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Bath (England) - Description and travel
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A description of Bath, wherein The Antiquity of the City, as well as the Eminence of its Founder; its Magnitude, Situation, Soil, Mineral Waters, and Physical Plants; its British Works, and the Grecian Ornaments with which they were adorned; its Devastations and Restorations in the Days of the Britons, Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans; with its New Buildings, Baths, Conduits, Hospitals, Places of Worship, and other Public Edifices; its Gates, Bridges, Walks, and Streets, &c. Are respectively Treated of: The Gods, Places of Worship, Religion, and Learning of the Ancient Britons Occasionally considered: And the Limits of the City in its present State; its Government, Trade, and Amusements Severally pointed out. Illustrated with The Figure of King Bladud, the First Founder of the City; together with Proper Plans and Elevations from Twenty-Two Copper-Plates. By John Wood, Esq; the second edition, corrected and enlarged. In two volumes.
Wood, John, 1704-1754.Date: M.DCC.LXIX. [1769]- Books
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The tradesman's and traveller's pocket companion: or, the Bath and Bristol guide: calculated for the use of gentlemen and ladies who visit Bath; The Inhabitants of Bath and Bristol; and All Persons who have Occasion to Travel.
Date: 1753- Books
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The new Bath guide: or, memoirs of the B-r-d family. In a series of poetical epistles.
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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The bath and Bristol guide: or, tradesman's and traveller's pocket-companion. Containing, I. A description of Bath; the first Discovery of its Waters; of the Public Buildings, viz. the Churches, Hospitals, Squares, Streets, Rooms for Public Assemblies, &c. II. The quantites of water each bath contains; the daily Produce of the Waters, and the Hours for Bathing. III. Rules relating to Bath; Orders for the better Regulation of the Chairmen; with the Distances from the Public Places of Resort to several Parts of the City; and what they are to take for each fare they carry. IV. A Table of the Posts going out, and arriving at Bath; the Time of the Coaches, Waggons, Carriers, and Boats going out, and arriving; and an exact Measurement of the Roads between Bath and London, according to the Stones erected every Mile. V. A Description of Bristol. VI. A List of the Carriers that come into, and set out from the City of Bristol, with the Days they keep, the Places they come from, and the Inns they put up at; with an Alphabetical Index, whereby any Person may easily find out the Carrier he wants, with the Place he belongs to; also an Account of the going out and coming in of the Post. VII. Directions for all Travellers, &c. when to Pass over at Aust or New Passage, between England and Wales; with the Prices of Goods, Cattle, and Passengers going over at both Passages. VIII. The Prices of conveying a Letter from the General Post-Office to any Part of England, Ireland, or Flanders; with the going out of the Marls. IX. An account of the roads; the Distances from Place to Place. And other useful observations.
Date: [1753]- Books
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The new Bath directory, for the year, 1792, containing an historical account of the ancient and present state of that elegant city; the salutary properties of its waters, its bathing, and amusements, with Their latest Regulations and Improvements. Also, Alphabetical Lists of the Corporation, Clergy, Bankers, Professors of Physic, Law, Traders, and Citizens. With the lodging-houses, separately arranged. Account of the Coming in and going out of the posts, and the mail and other coaches, Waggons, and common Carriers, and the Inns they set out from. With a description of the seats, villages, and curiosities in the neighbourhood.
Date: [1792]