Handy iiuide to the City of
Bath
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Sixty-Elghth
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Handy Guide
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JOLLY & SON
Have endeavoured to put together in this little hook such injorirmtion
as they think will be of interest to all visiting their City.
They ivill he very pleased to be of any service to visitors, and
to furnish information of any kind timt is within their poiver to give.
Suggestions as to Additioiud Infornudion which it is considered
might with advantage he given in future Editions of the Guide will
always be gratefully received by JOLLY & SON.
11, 12, 13 & U, MiLSOM Street, Batk.
THE
Handy Guide to BatH:
revised and rewritten.
Published for Private Circulation
BY
JOIXY AND SON, DRAPERS, BATH.
JOLLY AND SON.
To give an idea of the wide range of JOLLY & SON'S Post
Orders, they append the List of the Post Towns from which Orders
,have been received in one week (taken at random from their Post
-Order book).
"As Carriage and Postage is paid on all Parcels, Visitors
to Bath almost invariably continue to send Orders after their return
home.
Abingdon
Altrincham
Andover
Ambleside
Aylesbury
Bournemouth
Bewdley
Bridgnorth
Bradford
Beverley (Yorks)
Bury St. Edmunds
Bloxham
Bridgend
Barnsley
Calne
Birmingham
Chippenham
Bowden (Cheshire)
Cricklade
Beaminster
Cheadle (Staffs)
Blandford
Cardiff
Bristol
Chepstow
Cork
Brecon
Billinghurst (Sussex)
Devizes
Bridgwater
Dorchester
Bute
Duloe (Cornwall)
Codford
Durham
Coleford
Dowlais
Castle Carey
Devonport
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Evercreech
East Barnet
Exmouth
Exeter
Eastbourne
Ennis (Ireland)
Folkestone
Gloucester
Gt. Berkhampsted
Gillingham
Glastonbury
Hutton Ambo (Yorks
Hinckley (Staffs)
Hungerford
Kidderminster
Keighley (Yorks)
Keynsham
Llandilo
Lancaster
Llanelly
Lowestoft
Liverpool
Louth (Lincoln)
London
Leamington
Lynn (Norfolk)
Llandaff
Melkshani
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Macclesfield
Market Drayton
Marlborough
Merthyr Tydfel
Newark
Newbury
Newport
Neath
Newcastle Emlyn
Newmarket
Newton Abbot
Oxford
Oswestry
Polgate (Sussex)
Penarth
Penryn
Paignton (Devon)
Pewsey
Plymouth
Pembi'ey (Wales)
Beading
Eyde (Isle of Wight)
St. Clears (Wales)
Stroud
St. Ives (Cornwall)
Shotley Bridge (Durham
Snodland (Kent)
Somei'ton
Salisbiiry
Shrivenham
Swindon
Shaftesbury
Thetford (Norfolk)
Trowbridge ^^ _
Tetbury
Torquay
Taunton
Truro
Warminster
Windsor (Cumberland
Lodge)
Wemworthy (Devon)
Westbury
Wheathampstead
Warrington
Wimbledon
Weymouth
Workington
Wimborne
Wolverhampton
Wednesbury
Worcester
Weston-super-Mare
Wrington
Yeovil
Y^'ork
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ADDRESS TO VISITORS.
Some ladies on entering a fresh town naturally and from force of hahit go to
the largest and best class establishments, knowing that there they will be sure to
obtain what they want, believing perhaps that they pay slightly more for this
accommodation, but regarding this as a secondary consideration. Otiier ladies
invariably seek less pretentious shops binder the impression that they are there
more cheaply served. J DLL Y & SON are naturally anxious to convince ladies
that, u'ith very few exceptions, they will in the end be more cheaply served at a
large shop doing a good class trade.
It ivill surely be granted that in the end good things are cheaper than common
imitations of good things. This being the case, it is 2veU that ladies should
recognise that as a 7ule large houses doing a high-class trade keep only the best
goods — they may at first sight appear a few pence dearer than those sold by shops
doing a lower class trade, but they will probably be found on closer examination
to be wider, better made, and in the long run double the worth of the article got
up to imitate it. Besides this the goods of the best makei'S do not find their way
into second class shops, because as a rule the makers confine themselves to one or
two shops in a town.
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historical.
It seems hardly right to commence any history of Bath without reference
to the ancient legend of the foundation of the city by King Bladud. It was
invented by Geoff ry of Monmouth, and sets forth that after the destruction
of Troy, Brutus, sou of yEneas, conquered this island, changing the name
from Albion to Britain, and founded a race of kings. Bladud was the son
of the 8th king of this dynasty, and, becoming afflicted with leprosy, was
banished from his father's court and became a swineherd. Unfortunately
his swiue caught the disease, but one day as he was pasturing them in the
forest they were taken with a sudden fit of running, and he had much ado to
follow them. When at last he overtook them they were wallowing in the
mire of a morass at the bottom of the hill. Day by day they returned to the
same spot, and, finding that their leprosy gradually left them, Bladud tried
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the sam remedy with equal success, and was able to return to court, and
eventually succeeded his father as king. On his accession he founded the
city of Bath on the site of the springs.
The literal correctness of this legend
is unfortunately destroyed by the many
traces of extensive population of the
neighbourhood during the Stone Age
which have been brought to light. Earthen
ramparts on Lansdown, Beacon Hill,
Claverton and Solsbury Hill are easily
traced, and there ancient interments have
been found containing flint weapons, tfcc, to
which archaeologists assign a date some
1,000 years before Christ.
The actual history of Bath commences
about the middle of the first century.
Solinus, who wrote, some suppose, as
early as a.d. 80, mentions the " Palidi
fontes" ad usus Mortalium, and as he
further describes the Baths as " opiparo
exculti apparatu," it shows that baths and
bathing rooms had then been built and adorned. He also speaks of Minerva as
the presiding goddess, and tells us of " perpetui ignes " kept always burning
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in her temple, fed with a peculiar fuel, which, doubtless, was coal, then a
great rarity, but which is known to have cropped up on the surface of the
soil near Bath.
According to Ptolemy, who wrote a.d. 120, Bath was one of the chief
cities of the Belgic tribe, and was known as Udata Therma or Aquae Calidae.
In the 14 Iter of Antouius it is called Aquae Solis. In the Ravenna list it is
■called simply Aquis. Claudius visited it after his victories in the north and
conferred on it the rights and privileges of a Roman colony, and it is
probably in his reign that the hot springs were first brought into use, when
the south and west of Britain were brought under Roman rule (Circa a.d. 49).
It is doubtful whether Bath was ever a military station, although monu-
mental stones erected in memory of soldiers of the 2nd and 20th legions have
been discovered, and on Combe Down an inscribed stone was discovered
which records the restoration by Nevius (a freeman of the Emperor) of the
*' Principia " or officers' quarters.
The discoveries of the very large bathing establishment are referred to
•elsewhere, but in all parts of the town and for some miles surrounding it, traces of
villas have been discovered, and tesselated pavements have been laid bare
showing the existence of a very large Roman city.
It is not possible to obtain any estimate of the actual population at this
period, but it must have been considerable ; the circuit of the Roman city
extended about a mile. Bath was entered by two important roads. One
called the Foss, coming from Seaton through Ilchester, entered the city by
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crossing the river where the modern bridge now stands. This road quitted
the city by the north gate, and passing through Walcot, followed the river to
Batheaston, whence it passed up the hill in a direct line to Cirencester.
The second road came from South Wales. It crossed the Severn by Aust,
approached Bath by Bitton, and entered the city at the south gate ; leaving it
at the north gate it united with the Foss road until it came to Batheaston
where it branched off, ascended the Bathford Hill and made straight for
Marlborough. The lines of these roads outside the city boundaries are
marked by Roman interments.
The site of the Roman Forutu has been ascertained with tolerable accuracy.
The Abbey Church marks the eastern limit, the Grand Pump Hotel the
western. The Baths formed the south side covering the whole space between
the present Pump Room and the Abbey, and the northern side extended
from the Abbey to the Pump Room Hotel leaving the present Abbey Church-
yard open, but much wider than at present. The remains of a temple, and
the platform on which it stood, were found under the site of the present
Pump Room Hotel, and the site of the Abbey is believed to have been
occupied by another temple or public building.
The removal of the Roman legions must have greatly lowered the splendour
and commercial activity of Aquse, which had become one of the chief resorts
of health seekers and the chief places of relaxation from military duties, but
Rome was captured by the Goth and the legions were withdrawn and
England was overrun by barbarians from the north. The English invaders
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were, however, kept out of the west hy
the prowess of King Arthur, and for
more than a century after the departure
of the legions Bath, with its Romanised
surroundings, remained undisturbed. Id
577, however, the battle of Dyrham was
fought in which the Saxon Kings
Cuthwnie and Ceawlin slew three British
Kings and took three cities, Gloucester,
Cirencester and Akeraan* (Bath). A city
conquered by Rome was to be turned into
a Roman city, one captured by the Saxons-
was to be dismantled and destroyed a»
a hostile fortress.
Akeman was long a desolate rain, and
its desolation was the theme of a Saxon
poet.
It is difficult to fix the date, when
population again gathered on the site of
* Akeman was the Roman British equivalent
for Aquiie, standing midway between the-
Roman Aquae and the Saxon Akemancester.
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this desolation, but there is no difficulty in fixing the instrumentality. Bath
was restored by the foundation of a religious house. We have a document
setting forth that Osric, King of the Hwiccas, founded a religious establish-
ment here in 676, but William of Malmesbury, in the 12th century, knew of
no earlier founder than King Offa, who flourished a century later. Which-
ever date be tbe correct one from thenceforward Bath, now known as
Bathon, grew in importance. In King Alfred's reign we find mention of a
Reeve, shewing that the town had attained some fiscal importance, and from
the reign of Athelstan, 925, tliere is a fairly continuous series of coins struck
at Bath down to the date of the Norman Conquest.
In 973 King Eadgar was crowned at Bath, from which it may be fairly
assumed that the city was then the representative city of the west. Again in
1016 8wegan, the Danish King, conquered England, and it was Bath that he
selected as the place where the Thanes of the west should make their sub-
mission to him.
During all this time the ecclesiastical importance of Bath had been rapidly
increasing. The Abbey was a flourishing institution, it was imposing in
every aspect — its buildings, the members of its brotherhood, its social figure,
and the political importance of its literature and library. Some valuable
specimens of the latter still exist, especially one volume at Cambridge, which
tells of the estates of the Abbey and the benevolent agrarian policy of the
Abbots, The eflFect of the Norman Conquest was probably little felt in Bath
■during the reign of William I., there is, indeed, little reason to believe in
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any Norman interference since, in 1075, Aelfsig, an Englishman, was elected
Abbot, In 1087, however, died William the 1st, and Aelfsig, the Abbot, and
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, rose in arms in favour of Robert, brother of William
Rufus. Geoffrey, Bishop of Coutances, espoused the cause of the King, and
sallying forth from Bristol, burnt and sacked Bath, its monasteries and its
Abbey.
It was to a pliysiciau that Bath was now to owe its restoration. John de
Villula was physician and chaplain to William TI. and attracted to Bath by the
fame of its healing springs, he obtained from William Rufus, in 1090, the see
of Somerset, hitherto located at Wells. The next step was to obtain possession
of the ruined city, and this was effected by a secoud charter of William Rufus,
which is unfortuuately undated.
John rebuilt the Abbey, the city, and the baths, which latter he thoroughly
organised, so as to attract large numbers of the sick. He died in 1122, having
before his death replaced the English monks by Norman churchmen. From
this period, until the Reformation, the history of the city is practically the
history of the Abbey. Robert, who succeeded John de Villula, comi)leted the
building, o-r, according to some chroniclers, entirely rebuilt the Abbey, and the
see was removed from Wells to Bath. He was succeeded by FitzJocelin, to
whom we owe the establishment of the St. John's Charity for the support of
the aged and infirm. His successor, Savaric (1192), surrendered Bath to the
Crown, receiving in exchange the rich Abbey of Glastonbury. Savaric and
his successor, Jocelyn Trotman, styled themselves Bishops of Bath and
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WEST DOOR OF THE BATH ABBEY.
Glastonbury, and it is under
this style that the latter signed
Magna Charta. In 1218 this
union was dissolved by Papal
Bull, and Jocelyn took for a
time the title of Bishop of Bath.
Towards the end of his episco-
pate he assumed the title of
Bath and Wells, which title
was held down to the date of
the Reformation, and the
bishop had his throne at both
churches. Kings Stephen and
Johu visited Bath ; the latter
sevtral times.
Shortly before the reforma-
tion the Abbey seems again to
have fallen into bad repair,
and the bishop ordered the
monks to reduce their expen-
diture from £480 to £160, and
to devote the surplus towards
its restoration.
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Prior Bird entered heartily into this scheme, and at the date of the
Dissolution the main body of the present Abbey was built and the materials,
including 480 tons of lead, had been got together for its completion.
Cromwell and his commission laid hands on the Abbey and its monastic
estates, and for a period of 50 years the Abbey was used as a quarry of
hewn stone, the stones accumulated for its completion were stolen, the church
estates in Lyncombe, Widcombe and Walcot sold to a speculator, and the
Hospital of St. John and the city churches allowed to fall into decay.
It was now to the waters that Bath was to owe its rise from the ruined
condition into which it had fallen. Elizabeth herself visited Bath, and
visitors from all parts flocked to the healing springs. Helped by their
liberality the citizens did somewhat to restore the half -ruined Abbey and tx>
amend the disgraceful state of the streets, and once more Bath began to regain
its importance. Queen Anne (of Denmark) visited the city, and until the
outbreak of the Civil Wars a continual tide of distinguished visitors flowed
into the town in search of health and recreation.
It is to be feared that the good people of Bath had no very decided opinions
as to the relative merits of Koyalist or Cromwellian although they had, to
their misfortune, plenty of opportunities of judging of the personal merits
of the armies of both parties.
Charles at once despatched the Marquis of Hertford (the lord-lieutenant)
with several other gentlemen of local influence who were with him at York
to Bath. There they were feted by the Corporation, and from thence they
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departed to Wells, at which, place Hertford made the fatal mistake of establish-
ing his head-quarters. The Homers, of Mells, and the Pophams (who were
among the few Somerset gentry who sided with the Parliament) raised forces,
defeated and pursued the Eoyalists, and having gained the ascendancy of the
county occupied Bath, and in their turn were feted by the Corporation.
The command of the Parliamentary forces in the west was entrusted to Sir
William Waller, a man of considerable local importance. He established his
head-quarters at Bath, and the citizens afforded him every assistance, and
generally made much of him. His prime object was to prevent the junction
of the then divided forces of the Eoyal Army. The King, with his army, was
marching from Oxford, Sir Beville Grenville, with his victorious division, was
marching from the west, and took up a position at Marshfield.
Waller, who was entrenched in strong position on Lansdown, on the site of
the Grenville Monument, after successful skirmishing attacked the main body
of Royalists. After a furious fight Waller was dislodged from his position,
and finally, after encountering Lord Wilmot at Roundaway Down, fell back
upon Bristol, and Bath was once more in the hands of the Royalists.
The town was fortified, Sir Thomas Bridges was appointed governor with a
garrison of 140 men, and the citizens had a bad time of it.
In May, 1644, Queen Henrietta Maria spent a night at Bath on her way to
Exeter, and in the same month Prince Charles made Bath his residence for
some time. In July King Charles himself visited the city on his way to
Cornwall.
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In June, next year, the Eoyalist cause was lost at Naseby, and in the
following month Bath was taken by strategy by
Colonel flich, who occupied the town with two
regiments of his troops. The citizens were
reduced to frightful straits to meet the requisitions.
The members of Parliament were displaced, and it
was not until petition after petition had been
sent by the citizens that they were at last relieved
of the garrison, only to be crowded with "maymed
soldiers " sent down to the National Sanatorium
to complete their recovery. During the period
that followed the good citizens of Bath blew
alternately hot and cold. They rejoiced with
much feasting at the defeat of the Royal cause ;
they rejoiced after similar manner at the
Restoration. They shut their gates to Monmouth
when he marched to Bath, and at the Declaration
published by James in April, 1687, they took great
credit to themselves for having done so. The
next year the Queen Consort came to Bath, and
the birth of the child, afterwards known as the
Pretender, was attributed in part to the efficacy
of the waters.
EAST GATE.
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It is difficult to describe the condition into
which the city had at this time drifted. The
population had decreased, the streets and
houses were in a deplorable state, and the baths
themselves little better than pigstyes ; the
Corporation corrupt and ill -governed.
Out of this slough of despond it was the
work of a great Triumvirate to cause to rise
a city, second to none in beauty and cleanliness,
to which all the fashionable world flocked. To
Beau Nash, Ealph Allen and John Wood be
all honour for the work they carried out.
Beau Nash was no moralist, he did not even
pretend to be better than his fellows, but he
was an organiser and a man born to rule. With
infinite tact and good temper he set himself to
arrange the society of the place. He provided
assembly rooms, introduced the most stringent
rules with regard to decorum, and gradually
freed the city of the lawless gangs of well
dressed roughs who had made it unfit and
unsafe for respectable people. The \ isit of
Princess Anne and her subsequent visit as
HOUSE
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Queen in 1703 did much to make the city fashionable, but as yet
the accommodation was of the meanest description, and it was to remedy
this that Allen, the capitalist, and Wood, the architect, set themselves to
work.
Allen was the son of an innkeeper and came to Bath as clerk in the post
office. He began by reforming the much neglected organisation of the post
and obtained contracts for a system of cross posts, wliich gradually extended
over the whole country. The profits were enormous, but the public gained
even more than the contractor. To the now world-wide Bath stone Allen
next directed his ecergies, opening quarries, building workmen's cottages,
and arranging roads for the conveyance of the stone. His next move was to
prove the adaptability of the stone to building purposes. Prior Park waa
built as a specimen, and he then, with Wood's assistance, set to work to plan
out and erect streets and crescents on a uniform and consistent scheme, and
the new city sprung up as if touched by Aladdin's magic. The continent was-
closed to the fashionable world which flocked to Bath. Pitt, the Dukes of
Beaufort, Monmouth, Kingston, Chandos, Bedford and Marlborough ; Lords-
Houth, Clive, Sandwich and Chesterfield built or took houses, and hardly a
name distinguished by rank, fortune, achievements or learning was absent
from the list of visitors.
It is to Beau Nash that Bath owes the Mineral Water Hospital. The
foundation stone was laid in his " reign " and he exerted himself continuously
and most successfully to collect funds. Allen gave the stone, Wood gave his
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skill, aud between them they raised an institution which may fairly be called
a national benefit.
From the days of Beau Nash until the present time Bath has slowly moved
forward. True, it ceased for a time to be the centre " par excellence " of the
elite of English society, but it was building up an influential resident
population of its own — and steadily improving its condition and its
attractions. Buildings of all kinds have been erected, including some 20
churches, a Guildhall (to which large and important additions have just been
made), a large college for officers' daughters, a large college for the sons of
Wesley an ministers, and, within recent years the Bath College, a public
school which bids fair to rival older institutions. The Abbey has been put
into thorough repair, new suites of Baths built and added to, and hotels
have sprung up. The Theatre has been built, burnt down, and rebuilt.
A Park of no ordinary beauty and public gardens have been added to the
attractions of the city, and wood paving and electric lighting have been adopted,
until now the city stands first among the residential cities of England, well
worthy of her name the Queen of the West.
Omission has been necessarily made in so slight a sketch of the artistic and
literary associations of the city, but it is perhaps safe to say that Bath has
been in touch with almost every noted name of the past century. Here
Gainsborough, Hoare, and Sir Thomas Lawrence began their careers, as did
in our own day Sir F. Leighton and the late Mr. Long. Here Mrs. Thrale
spent many years, and here she married the husband of her old age, Piozzi.
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Here Fielding lived and wrote and also his sister, Jane Austin, Madame
d'Arblay (Fauny Burney). Here Bishop Butler died, here Chesterlield wrote
many of his letters, and here Sam Johnson and Horace Walpole were
constant visitors. Here Herschel lived with his devoted sister, and here from
his observatory in New King Street he discovered the planet Uranus. Here
Wilberforce formed his resolve to emancipate the slave, a,nd here the late Lord
Lytton sought repose from his literary cares. Here Dickens discovered the
original ot Fat Boy, and here he, Thackeray and Forster were the guests of
Walter Savage Landor. It seems, indeed, hardly possible to read the life of
any gi-eat man or woman of the past century without coming upon references
to the city of Bath, and small wonder that pilgrims from foreign parts linger
here to see where Squire AUworthy lived, the scene of "The Rivals,"
the houses of Jane Austin, Hannah More, the Herschela, and Pope's cottage,
or mount the hill to see the stately tower of Beckford.
Contrary to a widely received opinion, or prejudice, science has demonstrated
that Bath is cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, and has there-
fore a more moderate range of temperature than the other towns between 51
and 52 degrees of latitude included in the returns of the Registrar-General.
On exceptionally hot and cold days this peculiarity is very marked. '
The following is the summary taken from the above returns : —
Bath.
Mean of all the highest readings of the Thermometer at Deg. Fah. Deg. Fah.
Stations between 51° and 52° of latitude ... ... 92*4 ... 90*3
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HISTORICAL.
Mean of all the lowest ...
Mean range of temperature
Mean monthly range of temperature
Mean daily range of temperature
Mean temperature of the air
General Statistics. — The corporate property of the city is large,
consisting chiefly of houses in the city ; it produces an annual income of about
;£10,400 which is applied in aid of the Borough rate. Hence for a city of its
class the rates are unusually low. The general district rate (including the
School Board rate) varies from 2s. to 2s. 4d., and the poor rate from 9d. to
lOd. The proportion of paupers is 21 '19 per 1,000 as compared with an
average of 28*6 throughout England and Wales. The municipal government
is vested in a Mayor, 14 aldermen, and 42 common council men. The
constituency numbers 8,325 voters.
For Parliamentary purposes the constituency numbers 7,233 voters, and
returns two members. A Court of Quarter Session is held in Bath, and
Petty Sessions are held daily by the magistrates
The Great Western Railway brings the city within 2 hours of London, and
has just completed a new and improved station at Bath to meet the increased
demand, the Midland, and Somerset and Dorset, and London and South
Western connect it conveniently with the midlands, the north and the south.
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^ot @pring0 of TBatft*
These Mineral Waters, used as Baths by the Eomacs as early as the first
century, flow from three principal springs yielding daily 507,600 gallons at a
temperature, where they rise from the earth, of 120° Fahrenheit.
The Spring, which rises under the King's Bath, supplies the " King^s and
Queen's Baths," the " New Royal Baths " and " Swimming Bath," the
" Kingston Baths," the Drinking Fountain in the Grand Pump Room, where
the temperature of the water is 113°, the Mineral Water Hospital, and the
Public Fountain in Stall Street. The " Hetling " or " Hot Spring " supplies
the " Old Royal Baths," the " Tepid Swimming Bath," Bellott's Hospital,
and the " Hospital Baths," which two last named are free to patients certi-
ficated by the Faculty. The " Cross Bath " Spring supplies the open Public
Bath.
The " Douches," &c., throughout the several establishments are supplied
from cisterns, 35 feet above the surface level, into which the water is forced
by steam pumps. The boilers of the engines furnish hot steam for the various
linen closets, and for the service of the laundries recently erected in York
Street, where the whole of the linen employed at the Baths is dealt with by
the most modern appliances.
The waters are beneficial in all forms of gout, sub-acute, chronic and muscular
rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, lumbago, certain forms of cardiac or heart com-
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HOT SPKINGS OF BATH.
plaints, paralysis, nervous debility, diseases of womei), disorders of the digestive
system, albumin-
aria, tropical
anoemia, metallic
poisoning,
eczema, lepra,
psoriasis, and
certain diseases
of theskin ; some
surgical diseases
of the joints,
general weak-
ness of limbs
after injury, and
diseases of throat
and air passages.
The Baths are
vested in the
Corporation of
the City, who
have recently the needle douche room.
expended up-
wards of £40,000 in rendering them the most perfect in Europe.
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In addition to the ample provision of luxurious Deep and Keclining Baths,
Swimming Baths, Cooling Rooms, &c., the various appliances demanded by
existing medical science are fully supplied, and the visitor will find here
Thermalsoolbiader or Nauheim tr»-aimeijr, Thermal Vapour, the AAj
Massage Douche, Needle Douche, Scottish Douche, Baths with Massage,
Medicated Baths, Cadet's Sitz Bath, Pulverised Water and Inhalation
Rooms, the Bouillon, Douche Spray, Shower, and Dry and Moist Heat.
Doucheurs and Doucheuses from continental spas are engaged on the staflF
Swimming Baths of various degrees of luxury and convenience meet the
requirements of all classes. The large Swimming Bath at the New
Eoyal (80 feet long by 35 feet wide), the charge for which is one shilling, is
daily supplied with fresh Mineral Water, while the Public Cross Bath,
holding upwards of 12,000 g'allons, is available at the charge of one
g^nny. There is also the " Tepid Swimming Bath " at the Old Royal
aths (60 feet by 23 feet) which, when filled to a depth of about five
feet, contains nearly 38,000 gallons. This bath is supplied with a cold
shower, and is charged at sixpence and ninepence. An ordinary "deep
bath " contains from 600 to 800 gallons. The temperature of the bathing
water is reduced by mixing with cooled Mineral Water from the large Roman
Bath recently laid open, which is kept filled from the King's Bath Spring,
and contains upwards of 100,000 gallons. The famous King's Bath, familiar
in the local literature and pictures of the last century, has recently been closed
to bathers. Bathing tickets must in all cases be procured from the office which
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adjoins the New Eoyal Baths, Stall Street. Visitors are advised to book
their baths in advance. Bathers, on the advice of their medical men, may
obtain bath treatment on Sundays up to 12 o'clock noon, notice of sucL
intended baths to be given
at the General Manager's
office by 6 p.m the previous
evening. All fees to atten-
dants are included in the
charge paid for tickets, and
gratuities are not allowed
The full advantages of
these baths and waters can
only be secured at the
establishments of the Cor-
poration, but portable baths
at a temperature not ex-
ceeding 106° can be
supplied and delivered by
the offiicials at private
residences by arrangement.
Hot mineral water in bottles
can be obtained at the
Pump Eoom.
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The bathing establishmeuts of the city comprise the following : — The New
Royal Baths, adjoining the Grand Hotel, Stall Street. Attached to these
^laths is a First-class Swimming Bath supplied daily with fresh mineral water,
temperature 82° to 94°. For ladies', Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
This bath is available for gentlemen on Tuesdays till 1 p.m., Thursdays and
Saturdays, and on Sundays till 9.30 a.m. The King's and Queen's Baths,
Stall Street, adjoining the Grand Pump Room. The Boyal Baths, Bath
Sireet. The Tepid Swimming Bath, Bath Street, for gentlemen only. The
Kingston Baths, York Street, for men only. The Cross Bath, Bath Street.
The Grand and Hetling Pump Rooms are open each week day from 8.30
a.m. till 6 p.m., and the Grand Pump Room on Sundays, after morning
service, till 2 p.m. for drinking the waters.
The whole of the baths are open for inspection of visitors daily between
the hours of 1 and 3. The manager, Mr. Thomas R. Collins, will willingly
give visitors any information respecting the baths. The charges for bathing
may be obtained from the Ticket office, Stall Street.
Concerts are held daily in the Roman Promenade, from 3 till 5, from
October to April.
The number of Bathers for the years 1890-1895 inclusive was 585,261.
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The existence of extensive Roman Baths in immediate proximity to the
mineral water springs, was demonstrated in 1755, but the remains then
found on the site of Kingston Buildings were destroyed.
In 1878 the culvert wasdiscovered which formerly carried off the waste hot
water from the Roman Baths ; this, with the tributary culverts, have been
lately again utilised. The great bath within a hall 110 ft. 4^ in. by 68 ft. 5 in.
was at this time discovered, and the Corporation of the City, assisted by
public subscription, remover) the houses that were erected on the site, and
cleared away the whole area of the Bath.
Besides this Bath there are several others, notably a circular bath within a
hall 68 ft. by 35 ft., now roofed over by the vault supporting the New Baths.
The great Roman well is, perhaps, the most remarkable of recent discoveries,
but this, although again utilised, is now hidden by the floor of the mediaeval
King's Bath, previously referred to. The Romans built this well to secure the
mineral springs from any possible pollution, and it is once more used for that
purpose ; its construction is of massive stones forming an unequal octagonal
figure 50 ft. long by 40 ft. broad, the wall being originally coated with 'lead,
of a weight of about 30 lbs. to the foot. The hot springs rise in the centre of
this well, which now, as in the remote past, forms a tank for accumulating the
water, from which aqueducts distribute it to the various ancient and modern
Baths.
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It is assumed that the Roman Baths must have occupied an area of about
900 ft. long and a width of from 300 ft. to 350 ft., or from 6 to 7 acres, with
pleasure grounds from the Baths to the river to the south.
The great Roman Bath is now appropriately protected from the weather,
the water only being open to the sky, this being part of a scheme for
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extending the Pump Room accommodation which has recently been
completed and was opened in October, 1897, by H.R.H. the Duke of
Cambridge. Formerly concerts were given daily in the old Pump Room,
but that is now entirely devoted to water drinkers, and the concerts are now
given in a handsome concert hall, forming part of a suite of apartments
including drawing-room, smoking-room, museum, lavatories, &c. The
terms of subscription are : —Annual subscription, 21/-; monthly, 5/; weekly,
-2/6 ; admission, 6d.
places of ajMorsftip.
With the exception of the Abbey there is little historically or architecturally
interesting about any of the churches of Bath — nearly all of them date from
the early part of the present century. S. Andrew's, in the Julian Road, has
a very fine elevation, but Sir Gilbert Scott, by whom it was designed,
probably never realised the disastrous effect which the lofty spire has upon
all views of the splendid buildings of the Royal Crescent,
Old Walcot Church (S. Swithin's) contains monuments of Anstey (a
local poet of some renown), of Monsieur D'Arblay, husband of Fanny Burney,
of Governor Pownall and of Mrs. Thrale, and S. Michael's possesses an
interesting and unique series of churchwarden's accounts ranging from 1349
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to 1551. At the Octagon Episcopal Chapel (now employed for a secular
purpose), Herschel was for some years organist, and here in later years
Dr. Magee, afterwards Bishop of
Peterborough, anil Archbishop
of York, preached.
The services in the majority of
the churches are on evangelical
lines, most of the livings, in-
^fl eluding that of the Abbey, being:
'^ in the gift of the Simeon Trustees.
CHARLCOMBE CHURCH
S. Mary's, S, John Baptist,
Bathwick, and Holy Trinity
form an exception to the general
rule, the services at these
churches being High, and at
Christchurch, Julian Eoad, the
service is of a more modern
description.
The Eoman Catholics have a-
very beautiful modern church.
near the G.W.R. Station, and a smaller church of
S. John the Evangelist
S. Mart the Virgin, which was opened in 1881, in the Julian Road.
The Wesleyans have two chapels. New King Street and Walcot.
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The Catholic Apostolic Church is on the Vioeyards.
The Primitive Methodists have two places of worship, Westgate Buildings
and Claremont.
The Independents possess two larcje chapels, one in Argyle Street and one
in Charlotte Street.
There are four Baptist Chapels — Hay Hill, Manvers Street, Provi-
dence (Lower Bristol Eoad), and Ebenezer, Widcombe.
The Moravians have a chapel in Charlotte Street ; the Swedenborgians
or New Church a chapel in Henry Street ; the Plymouth Brethren one in
Mocmouth Street ; and the Unitarians a very beautiful little church in
Trim Street, near the Theatre.
The Society of Friends have a meeting house in York Street, and the
Jews a Synngogue in Corn Street.
Many of the churches in the villages outside the borough are both ancient
and interesting, notably — Swainswick, Langridge, Charlcombe, Ditteridge,
Englishcombe, Batheastou, Claverton, Kelston, Northstoke, S. Catherine's, &c.
The following are particulars relating to Services at various Churches.
The Abbey, High Street— Parish church, dedicated to S. Peter and S. Paul.
Founded 676, building completed 1616. Church open from 10 to 4 in
winter, 10 to 6 summer.
Services : Sundays, 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 3 and G.30 p.m. ; Weekdays, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Hymns, Church Hymns.
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■S. Michael's, Northgate Street— Parish church. Built 1836.
Services : Sundays, 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Children's service and Holy Baptism,
1st Sunday at 3 p m. ; Weekdays, Wednesdays at 12 a.m., Thursdays at 7.30 p.m.
Hymns, Hymnal Companion.
S. James's, Southgate Street — Parish church. Body of church rebuilt 1768,
new tower erected 1848. Always open from 10 to 5.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m., 3.15 p.m. every 4th Sunday ; Thursday
evenings, 7.30. Hymns, Hymnal Companion.
WiDCOMBE, Church Street — S. Thomas 4 Becket. Parish church. The
oldest church in the city, supposed to have been built about 1500.
Services: Sundays, 11 a.m., 3 p.m.; Weekdays, Saints' days at 11 a.m. Hymns,
Hymnal Companion.
S. Matthew's, Widcombe Hill— Built 1846 and consecrated 1847.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Weekdays, Wednesdays, 7.30 p.m. Hymns,
Hymnal Companion.
S. Mark's, Lyncombe Hill— Parish church. Built 1831-2 ; consecrated 1832.
Services: Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m., 3.15 2nd Sunday ; Weekdays, Wednesdays
at 7 p.m. Hymns, Hymnal Companion.
S. Luke's, Wells JRoad — Parish church. Consecrated 1867.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; last Sunday in month, 8.30 a.m. ; Children's
service 3 p.m. occasionally; Weekdays, Wednesdays, 7.30 p.m. Hymns, Hymnal
Companion.
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S. Mart Magdalene Chapel, Holloway.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Hymns, Hymnal Companion.
S. Michael's— Attached to S. John's Hospital.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m., 3 p.m. ; Weekdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 11.
Hymns, Ancient and Modern.
S. Mary the Virgin, Eaby Place — Parish church. Built 1814-20. Open daily.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m., 3.0, 3.15, 6.30 p.m. ; Weekdays, Daily 10.30 a.m. and
5 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays, 11, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Hymns, Ancient and
Modem.
S. John Baptist, Bath wick Street — Built 18G1-2. All seats free aud unap-
propriated. Open from 10 till 1, and 2 till 5.
Services: Sundays, Matins, 10.30 a.m., Litany and Children's service, 3.3C p.m..
Evensong, 7 p.m. ; Weekdays, Matins, Wednesdays, Fridays and Festivals, 11 a.m.,
other days after Communion, Evensong, Fridays and Eves of Festivals, 8, other
days, 5. Hvmns, Ancient and Modern.
Christ Church, Montpelier— Consecrated 1798. New chancel, &c. 1866.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m.. Litany, 3.30, 1st and 3rd Sundays, and 6.30 p.m. ;
Weekdays, 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m., Wednesdays,
8 p.m. Hymns, Ancient and Modern.
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S. Swithin's, Paragon — Walcot Parish church. Built 1780. Eestored 1891.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Weekdays, Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m
Hymns, Hymnal Companion. Open daily from 10 till dusk.
S. Andrew's, Julian Road — Built 1870. Tower and spire erected 1879.
Open daily from 10 till 6.
Services: Sunday, 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 4.10 p.m., 6.30 p.m.; Weekdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saints' days, 11.45 noon, Daily, 5.30 p.m.,
Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Hymns, Hymnal Companion.
Thomas Street Chapel, Walcot — Built 1830.
Services: Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; 1st Sunday in month at 3 p.m. Hymns,
Hymnal Companion.
S. Saviour's, Grosvenor — Parish church. Built 1829 ; consecrated 1832.
Services: Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m.; Weekdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and
Saints' days at 11 a.m. Hymns, Ancient and Modern.
Holy Trinity, Lower James Street — Parish church, 1840. Built 1822.
Population 3,300. Open Daily from 9 till 5. All Seats free.
Services : Sundays. 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 6 30., p.m. ; Children's service 2nd and 4th
Sundays at 3 p.m ; Weekdays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays at 9 a.m.
and 6.30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 a.m.. 11 a.m., and 6 p.m. Hymns,
Ancient and Modern.
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S. Stephen, Lansdowo, Parish Church— Built 1840-5. New chancel, &c., 1882-3.
Services : Sundays. 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Children's service last Sunday at .S.lSp.m. ;
Weekdays, Wednesdays, 12 noon and 7.30 p.m., Fridays and Saints' days at 12.
Hymns, Hymnal Companion.
S, Paul's, Queen Square— Parish church. Built 1873 ; consecrated 1874.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Children's service 2nd Simday at 3 p.m. ;
Weekdays, Saints' days at 12, Wednesdays 7.30 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays at 12
noon. Hymns, Hymnal Companion.
Corn Street Chapel, S. Paul's.
Services : Sundays, 6.30 p.m. ; Weekdays, Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. Hymns, Hymnal
Companion.
Kensington Chapel, Kensington. — Opened 1795.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Weekdays, Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Hymns,
Bickersteth's.
All Saints' Chapel, Lausdown Crescent. — Opened 1794.
Services: Sundays, 11 a.m., 3.15 and 6.30 p.m. ; Weekdays, Wednesdays. Fridays,
11 a.m. Hymns, Ancient and Modern.
S. Augustine, Julian Eoad. — Built 1816.
Services : Sundays, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Weekdays, Thursdays, 11.30 a.m. Hymns,
Common Praise.
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IPoints of Interest.
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Terrace Walk. —
Established 1825, in a building erected for the purpose by Earl Manvers.
It comprises a commodious reading room, supplied with the London and
local newspapers, the principal reviews, magazines, and scientific periodicals,
with writing, chess, and smoking rooms attached. Also a Library of about
24,000 volumes, comprehending many of the most approved works of
reference in every department of literature and science.
Open to Subscribers daily, from 9 a. m. to 10 p.m. (Sunday, Good Friday,
and Christmas day excepted.)
Special rates of subscription for visitors.
There is also a Museum, in which are collections illustrative of Geology,
Archseology, Ethnology, and Natural History generally.
The public are admitted to the JVtuseum free on Thursdays, and on other
days of the week (except Sundays) on payment of 2d. for adults, and Id.
each for children. Members are admitted free.
Holburne Art Museum, Charlotte Street. — The art objects exhibited in the
galleries are the collection of the late Sir T. W. Holburne, of Menstrie, Bart.,
and include numerous pictures by the old Masters (notably some fine
examples of the Dutch school and of the English portrait painters), a large
collection of Oriental and European porcelain and pottery, gems, bronzes,
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many good miniatures by well-known artists, and a unique exhibit of gold
and silver plate, dating from the early part of the sixteenth century The
collection of Apostle and other
spoons is large and interesting,
and many of the other specimens
exhibited are of great beauty and
rarity.
The Museum is open daily,
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Sunday,
Good Friday, Ash Wednesday,
Ascension Day, Christmas Day,
Bank Holidays and Bath Eace
days excepted.) Visitors are
admitted free on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. On
Monday, "Wednesday and Friday,
an admission fee of one shilling
is charged. theatre royal.
Bath cmd County Club, Queen
Square. — Visitors can have their names put down as temporary members on
application to the Secretary.
Theatre Royal, Beauford Square. — Erected in 1863 from designs by
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the late Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A. The house is elegant and commodious, the
situation is central and the carriage approaches are convenient. Under the
present Management much has been done towards rendering the drama
the chief amusement of the city. The Theatre is kept continuously open
for about ten months of the year and the best London successes are early
placed upon the stage.
Assembly Rooms, Alfred Street. — A fine suite of rooms of handsome
proportions, comprising Grand Ball room, 104 ft. long, 42 ft. wide, 35 ft. high,
Concert room, Octagon, Tea room, Club room, &c., all upon one floor, without
a step. The interior architectural features of these rooms are amongst the
finest of the eighteenth century work. Wood was the architect. The
Assembly Rooms, as a suite, are said to be without a rival in England, or even
on the Continent. Concerts, variety entertainments, private and subscription
balls. Tickets and list of the entertainments can be had at the Lessee's ofiice
at the Rooms, or at Messrs. Milsom and Son's, Milsom Street.
Musical Societies. — The following are the principal musical societies in
Bath. Concerts are given by each at intervals during the winter season : —
The Bath Quartet Society. Private subscription concerts. Founded 1855,
for the performance of classical compositions. Four concerts are given during
the season, at the Assembly Rooms. The Bath Choral Union. The Bath
Choral and Orchestral Society. A society of ladies and gentlemen who
meet for the practice and performance of choral and orchestral work. The
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Bath Orpheus Society. A society of gentlemen who meet for practice and
performance of glees, madrigals and part-songs.
Hospitals. — The Bath Boyal Mineral Water Hospital, Upper Borough
Walls, was founded in 1737, and was incorporated by Act of Parliament in
1739. In 1887 her Majesty conferred the title of Royal upon this Institution,
the object of which is to extend gratuitously to the poor of the United
Kingdom the benefits which the hot springs of the city afford in such cases-
as rheumatism, palsy, gout, leprosy, and other diseases. Accommodation is-
provided for 100 male and 70 female patients. There are no out-patients. The
Royal United Hospital, for the relief of the poor of the city and neighbourhood
and for giving immediate assistance in all accidents. It contains 130 beds, and
includes a special ward for children. Out-patients residing within the limits^
of a certain district are attended at home by the medical officer. The Bath
Homoeopathic Hospital, Duke Street, for affording relief to the sick poor of
the city, and hospital accommodation for poor persons from all parts. Out-
patients are treated on payment of one shilling a fortnight or by subscribers
tickets. Urgent and necessitous cases free. In addition to these hospitals
there are three Dispensaries, the Eastern, Western and Southern, besides
special institutions for Skin Diseases, and the treatment of the Eye and "Ear,
as well as a recently established Hospital for Women.
Benevolent Institutions. — The principal of these are S. Catherine's Hospital
and S. John's Hospital, both very old foundations, the former for the support
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of women only and the latter for men and women. There are a very large
number of charitable iustitutioDs Id the city in addition to these, all accom-
plishiLg good work in the objects for which they are formed.
Military Estahlishments. — Bath cannot boast of much in this way, but the
North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry and the 4th (Militia) Battalion Prince
Albert's Somersetshire L.I. assemble here sometimea for training. The
1st V.B. Somersetshire L.I., consisting of eight companies, has its head-
quarters in Bath. An attempt was made to get a military centre here
some years since, but it did uot succeed.
Freemasonry is somewhat strong in Bath. There are four Lodges,,
the Eoyal Cumberland, No. 41, the Eoyal Sussex, No. 53, the Lodge of
Honour, No. 379, and the Eoyal Albert Edward, No. 906. These all meet
in the Masonic Hall, Old Orchard Street, one of the best and most convenient
halls in the provinces, recently improved and decorated at a cost of upwards-
of £1,000.
Libraries and Reading Booms. — In addition to lending libraries in connec-
tion with the principal booksellers, there is the Bath Athenaeum, now
incorporated with the Literary Institution, where for a small subscription
books may be obtained from a library consisting of several thousand volumes
^i standard and popular works as well as the use of a good reading room.
There is also a Church Institute on Edgar Buildings, a Young Men's Christian
Association in Broad Street, a Young Women's Christian Association in
Milsom Street, and branch of the Girl's Friendly Society in Eussell Street.
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Parks. — The principal of these is the Boyal Victoria Park, reached from
Queen Square. It occupies an area of about 49^ acres laid out in walks^
drives and lawns, and is supported by private subscriptions. The Broome
Botanic Garden, contaioing a collection of hardy herbaceous plants, is at the
farthest end of the Park, and will well repay a visit ; admission free. The
Sydney Gardens, at the end of Pulteney Street, though not large in size, are
laid out with great taste, and, having existed since 1795, they are studded
with stately trees, which afford a pleasant shade during the summer months.
Very successful Flower Shows have been held here during the seasons for
many years, and a band performs here from May to September alternately
with the Victoria Park and Institution Gardens. The Sydney Gardens
have been acquired by the Gordons Hotels Company, Limited, who purpose
erecting a large hotel on the site of the old Sydney College. The Institu-
tion Gardens are situated on the North Parade, and subscribers to the
Pump Room can obtain admission tickets free. The city has recently laid
out the Hedgemead Park, at the end of the Paragon, and also Lansdown
Park, a small pleasure ground on Lansdown.
Schools. — Bath College, opened in May, 1878, is constituted as far as.
possible on the model of Clifton College, and comprises au Army Class
as well as Clas:»ical and Modern sides. Prior Park, once the residence
of Balph Allen, and one of the sights of Bath, is now a Roman Catholic
College. King Edward's School, in Broad Street, owes its existence ta
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King Edward VI., who endowed it with part of the land belonging to
'the dissolved religious houses. New Kingswood Scbool, situated on
Lausdown, provides the means of education for 300 sons of Wesleyan
ministers. On the opposite side of the road is the Royal School for Officers'
Daughters, originally erected by a company as a college for boys in 1853, but
afterwards purchased by a committee to provide education for orphan
daughters of Army oflScers. The Bath High School for Girls, in Portland
Place, belongs to the Girl's Public Day School Company. There is accom-
modation for upwards of 150 girls. In addition to these schools there has
recently been formed a Technical Education Committee, which has taken
over tiie whole of the Science and Art classes in Bath, and is at present
carrying on these, besides numerous other classes for technical instruction
in the New Technical School, recently erected, adjoining the GuildhaU.
Adjoining these will be erected the Victoria Art Gallery, the citizens' memorial
of Her Majesty's Record Reign, the foundation stone of which was laid by
H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, in October, 1897.
Hotels. — The Grand, Stall Street ; York House, York Buildings ;
Lansdown Grove, Lansdown ; the Royal, Man vers Street ; the Castle,
Northgate Street ; the Christopher, High Street, &c. Private Hotels are
the Palteney, Pulteney Street ; Francis's, Queen Square ; Francis's Hotel,
Beunett Street ; Harris's Hotel, Waldron's, Queen Square ; the Edgar,
Laura Place ; Fern'ey, North Parade, &c. Visitors are also provided for
11 a large number of Boarding Houses and Private Apartments.
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Banlcs. — Prescott, Dimsdale, Cave, Tugwell and Co., National Provincial,
Lloyd's, Stuckey's, Wilts and Dorset, Metropolitan Bauk of England and
Wales, Capital and Counties, and the London City and Midland.
Newspapers. — Daily Eveniug — The Bath Herald, Bath Chronicle and
Argus. Weekly, Saturday — The Bath Herald, Bath Journal, Bath Argus ;
Wednesday, Bladud ; Thursday, Bath Chronicle.
Carriage and Chair Fares. — Hackney Carriages may be hired either by
time or distance at the option of the person hiring. If hired by time the
fare is 2s. per hour, and 6d. additional for every fifteen minutes ; if by
distance, Is. per mile for carrying two persons, and 6d. for every additional-
half mile or fraction thereof ; for an extra person, an additional 6d. per mile.
A fare and a half may be charged between midnight and 6 a.m. The drivers
shall carry and assist in the disposal of a reasonable amount of luggage.
Wheel Chairs.— Fares, by time, is. per hour ; if the time exceeds one hour
for each quarter of an hour of the whole time, 6d. ; by distance, not exceed-
ing half a mile, 6d., and 6d. for every additional half mile or fraction thereof.
Between 12 p.m. and 6 a.m. a fare and a half may be charged.
@port0 anD IPastimes.
Races have been held since 1792 on the Lansdown Course, one of the
most picturesque spots in the country. An excellent Horse Show takes plact
annually at Lambridge.
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The Avon is a very pretty river for boating in the summer, and on the
upper water parties can go as far as Limpley Stoke. The Bath Boating
Company has a cit}'^ station reached from Bridge Street, and another in the
Villa Fields, where boats can be hired. The chief
boating clubs are the Avon Kowiug Club and
the Bath Eowiner Club.
Cricket and Football are represented in their
particular seasons principally by the Lansdown
C.C. and the Bath Rugby F.C. but there are
also many other clubs in the city for both sports,
as well as several Cycling Clubs. There are two
Golf Clubs, several Lawn Tennis Clubs, an
Archery Club and a Badminton Club.
During the Hunting season the Bath and
County Harriers meet on Mondays and
Thursdays. The meets can be obtained at
Messrs. Jolly & Son's.
The meets of the Duke of Beaufort's and
Caot. Spicer's hounds are published in the Bath papers.
Ihe South West Wilts hounds have meets convenient from Bath by rail
^ndthe companies afford every facility for railing horses at cheap rates.
JOLLY <i- SON, DRAPERS, BATH.
aaaalfes ano Dritjes arounO T5atl).
(By kind permission of the Editor of *' Bladud.''^ )
North. — Swainswick (3 miles) : Manor House, Prynne, Norman, Early English,,
and Perpendicular architecture. Langridge (4 miles) : Church, Norman chancel and''
arch. Cold Ashton (5 miles) : Manor House (Gunning's).
North East. — Batheaston (2^ miles) : Village Church ; Bells, pre Reformation.
Solsbury Hill (3 miles) : Ancient Karthworks ; View of Bath. St. Catherine's (4
miles) : (Hon. Mrs. R. S. Drummond) ; Valley; Church, stone pulpit, Norman f ont j
Bridle path to Marshfield, Colerne, Cold Ashton.
North West.— Charlcombe [2 miles) : Church, yew tree, Norman doorway.
Beckford's Tower (2 miles). View from. Pilgrim's Chapel (3 miles) : Race-Course.
Greville's Monument (4 miles), commemorating the Flattie of Lansdown. Wick
Rocks (6 miles) : liomantic scenery ; site of Roman Villa. Prospect Stile (4 miles)
Grand view of the valley of the Avon — Bath to the left, Bristol and the Welsh Hilh
to the right, the Mendips to the south, and on clear Summer afternoons the Malven
Hills to the north, the Wiltshire Downs close in the view on the east.
South. — Widcombe (1 mile): Old Church; Manor House, formerly occupied ly
the gentleman whom Fielding de.scribes as Squire Western in his novel, "Tom Jone>."
On the hill above is Prior Park (1^ mile) built by Ralph Allen, the Squire Al worthy
of the same novel. The view from the front of the mansion is very tine. The buld-
ings are now occupied by a Koman Catholic educational establishment, the Pev.
Canon James Williams, President. Pope's Walk and Grotto, Abbey Cemeterr (1
mile) : Gift of the Hon. and Kev. William Brodrick. Combe Down { I h mile) : Ste of
Roman Villa, Ralph Allen's Quarries. Woodland <H milei : Roman Catnolic
Cemetery. Ancient approach to Bath by Lyncombe Vale ( I mile). Beechen Cliff
(1 mile) : Panoramic view of Bath. Southstoke (3^ miles) : Caissons, canal locks Odd
Down (3 miles): Wansdyke, remnant of. Combe Hay Park (4 miles). WeUow (5
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•miles) : Church, Eoman Pavement, Cist Vaen, &c. Fosseway and British Encamp-
ment (Similes). Camerton (6 railes^ : Coal pits. Englishcombe (3 miles) : Wansdyke ;
Sir Thomas de Gournay's Castle. He took part in the horrid murder of Edward II. at
Berkeley Castle. In the succeeding reign his property was confiscated and his castle
razed to the ground. The plan of the building and the ditch can still be traced on the
slopes of the hill. From the opposite side of the combe these earthworks are distinctly
seen, particularly on a fine summer afternoon when the shadows are marked.
East. — Middle Hill Spa, Box (5 miles). Batheaston Villa (3 miles). Formerly
residence of Lady Miller. Corsham Court (9 miles) : Lord Metbuen's Picture Gallery.
South East — Warleigh (4 miles) : (Mr. H. M. Skrine) ; Forest trees and park.
Kingsdown (4 miles). Monkton Farleigh (4 miles) : Tower. South Wraxhall (7 miles) :
Manor House ; Entrance gate ; Elizabethan dressing room. Bathford Hill (4 miles) ;
Movmtain view. Hathampton (2 miles): Church; mill; ferry; and manor house,
(Colonel Bald). Claverton (3 miles » : Manor House (Mr. H. D. Skrine); Church;
Terraces of ancient Manor House ; Allen's tomb. Dundas Aqueduct (4 miles) : Road ;
railway ; canal. Limpley Stoke (4 miles) : Church and monument ; Norman arch.
Hinton Abbey (6 miles) : Ruin, 14th century ; ancient table in Manor House. Farleigh
Castle (7 miles) : Ruins. Sham Castle ( 1 mile) : View of Avon Vale. Hampton Downs
•<2 miles) : Belgic town ; rocks ; Wansdyke-barrows. Claverton Down (2 miles) : Old
Race-Course.
West.— Twerton (2 miles) : Fielding's House. Newton St. Loe (4| miles) : Church ;
Earl Temple's park and castle. Staoton-Bury (.5 miles) : Hill-view ; Wansdyke.
Stanton Drew (11 miles): Druidical temple. Partis College (2 miles): Asylum for
Ladies of limited incomes ; Chapel. Kelston Park (3 miles) : Anciently seat of the
Haringtons, now of Col. Inigo Jones ; Church ; Natural Round-hill. Bitton (6 miles) :
Church ; Mediaeval Monuments ; Roman Antiquities. Via Julia. Weston (2 miles) :
■Church ; villas ; picturesque village ; traces of the Via Julia.
JOLLY & SON DRAPERS, BATH.
Great Chalfield. — The fine Manor House, or what remains of
it, at Great Chalfield is pleasantly' situated, with its lawn and
garden in front, nniqvie chapel on one side and subsidiary offices on the other, and
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protected by a moat, it must have been a most desirable residence. Built rather
later than Wraxall House, it is architecturally superior to it, being much more
elegant, and may be regarded as a link between it and the more imposing
Kingston House, at Bradford. It is sad to see a building so well worth preserving
exhibiting tinmistakeable traces of neglect. The guest chamber has disappeared
with the exception of the front wall and the exquisite oriel, which ere this would
have come down had it not been supported by an ugly stone pillar. The interior
has been cut up into small rooms, with here and there traces of bygone splendour, and
now presents a rambling, common-place old house which a farmer and his family
inhabit. The front, however retains its ancient characteristics. The hall stood in the
centre, flanked by a gabled building at either and, each with an oriel and surmounted
by a grotesque figure, one of which stands in the garden, and represents a quaint old
man grasping a stout stick. Had the house enjoyed the good fortune of Wraxall M anor
House, it would not have been so woefully debased in its interior, nor would the little
■church be coispicuous as it is for such charms as a generous use of yellow ochre can
impart. Additional interest attaches to the sacred edifice in the estimation of
BathoniaTi« as the remains of the Rev. Richard Warner, the historian of Bath, and
those of his wife, lie there ; the rev. gentleman was at the close of his days Rector of
Great ChalHeld, and died in 1S57. The bell turret of the little church is also an
architectural gem, and the venerable stone screen separating the nave from the chancel
is a beautiful work of art. At the rear of the house three curious stone masks are
preserved. These were inserted in the upper chambers, and enabled persons to peep
down into the banqueting liall imobserved. One depicts the face of a bishop, another
a man with ears, and a third a grinning rustic.
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LECKIORDS TOWER.
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HOUSEHOLD LINENS.
Of all Jolly & Son's departments this is perhaps the one that has shown
the most steady and unchanging increase. As in most things, "nothing
succeeds like success," and the increase of business each year finds Jolly &
Sox in a position to do better for customers in the coming year. Larger
contracts can be placed, better terms obtained, middlemen are done away
with, and goods procured direct from manufacturers. In these changes
Jolly & Sox have held jealously to two principle?, and to these they .greatly
attribute their success. In the first place they will not (under any circum-
stances, and however cheap goods may at first sight appear) allow second rate
or meretricious goods to be purchased ; and, secondly, they make a point of
giving to their customers the benefits derived from any concessions that they
obtain in prices, and let the public have cheap goods rather than put extra
profits into their own pockets.
Visitors requiring further information than contained in this small liand-
book are referred to the Original Bath Guide, 1/- ; Post OflBce Bath Directory,
5'6 ; Rambles about Bath, 5/- ; and for Postal information, 'Bus, Tram and
Railway Tables, to the Handy Bath Time Tables, Id. monthly, either
obtainable at the Bath Herald OflBce.
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VIEW IN PART OF JOLLY & SON's COSTUME ROOM.
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" Where cau I get a dress made well and quickly ? " is often one of the first
questions asked by a visitor, and to supply this deman^^'a large staff at
Messrs, Jolly & Son's is daily employed. They have always in stock several
hundred costumes from all the chief inventors of novelties. Costumes for
all occasions and at all prices, from cheap serge skirts to elaborate dinner
costumes. They now employ seven head cutters, each having under her a
staff of the most qualified assistants that can be procured, and also an
experienced ta ior with his special staff, and Jolly & !Son feel that they are
able to compete with the best costumiers of London and Paris in the style
and in the fit of their costumes.
In order that the work shall be all conducted under the most favourable
circumstances, they have built a large block of workrooms, all aiTanged on
the most approved principles of sanitation, lighting, «fcc. The rooms are all
lofty and well ventilated, heated by hot water, and lit by electricity, and
Jolly & Sox have found by experience that the better the conditions under
which work is done the better the work turned out.
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TRAVELLERS.
Jolly & Son's travellers havi; for over thirty years called on'the principal
families in South Wales. Any lady wishing to have her name added to
their list is respectfully solicited to give notice to them accordingly.
WEDDINGS.
Jolly tk Son devote special attention to this branch of their business,
and the number of orders that they have lately received from strangers
recommended to go to Jolly & Son by ladies who had had their trousseaux
from Milsom Street is a satisfactory proof that their efforts in this direction
have not been thrown away.
Jolly & Son hold at all times an immense stock of white and cream silks,
satins, satin merveilleux, rich damasees and brocades, including several
specialities of their own.
In their Costume Room can always be seen the newest designs for brideV
and bridesmaids' costumes, and in their millinery room a choice assortment
of wreaths, bouquets, and garnitures, and shapes suitable for bridesmaids*^
hats of all kinds and dimensions are always on show. Special sketches are
pre]3ared if necessary for bridesmaids' fancy costumes.
For the Outfitting portion of a bride's trousseau Jolly & Son publish a
book of prices. The whole of their work is hand-made, and their immense
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stock of linen of all kinds enables them to compete in price with any outfitter
in England.
The great variety of their business enables them to cater successfully for
ail tastes. A lady may therefore in this, as in all their other departments, be
sure of finding an equal assortment of patterns, from the simplest and most
inexpensive to the most elaborate and outi'e styles.
ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES.
Jolly & Son have just added to their aheady extensive suite of rooms
an additional Costume Show Room, a Ladies' and Children's Outfitting
Room, a Private Room for fitting corsets, &c., and a Drawing Room where
Tea is provided at a small cost for the convenience of customers. The
Mantle Department has also been doubled.
MOURNING.
Jolly & Son send assistants and dressmakers to take orders for
Mourning at their customers' residences on receipt of letter or telegram.
No expenses are charged for this.
Funerals conducted throughout and estimates furnished of the probable
cost.
Cremations arranged for.
Telegrams : "Jolly, Bath."' Telephone : 207.
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