Bristol started like a town around the Gloucestershire side of the Avon, but because it grew it extended across the river into Somerset. In 1373 Edward III proclaimed "which the town of Bristol with its suburbs and precincts shall henceforth be separate within the counties of Gloucester and Somerset ... https://josuetokfz.blogripley.com/34283644/not-known-details-about-the-moated-stone-and-king-arthur