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Bath Abbey is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The medieval abbey church served as a sometime cathedral of a bishop. After long contention between churchmen in Bath and Wells the seat of the Diocese of Bath and Wells was later consolidated at Wells Cathedral. The Benedictine community was dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis") c. 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then.
Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era. Georgian architecture, crafted from Bath stone, includes the Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room and Assembly Rooms where Beau Nash presided over the city's social life from 1705 until his death in 1761. Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder, and in the 18th century the city became fashionable and the population grew. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Bath Blitz in World War II.
The city has software, publishing and service-oriented industries. Theatres, museums and other cultural and sporting venues have helped make it a major centre for tourism, with more than one million staying visitors and 3.8 million day visitors to the city each year.
There are several museums including the Museum of Bath Architecture, the Victoria Art Gallery, the Museum of East Asian Art, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy and the Holburne Museum. The city has two universities – the University of Bath and Bath Spa University – with Bath College providing further education. Sporting clubs include Bath Rugby and Bath City F.C. while TeamBath is the umbrella name for all of the University of Bath sports teams.
Bath became part of the county of Avon in 1974, and, following Avon's abolition in 1996, has been the principal centre of Bath and North East Somerset.
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Bath [bɑːθ] ist eine Stadt im Westen Englands in der Grafschaft Somerset am Fluss Avon, etwa 20 km von der größeren Stadt Bristol entfernt. Sie ist berühmt für ihre römischen Bäder, die ab dem Jahr 43 n. Chr. von den damals hier lebenden Römern aus warmen Quellen entwickelt wurden. Diese einzigen heißen Quellen in England waren der Überlieferung nach schon in vorrömischer Zeit bekannt. Seit der Zeit Elisabeth I. entwickelte sich Bath immer mehr zum Kurort der wohlhabenden Bevölkerung. Daher gibt es noch viele historische Gebäude, insbesondere aus der georgianischen Epoche, in der Stadt. Der stadtbildprägende Werkstein ist der in der Nachbarschaft abgebaute Bath Stone.
Eines der bekanntesten Bauwerke aus dieser Zeit ist der Royal Crescent. Bath ist von der UNESCO als Weltkulturerbe eingestuft. Im Regierungsbezirk Bath and North East Somerset lebten 2001 knapp 170.000 Menschen, in der Stadt selbst etwa 86.000 Menschen, die sich Bathonians nennen. Mit der Universität Bath und der Universität Bath Spa ist Bath eine Universitätsstadt.
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Bath a city with a population of nearly 100.000, is named after its Roman-built baths. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis around 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon.
Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century.
Claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town. In the 16th and 17th centuries, aristocrats and even monarchs came here for a cure and made the place famous. The Queen of England was a guest in 1702. The steep rise as a fashionable spa resort of world renown began. By 1800, the population had grown to 34,000 thanks to the spa, making Bath the eighth largest city in England.
The former abbey church of Bath was originally the church of a Benedictine monastery, but has since become the episcopal see of the diocese of Bath and Wells and is now a parish church. In 1088, 22 years after the Norman conquest of England, it was decided to build a representative bishop's church in the Anglo-Norman style. This was badly damaged in the 13th century and rebuilt in the Perpendicular style from 1499. The cathedral of the diocese of Bath and Wells went to the English royal family after the Act of Supremacy and the subsequent separation of the English Church from Rome. In 1574, Queen Elizabeth I of England ordered a restoration, which lasted until 1611. During the 1820s and 1830s buildings, including houses, shops and taverns which were very close to or actually touching the walls of the abbey were demolished and the interior remodelled
Bath bombs that do not suck! These are from the Water Softening Fizzy recipe on this site. I used grapeseed oil for the moisturizer and grapefruit essential oil for fragrance.
Now that I've got the knack for wetting the mixture, watch out. I may have ordered the supplies for replicating Lush's Butterball bath bomb, my favorite.
I guess I have to take another bath to test these. So sad.
Francis Hotel Bath was first used as a series of townhouses and No10 Queen Square became a boarding house. After expanding throughout the houses, numbered 6-12, the spaces were joined 1884, the Francis Private Hotel was born.
A bit if autumn colour frames 66847 as it leads through Bath's Sydney Gardens with the Bristol Barton Hill RHTT on 13 October, 2018. Partner 66850 was on the rear.
When I unboxed the D-40 Bryn was taking a bath. Archive this one for future blackmail opportunities. - Uploaded with a demo version of FlickrExport 2.
Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis") c. 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then.
I don't think there is an unattractive street in Bath. The entire city is just laced with history and such beauty it takes the breath away,