The Survey of Bath and District, No. 30 The magazine of the Survey of Old Bath and its associates
Reference Number
PP/2169/30
Level of Description
Item
Title
The Survey of Bath and District, No. 30 The magazine of the Survey of Old Bath and its associates
Creator(s) & Administrative History
Various: Author
Date
2015
Extent
Pages: 48
Description
Includes the following articles: City news: Bath Record Office by Colin Johnston, p. 2; The diaries of Fanny Chapman (short description of the early nineteenth-century diaries of a young woman who lived at Batheaston Villa 1807-1812 and again in Bath 1839-1841), p. 5; A bit more about the Old Labour Exchange in James Street West (a description of the opening ceremony in 1938), pp. 5-6; Portway House, Weston (a short history of Portway House and its environs. The house was built at the end of the eighteenth century and stood at Combe Park, Weston before its demolition in 2003), pp. 7-8; The Bladud Spa (a history of the springs and building which comprised the Bladud Spa at Larkhall in the nineteenth century. The building which housed the spring stood at the foot of Brooklyn Road and later became the Spa Mission Hall before it was demolished in 1972. Article contains copies of drawings and photographs, pp. 10-24; The Johnson family of South Stoke: a remarkable parsonage family (an account of the life of the Reverend Charles Johnson, vicar of Southstoke 1792-1838, his wife Mary and the lives of their children. There is also a section on Captian George Gosling who married a daughter of Charles Johnson and whose tomb lies in South Stoke church) by Robert Parfitt, pp. 25-35; The history of Broad Street: a study of the sites. Part 1 - The West side by Elizabeth Holland and Margaret Burrows, pp. 36-47
