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I love the way the buildings in Bath have an amazing unity and harmony despite their randomness on closer inspection.
This photo was taken handheld from Calton Gardens. I had hoped to get a wider shot including the abbey with my ef-s 17-55 but as it turned out the sky wasn't quite right and it was a little early for the city lights to come on. Instead, I used my my telephoto lens to zoom in on the jumbled buildings which worked quite well.
Detail of the panel that includes the name of Lord Alexander George Thynne, D.S.O., M.P. (1873-1918), who was one of Bath's two Members of Parliament and also an officer in the Wiltshire Yeomanry, eventually becoming C.O. of the 6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. He was the youngest son of the 4th Marquess of Bath (of Longleat), but lived at Norton Hall, Northampton, and thus also features on the war memorial at Norton.
Thynne's nephew, 2nd Lt. John Alexander Thynne, Viscount Weymouth (1895–1916) of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) also died in the First World War, his name appearing on the war memorial at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire. John Alexander, Viscount Weymouth was the eldest son (and heir) of the 5th Marquess of Bath, and upon his death, his younger brother, Lord Henry Thynne, became Viscount Weymouth (and in 1946 the 6th Marquess).
Information from the CWGC database:
THYNNE, Lord ALEXANDER GEORGE
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Date of Death: 14/09/1918
Age: 45
Regiment/Service: Wiltshire Regiment, Commanding 6th (Royal Wilts. Yeo.) Bn.
Awards: D S O
Grave Reference: II. L. 13.
Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Additional Information: Awarded the Croix de Guerre (France). Son of the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath. Member of Parliament for Bath.
Link: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/61592/THYNNE,%20Lord%...
Our room at the Clarence in Exeter, slightly weird to have a bath litteraly in the corner of your room!
Here we see a Mute Swan as he bathes in the pond in Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Preserve, Longmeadow,MA
Begun in 1499, Bath Abbey is the last of the great medieval churches of England. The West Front is unique as it depicts the dream that inspired the Abbey's founder, Bishop Oliver King, to pull down the ruined Norman cathedral and raise the present building on its foundations.
Over the past twelve and a half centuries, three different churches have occupied the site of today’s Abbey: An Anglo-Saxon Abbey Church dating from 757, pulled down by the Norman conquerors of England soon after 1066. A massive Norman cathedral begun about 1090. It was larger than the monastery could afford to maintain and by the end of the 15th century was in ruins. The present Abbey church founded in 1499, ruined after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 by order of Henry VIII.
Worship has taken place on the site of today's Abbey for over one thousand years and continues to this day with services taking place throughout the entire week.
A montage that I create for my clients so that they can share their beautiful wedding memories with friends and family easily.
These are meant to give the viewer a real flavour of the day, and are a mix of the candid, the bespoke and portraiture shot especially for the couple.
Photograph by Chris Denner
@YrPerfectDayUK