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Bath is a 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. AD 60 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.
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.
The tower of Bath Abbey can be seen in the background. Also known as the Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, it is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery, founded in the 7th century, 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 church is cruciform in plan, and is able to seat 1200. An active place of worship, with hundreds of congregation members and hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, it is used for religious services, secular civic ceremonies, concerts and lectures. The choir performs in the abbey and elsewhere. There is a heritage museum in the vaults.
The abbey is a Grade I listed building, particularly noted for its fan vaulting. It contains war memorials for the local population and monuments to several notable people, in the form of wall and floor plaques and commemorative stained glass. The church has two organs and a peal of ten bells. The west front includes sculptures of angels climbing to heaven on two stone ladders.
Elsa had her first real bath on Sunday in Dan & Carmen's kitchen sink. She didn't hate it at first, but I think she was just confused. After she started crying, there was this brief period when she was happy again, when the wash cloth was on top of her. I think she liked the warm.
No Fence Friday for me today. My little Boston Terrier named Bob is going in for surgery. He has been through more than animals should ever have to go through. It is a keep your fingers crossed kind of day. Hoping that the word benign is what you hear. I rescued Bob when he was 6 and he just turned 11. He was a stud, had a concrete backyard, got sick with his first cancerous tumor and dumped. I adopted him with 15 staples in his leg and 5 weeks later he came down with two more bad tumors. It has been a few years now and I can only hope this is something else. Bob is really special.
My bath foam looks like an arctic ocean but luckily my ocean is hot and there are no polar bears around.
Bath time has become so much fun for both of us now that he can sit up. He quickly figured out that he can splash with his hands just as well as his legs! I look forward to bath time every night now.
6 mo. 2 weeks. 6 days.
Bath time has become so much fun for both of us now that he can sit up. He quickly figured out that he can splash with his hands just as well as his legs! I look forward to bath time every night now.
6 mo. 2 weeks. 6 days.
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.