The Cleveland Pools Trust have just secured planning approval and listed buildings consent to restore the 200 year-old Georgian pools in Bathwick which have been closed for swimming since 1984. The vote was 6-2 in […]
Tag: Bathwick
B&NES now offering digital access to ancestral records.
Residents, or those with family or historic ancestral connections to the area, are now able to go online to access burial and cremation records managed and held by Bath & North East Somerset Council. The […]
Paving the way for Bath’s visitors.
Nice to welcome a new contributor to the Virtual Museum of Bath. Ken Tatem is a local historian who retired after 41 years in the Environment Agency and its predecessors. He was a Flood Risk […]
A Roman look at Bathwick
During the winter months, Bath and Camden Archaeological Society holds a series of lectures at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN. Each lecture begins at 7.30pm with an admission […]
A Hussar and a park called Henrietta.
Pulteney Bridge – one of Bath’s most iconic architectural set-pieces – was apparently designed to lead to even greater glories. Its construction across the River Avon opened up the Bathwick estate for the building of […]
Pavement puzzle.
Just days ago l was asking if anyone could solve the mystery of the initials ‘B.C’ carved into the front of number 48 Great Pulteney Street and also spotted on terrace walls in Vane Street […]
‘B.C.’ was here!
The Virtual Museum bicycle had been dropped off at Take Charge Bikes on Bathwick Hill for essential brake repairs – leaving your Director free to wander for an hour with a camera. As one who […]
Puddings aid Pools.
What will they think of next! Ever eager to add a few pounds to their campaign to re-open Britain only remaining Georgian-built open air lido – members of the Cleveland Pools Trust were pleased to […]
‘Doing the Pools’
We are not talking here of that old weekly ritual of getting eight football draws in a pools-coupon line but instead paying Bath’s Cleveland Pools a visit during a special Open Day arranged for November […]
The ‘Lido lads’
A unique riverside ‘chunk’ of Bath’s historic past is currently doing its bit to help two local schoolboys with their immediate futures! As part of the city’s Open Heritage Week – which runs during the […]
