Bath City Council Mayor's Honorary Guides Lectures 1952-1953
Reference Number
PP/194
Level of Description
Item
Title
Bath City Council Mayor's Honorary Guides Lectures 1952-1953
Creator(s) & Administrative History
Various: Author
Date
1952-1953
Extent
Pages: 32
Description
Unpublished typescript of notes relating to twelve lectures given by the Mayor's Honorary Guides 1952-1953. Contains the following short notes on the lectures: Lecture No. 1 Ralph Allen and John Palmer by Adrian Hopkins; Lecture No. 2 Bath Abbey (a list of dates relating to significant events in the building's history) by Oswald Brakspear; Lecture No. 4 Literary associations of Bath (from the eighth to the nineteenth centuries) by Reginald W. M Wright; Lecture No. 5 Notes on some historic houses of Bath (Abbey Church House, Beau Nash House, Ralph Allen's Town House, Prior Park and Wolfe House, Trim Street) by Elsie A. Russ; Lecture No. 6 Beau Nash and the Pump Room by John Hatton; Lecture No. 7 The Banqueting Room, Guildhall by Adrian Hopkins; Lecture No. 8 Notes on Queen Square, Gay Street, Circus, Assembly Rooms, Brock Street and Royal Crescent by Ernest F. Tew; Georgian Architecture (lists the main points covered by the lecture) by Hugh D. Roberts; Lecture No. 11 Art, Music and Drama by Reginald W. M Wright; Lecture No. 12 Notes on Pulteney Bridge, Laura Place, Great Pulteney Street, Sydney Place, The Sydney Gardens and The Holburne of Menstrie Museum of Art by H. le Fleming Burrow.
Subject
Abbeys Architects Architecture Art Historic gardens Houses Museums Music Theatres
