Mayor's Guides Newsletter Issue no. 19, December 1982

Reference Number

PP/195/19

Level of Description

Item

Title

Mayor's Guides Newsletter Issue no. 19, December 1982

Creator(s) & Administrative History

Various: Author

Date

1982

Extent

Pages: 20

Description

Contents include: Members of Parliament for Bath in the 18th century (3) William Blathwayt (1649-1717) by Peter Underdown (Secretary of State to William III and the owner of Dyrham Park by his marriage to Mary Wynter Blathwayt was elected to Parliament for the City of Bath in 1693, 1701, 1702, 1705 and 1708), pp. 3-4; History of Green Park Station - part one by Christopher Handley (covering its design and construction in the late 1860s and the early years of its existence), pp. 5-7; Haydyn in Bath - 1794 (quotes relating to the Royal Crescent, hot spa waters and Pump Room extracted from Haydn's third notebook for use in the 'Haydn in Bath' exhibition and reproduced in the newsletter), p. 8; Ralph Allen's railways by Bruce Crofts (a short account of the railway built by engineer John Padmore for Ralph Allen that ran from Combe Down to to Dolemead Wharf via Ralph Allen's Drive carrying quarried stone. Contains reproduced illustrations of John Padmore's railway waggons and Rat-tail crane at Dolemead), pp. 9-11; Notes on the Plummer Roddis excavation by Lawrence Hinds (brief notes on the building and military use of the city walls in Saxon times), p. 12

Subject

Cranes (machinery)
Industrial railways
Politicians
Railway stations
Stone quarrying
Walls