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Bath Photographic Memories
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66 Bath photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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Does anyone know when the trees were felled? I have found a slightly later photo around the turn of the century and this has the trees still. Today there are none, although I think those on Laura Place are still there. If anyone knows about this, I'd love to hear from you: moretrees@live.co.uk
Shared on 26 June 2008
As a former resident of Bath I recall that this building was not particularly liked. In 1959 the hotel was demolished and a block of 33 flats at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor level with shops at the ground floor was built. The quality of building work and the amenities of the building was exceptional and included... [more]
Shared on 06 April 2006
St Swithin's Parish Church, Walcot, Bath
This is the parish church of my ancestor, William Ennever, who was baptised here on July 28, 1793. William was a carman and moved to London in 1816 where he married Elizabeth Wade in 1839. William's brother Joseph was involved in a forgery gang from Birmingham and was captured in 1807 whilst trying to pass off forged £1 notes at a... [more]
Shared on 15 December 2008
My Great Great Grandparents were William and Elizabeth Pratt.
In the 1880s William and his family had lived and worked on the Longleat Estate, William was the Head Gardener at that time.
In 1891 they moved to Bath, and sadly William died there in 1892, and on his death certificate it stated that he died at 24 Southgate Street.
Further sadness... [more]
Shared on 11 September 2008
Avon memories
A 19th century marriage at Widcombe Church
James Cholmeley Russell, the barrister, financier, property developer and Welsh railway entrepreneur married Eleanor Catherine Broome at Widcombe parish church on April 26th 1893. She was the daughter of the late Rev Frederick Broome, formerly rector of Kenley, Shropshire and Catherine Elizabeth Broome. The ceremony was conducted by the Reverend Canon C H Cholmeley, rector of Beaconsfield church from... [more]
Shared on 01 August 2009
This picture of Combe Road brings back many memories, looking straight ahead and slightly to the right is Summer Lane where I attended infant school, the shop on the left was a tobacconist and sweet shop at this time.
On the right of the picture would be the King William pub, adjacent to the shop was a small lane that lead... [more]
Shared on 30 November 2007
I was a patient at the Southstoke Hospital in approx 1950 and again in 1952/53. I recently visited the village and was sad to find that the beautiful house appears to be 'run down' and the hospital/convalescent home long since gone. I would be interested in any books, photos or memories of Southstoke House. As a small child I spent many... [more]
Shared on 31 March 2009
This is the old mill on the banks of the River Avon at Bathampton. It may have been operational at this time but by 1930 it was labelled as disused.
Shared on 21 August 2008
Extracts From Bath & Avon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Bath, inspired by Frith photos.
Remarkably little of the medieval city survives; apart from St Mary Magdalen and a fragment of town wall, the Abbey is the main physical evidence of what was a prosperous town built on the wool trade. However, the superb, and very late medieval, Abbey church more than compensates. Note the genuine 'Bath chair' in this view.
This is an extract from Bath Photographic Memories.
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Go back into town and cross the Pulteney Bridge with its small shops into Argyle Street. At its junction with Laura Place you can look along Great Pulteney Street towards the Holburne Museum, built as the Sydney House hotel in 1796 to serve the Sydney Gardens beyond, a large hexagonal public park now bisected by the railway. ... [more]
This is an extract from Bath Photographic Memories.
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Beyond Southgate, on Broad Quays, the 1966 Churchill Bridge over the River Avon replaced the Old Bridge we see in this view. The stonework arches belong to the 1754 replacement for St Lawrence's Bridge; it dated from 1362, and even had a chapel to St Lawrence halfway across. The medieval piers survived, while the ironwork superstructure was Victorian.
This is an extract from Bath Photographic Memories.
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