to have been a proper quarantine hospital by the standards of its time, supervised by the surgeon Dr John Dunbar, who was later granted Freedom of the City, along with a financial reward ‘for his late faithfull service at the Pesthouse in the time of Infection to the greate hazard of his life’.

[10] Dr Evan Jones, a historian at the University of Bristol suggests that for that the city could thank the Forlorn Hope.

[12] The property was probably retained by the Corporation after this time, ‘The Pest-House’ being depicted in James Millerd’s 1673 map An exact delineation of the famous city of Bristoll.

This was a detached body of soldiers sent ahead of a main attacking force to trigger traps set by defenders.