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The big (currently) open pool in the Bath Roman Spa. Apparently they had a incredible roof structure above the pool.
Queen Elizabeth II Pillar Box – Type PB1042/1
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A unique village south of Matlock in Derbyshire, built alongside the River Derwent in a steep and beautiful gorge.
It developed as a spa town in the nineteenth century and was extremely fashionable and prosperous, with its spectacular scenery adding to the general appeal.
It was visited by the then Princess (later Queen) Victoria on 22 Oct 1832 when she was a guest of the Duke of Devonshire at nearby Chatsworth House and again in 1844.
These visits served to enhance the reputation of the resort but eventually, the advent of the railway changed all that by bringing 'day trippers' by the score. It was at this time that Matlock Bath developed its inland 'seaside' resort image that it still carries today.
Bath is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, South West England, 97 miles west of London and 13 miles south-east of Bristol. In 2011, its population was 88,859. It became a city by Elizabeth I granting it a Royal Charter in 1590 and a county borough in 1889. The city became part of Avon in 1974; since Avon's abolition in 1996, it has been the principal centre of Bath and North East Somerset.
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 before then. It became popular as a spa town during the Georgian era, leaving a heritage of Georgian architecture crafted from Bath Stone.
Bath Spa Station 1841 Focal Point of I K Brunel's Great Western Railway through Bath, sympathetically designed in the pioneering phase of railway construction
I posted this pic 'cause my Mum and Dad went there this week. They've put a pic up and it looked just like this one I found when I Googled it - Never been there myself but would love to!!
Their picture is here: www.flickr.com/photos/legendlex/536851770/