Mayor's Guides Newsletter Issue no. 32, May 1988

Reference Number
PP/195/32
Level of Description
Item
Title
Mayor's Guides Newsletter Issue no. 32, May 1988
Creator(s) & Administrative History
Various: Author
Date
1988
Extent
Pages: 23
Description
Contents include: Partis College by George Williams (a short account of the setting-up of Partis College, Newbridge Hill for daughters or widows of gentlemen of reduced circumstances and of the life of its founder Ann Partis), pp. 3-5; Walking in Beckford's footsteps by Kirsten Elliott (an account of the properties and estates owned by William Beckford in and behind Lansdown Crescent), pp. 6-10; Stefan Zweig in Bath by Franz Peters (a short account of Austrian author Stefan Zweig's time in Bath in the early 1940s), pp. 11-12; The tyrant of Haviland Hall by John Kirkman (an account of the Lieutenant-Governorship of Major-General William Napier in Guernsey), p. 13; Beckford and Gibbon's library by John Kirkman (the fate of Edward Gibbon's library at Lausanne whcih was bought by William Beckford who then gave it to his physician), p. 13; Railway architecture Part 3. Small town stations by Jim Cantello (includes information on Bath Spa, Green Park and Bradford-on-Avon stations), pp. 14-16; Where Gainsborough lived in Bath by John Ede (a discussion of the problems in identifying the places where the artist Thomas Gainsborough lived Bath), pp. 17-19; John Kirkman: 1924-1988 (appreciations by John Dent and John Ede of Mayor's Guide John Kirkman, pp. 20-21; Book review of 'A history of the Worker's Educational Association - Bath branch' by Michael Turner, p. 22; News from the office (a brief account of the recent changes made at The Roman Baths and Pump Room), p. 23
Subject
Almshouses
Estates (land)
Houses
Private libraries
Railway stations
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