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Bath is a city in the county of Somerset, South West England, known for the curative Roman-built baths that still exist there. Bath is located 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bristol. The city, in the valley of the River Avon, became a World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis") c. AD 60 when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon although oral tradition suggests that the 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 the water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town during the Georgian era, leaving a heritage of Georgian architecture crafted from Bath stone, including 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.
Bath allocated Bristol Omnibus Leyland National Series B BH709, XEU 857T, at Bath, on September 23rd 1979.
Copyright Robert Tarling.
Bishop Oliver King of Bath and Wells reportedly dreamt in 1499 of restoring the abbey church of Bath. He saw an olive tree and a king's coronet. Ladders rose from this tree, with angels ascending and descending, and a voice commanded "a king to restore the church".
These elements of King's dream are found all over the unique west facade of the Gothic building of Bath Abbey, which was completed shortly before the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.
The Bath Abbey Footprint Project is a Heritage Lottery Fund project to repair the Abbey’s collapsing floor, install a new eco-friendly heating system using Bath’s hot springs, and provide new, improved space and facilities to ensure the Abbey is more sustainable, hospitable and useable for local residents, worshippers and visitors alike.
Wessex Archaeology will be working alongside Bath-based firm Emery to help deliver the £19.3 million Footprint Project.
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She didn't always smile like that when it was time to clean up. Took her a while, but she warmed up to her inflatable ducky bath tub.
This young lady was giving and excellent rendition of Songbird, made famous by Eva Cassidy. Taken in the streets of Bath.
Taken with an f2.8 180mm Nikon lens which I had acquired just an hour earlier. I was passing one of my favourite shops, London Camera Exchange, by Bath Abbey when I spotted a mint-condition allegedly-used lens in the window for £150 below the best new price. I went straight in and nabbed it. It was spotless and the box, lens case and documentation were with it also (Greys of Westminster please note, your f2 135mm lens was also mint but minus the bits that should have come with it). What baffles me is why people buy expensive lenses like this and then don't use them. Anyway, my gain and I'll be turning it to astro-photography shortly.
I saw this on my last trip to England. It was in the town of Bath and I thought it was rather cool :)
Framed by the morning sunlight. The stark end gable to the left was once another house, destroyed in the Bath Blitz of 1942.