It is still possible to search older editions of the online Sunday Times Rich List, even though this is not immediately obvious when you visit the STRL website.
For a keyword search using Bristol, try this on your favourite search engine:
site:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/ Bristol
Use the keyword of your choice, and this will search various editions at the same time.
If you want to access older editions, and use the normal search function for each year, try this:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/start/0,,2007-1,00.html [1] 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/start/0,,2006-1,00.html [2] 2006 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/start/0,,2005-1,00.html [3] 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/start/0,,2004-1,00.html [4] 2004
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/start/0,,2003-1,00.html [5] 2003
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/start/0,,2002-1,00.html [6] 2002
It is possible that the next edition of the top 5,000 will be available in an electronic format. Here’s hoping