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Bath time with Grandma. This was a win-win for all involved. I enjoyed the break from giving Evan his baths while Bruce and Bonnie were here, and Evan and Bonnie enjoyed the extra time together. It worked out nicely that they ate dinner with us on nights that Evan happened to need baths.
Bath is one of the best towns in the UK to visit and has many attractions and places to stay and eat.
The Roman Baths a main attraction along with the cathedral.
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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. The Benedictine community was dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
The church architecture is cruciform in plan and can seat up to 1,200 patrons. An active place of worship, it also hosts civic ceremonies, concerts and lectures. There is a heritage museum in the cellars.
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, representing Jacob's Ladder.
Monochrome of Bath Cathedral, UK at night at 10mm.
Cant believe they actually allow polish taxi drivers to park their taxis in front of this! CRIMINAL!
Sort it out BANES council......
Bomber thinks that Daddy brought this home for her. I caught her in mid meow, shes not always a vampire cat.
With the Roman Baths and Pump Room on the left. And it rained! This photo was taken with the Abbey behind me.
There is a legend that Bath was founded in 860 BC when Prince Bladud, father of King Lear, caught leprosy. He was banned from the court and was forced to look after pigs. The pigs also had a skin disease but after they wallowed in hot mud they were cured. Prince Bladud followed their example and was also cured. Later he became king and founded the city of Bath.
In reality it is not known exactly when the health giving qualities of Bath springs were first noticed. They were certainly known to the Romans who built a temple there around 50 AD. The temple was dedicated to Sul, a Celtic god and Minerva the Roman goddess of healing. (The Romans hoped to please everybody by dedicating it to both gods). They also built a public baths which was supplied by the hot springs.
In the 60s and 70s AD a town grew up on the site of Bath. It was called Aquae Sulis, the waters of Sul. In the late 2nd century a ditch was dug around Roman Bath and an earth rampart was erected. It probably had a wooden palisade on top. In the 3rd century it was replaced by a stone wall.
In the 4th century Roman civilisation began to decline. The population of Roman towns decreased and trade shrank. The last Roman soldiers left Britain in 407 AD. What happened to Bath afterwards is not known for certain. Some people probably continued to live within the Roman walls and Bath was probably still a market for the local area. However the old, grand Roman buildings fell into disrepair and were replaced by simple wooden huts.
In 1590 Queen Elizabeth gave Bath a new charter. From then on Bath had a mayor and aldermen. There were some improvements in the little town. Bellots almshouses were built in 1609. In 1615 a 'scavenger' was appointed to clean the streets of Bath. In 1633 thatched roofs were banned because of the risk of fire.
However like all towns Bath suffered from outbreaks of the plague. It struck in 1604, 1625, 1636 and 1643.
In 1642 came civil war between king and parliament. In 1643 Bath was occupied by parliamentary troops. In July 1643 they fought a battle against the royalists north of the town. The royalists were victorious. The parliamentary army withdrew from the area and the royalists occupied Bath. However by 1645 the king was losing the civil war. In July 1645 the royalist commander in Bath surrendered to parliament.
In the late 17th century Bath continued to be a quiet market town. It largely depended on its springs. From 1661 Bath water was bottled and sold.
Please be advised that these pictures are of a model home that is exactly like mine. It is to give you an idea of what my home looks like inside.
Another view of the master bath.
Bath Abbey (16th century, with 19th century restoration). View of the the outside of the nave from the South.
1F23 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour due to depart Bath Spa at 15.35.
158950 was refurbished with green interior and repainted in GWR green livery around February 2017.
Bath & Body Works
1480 Concord Parkway North, Suite 270, Carolina Mall, Concord, NC
This location opened in October 1997.