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S PA T O W N ◆

G

eorgian high society
once flocked to Bath
to meet up and have
a good time, and even
today, this old Roman city,
founded in around AD70,
remains a hidden gem in the
south west of England.
Despite the Roman
origins, Bath's heyday was
undoubtedly during the
1800s, when the cobbled
streets lining the city centre
would have been filled with
silk and linen-lined sedan
chairs, held up by smartly
dressed servants, taking their
wealthy guests from hotspot
to hotspot.
Now you're more likely to
see a delivery bike taking fast
food from house to house, but
that's not to say that you can't
reminisce of times gone by.

ROMAN
BATHS

Time for a dip
DID
YOU
KNOW?
Bath
hosted the
first ever
farmers'
market
in 1987.

R O M A N BAT H S
The mineral-rich waters of Bath
were first discovered by Roman
settlers, who moved to this
area in the first century AD and
wanted somewhere to meet their
friends and colleagues.
Situated in the heart of the
city, the baths are now among the
best preserved Roman remains in
the world. Some 1,170,000 litres
of steaming spring water reaching
46°C still fill the bathing site every

day. It was during Georgian and
Victorian times that the steaming
waters became popular.
Wealthy businessmen, local
entrepreneurs, and politicians on
their way to and from Parliament in
London would often come to Bath
to bathe in the hope illnesses and
ailments would be washed away.
In 1891, architect John McKean
Brydon won a contract for work
on Bath Guildhall. Over the next
eight years he also undertook
other work in the city including
the buildings at the Roman baths.
Carvings and stone statues of
Roman emperors and governors
of Roman Britain stand on the
terrace overlooking the baths,
looking like they could have been
there since Roman times, but these
are Victorian too, carefully placed to
increase the attraction's authenticity.
These days the water in the Great
Bath is completely untreated and
unsafe to drink or even to touch.
The nearby Thermae Bath Spa
uses the same water, which is
treated to make it safe for bathing.

Terrace all gold

BATH'S BEAUTIFUL
ROYAL CRESCENT

R OYA L C R E S C E N T
This famous row of terraced town
houses is as symbolic as the baths
and, although built before Queen
Victoria was born, it was Victorian
high society that made this the
tourist attraction it is today.
At the centre is Number 16, the
Royal Crescent Hotel, a haven
of 19th century luxury that only
actually became a hotel in the
1950s, although its suites and
neighbouring terraces were built
between 1767 and 1775.
Jane Austen lived in the crescent
for some time, as did Admiral Sir
William Hargood, a comrade of
Lord Horatio Nelson at the Battle of
Trafalgar. The Royal Crescent was
a favourite haunt of royals when
they visited Bath, including Princess
Victoria when she opened the
57-acre Royal Victoria Park, until
an unfortunate incident that led
to her never visiting ever again...

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