for repairing the Street in Front of them." In the nineteenth century Lewin's Mead, at that time regarded as a slum, became the site for the first ragged school founded by Mary Carpenter, who was the daughter of the minister of the Unitarian Chapel, Lant Carpenter. Today The area is now dominated by residential apartment buildings and tall office blocks and is split by busy main roads. Some of the damage done by 1970s and 1980s development may now be ameliorated under a scheme being considered by Bristol City Council. Some of the tower blocks have now been decorated with graffiti. as Lewin's Mead regenerates. Notes Further reading Lewin's Mead, historical novel by E V Thompson set in the nineteenth century Areas of Bristol