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Bath Abbey’s collection of monuments is on a par with those in Westminster Abbey, and its wall tablets and ledgerstones...
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A Watchman was a forerunner of today’s police constable and their base was a watch box, just like the one...
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A rare pair of Queen Victoria’s hand sewn knee length knickers (or bloomers), with a single button and drawstring 40-41 inch waist and embroidered with a Royal Crest are to be sold at Lawrences of Crewkerne on the 19 April. The knickers were inherited through the Oakden family line to...
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An OUV is an Outstanding Universal Value, and Bath has got six of them within its two UNESCO World Heritage...
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The Auction Hub in Westbury is to merge with Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne, the long-established firm of West Country Fine...
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This month’s walk by Andrew Swift follows the river through Bath and includes a celebratory stroll across the city’s newest bridge. En route, he looks at the stories behind some of Bath’s other bridges, recalls the city’s largely forgotten role as an inland port and pays tribute to Stothert &...
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Bath was a thriving social hub in the 18th century, entertaining the fashionable elite Londoners who came to take the...
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This month’s walk is an urban one covering a distance of 1.75 miles – all on pavements, it avoids the...
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Bath is a proud historic city, but, let’s face it, the Romans and the Georgians take all the credit. Mayor’s Guide Steve Pratt fills in some of the gaps by ruminating on what is known about the Saxons in the city from 410–1090. There are periods of scant information interspersed...
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We have just said an emotional goodbye to our Queen of 70 years. This led Bath resident Astra Blair to...
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There’s a new face at the Roman Baths and it’s not a Roman character in costume – it’s museum curator,...
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No.1 Royal Crescent, the townhouse museum where you can explore fashionable life in Georgian Bath of the 18th century, has a range of access resources to suit disabled or neurodiverse people, wheelchair users, those with mobility issues, visual or hearing impairments or learning disabilities. The museum provides step-free access, with...