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Century of Bath : Events, People and Places over the 20th Century

£9.99

Now £7.99

ISBN-13: 978-0750949255
Falconer

This fine selection of photographs illustrates the transformation that has taken place in Bath during the 20th century, offering insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people during a century of change.
A selection of photographs that illustrates the transformation that has taken place in Bath during the 20th century. It offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader glimpses and details of familiar places during this century of change. It records the process of transformation.

Bath

£3.50

Now £2.80

ISBN-13: 978-1841652009
Annie Bullen

A lavishly illustrated guide based on walks that take in the 'must-sees' of Bath, with diversions for those with more time

When the Romans arrived in this green valley nearly two thousand years ago they were captivated by the miraculous stream of endless hot water. The restored bath and temples complex and the splendid Abbey attract thousands of visitors to the city each year. Using this guide to explore today’s Bath, visitors can once more experience the benefits of a dip in the natural mineral water and enjoy a lot more besides - stylish shops and restaurants, interesting galleries and museums, and the feel of a lively city with its historic past informing an exciting present.

Bath Local History - Bath: More Than a Guide

Archaeology of Water

£17.99

Now £14.39

ISBN-13: 978-0752447629
Davies

Takes us from the first springs, through Roman baths to the mass storage and distribution of water needed to make the Industrial Revolution possible.

Bath Local History - Somerset from Bath to the Quantocks

Life and Letters at Bath in the Eighteenth Century

£15.99

Now £12.79

ISBN-13: 978-1845886028
Barbeau

Eighteenth-century Bath was at the centre of English culture and fashion. A pleasure resort as well as a spa town, it played host to the beau monde in search of diversion in addition to the infirm in search of a cure by taking its waters. This book chronicles provides details of the variety of people associated with it.

In and Around Bath: Edinburgh

£2.39

ISBN-13: 978-1841650364
Brett

Around Bath : A Second Selection

£9.99

Now £7.99

ISBN-13: 978-0752410944
De’Ath

The Bristol Avon

£15.99

Now £12.79

ISBN-13: 978-1860773624
Josephine Jeremiah

The Bristol Avon rises in Gloucestershire and its branches unite Malmesbury in Wiltshire. Well known for its architecture, and steeped in history, Bath is the first city encountered on the river’s journey. Bristol, famous for its ships and seafarers, is the second. The river continues under the Clifton Suspension Bridge and through the spectacular Avon Gorge to the Severn estuary. Made navigable between Bath and Bristol during 1724-7, the Bristol Avon was linked to London in 1810 by the Bath to Newbury section of the Kennet and Avon Canal. The navigation now provides pleasure boaters with an enjoyable cruise. This nostalgic collection of prints and photographs feature town and village scenes, as well as mills, bridges and locks, and there are illustrations of an astonishing range of river craft. This charming new study of the Bristol Avon will be of great interest not only to residents, river users and visitors to the area, but also to those who are researching their family history in the communities along its banks.

Hungerford :A Pictorial History

£13.99

Now £11.19

ISBN-13: 978-0850338355
Hugh Pihlens

The market town of Hungerford has been greatly influenced by its position, lying as it does on the Bath Road, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Great Western Railway. The coaching era brought prosperity to which the canal added after 1810. The railway, however, had the opposite effect, by taking trade and people to bigger towns to the east. The second half of the 19th century was a testing time for Hungerford, though it was spared the worst of Victorian redevelopments, but from the early 20th century it has seen a resurgence of prosperity and growth.

Changing Chelmsford : Order of the Bath

£12.99

Now £10.39

ISBN-13: 978-1860773990
Marriage

After the burgeoning of the United Kingdom honours system in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Order of the Bath became a high-ranking and prestigious honour for civil and military servants of the Crown. This illustrated book explores the changing aspects and uses of this high honour, and the personalities who shaped its history.

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