Handy iiuide to the City of 
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 Handy Guide 
 
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 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 
 
 JOLLY AND SON. 
 
 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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 GUIDE TO BATH. 
 
 1 
 
 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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 HISTORICAL, 
 
 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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 HISTORICAL. 
 
 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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 HISTORICAL. 
 
 
 
 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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 HISTORICAL. 
 
 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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 HISTORICAL. 
 
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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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 iW. G. Letvis.
 
 22 HISTORICAL, 
 
 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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 HISTORICAL. 
 
 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. 
 
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 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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 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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 HOT SPRINGS OF BATH. 
 
 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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 Pump Tvpon^ 
 ^9r?cXe . 
 
 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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 35. 
 
 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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 POINTS OF INTEREST. 
 
 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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 SPORTS AND PASTIMES. 
 
 51 
 
 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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 54 WALKS AND DRIVES AROUND BATH. 
 
 •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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 56 WALKS AND DRIVES AROUND BATH. 
 
 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.
 
 58 JOLLY AND SON. 
 
 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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 I 
 
 VIEW IN PART OF JOLLY & SON's COSTUME ROOM.
 
 €0 JOLLY AND SON. 
 
 " 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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 JOLLY & son's workrooms, JOHN STREET, QUEEN SQUARE.
 
 62 JOLLY AND SON. 
 
 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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