Various: Author Bath and North East Somerset Council's Print Services: Publisher
Bath
Dartmouth Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath BA2 1AS
Date
2016
Extent
Pages: 39
Description
A magazine produced by and for the City of Bath Mayor's Honorary Guides. Contents of this edition are as follows: Blindhouses (a short account of surviving blindhouses or lock ups in the villages and towns around Bath in Somerset and Wiltshire) by Ken Tatum, pp. 6-7; Walking about Bath in 1743 (account of and extracts printed from 'Diary of an Unknown Traveller' held by Bristol Reference Library which describes the walks the diarist took in Bath during his seven-week stay there in 1743) by Trevor Fawcett, pp. 9-11; Elizabeth Elliston: Bath's teacher of dance (a short history of the life of Elizabeth Elliston nee Rundall who married Robert William Elliston, a leading actor of the period, and who ran a dance school at various locations within the city of Bath) by Ian Perkins, pp. 13-15; 18th &19th century clock and watchmaking in Bath (includes a list of some of the most important clockmakers working in Bath during this period) by Stephen Ross, pp. 16-18; Jane Austen: her family and other influences (notes on the friends and family of Jane amd Cassandra Austen) by Gavin Turner, pp. 20-24; Drama at the Theatre Royal (the story of the rescue, renovation and refurbishment of the Theatre Royal in the 1980s) by David Beeton, pp. 29-32; The coat of Arms of Captain Arthur Phillip 1738-1814 by Roland Symons, pp. 32-34; George Bridgetower: his Bath connections (a short history of George Polgreen Bridgetower, virtuoso violinist son of an Afro-carribean father and a European mother who started his early career in Bath) by Andrew Clarke, pp. 34-36; A neglected monument (the Shakespeare Memorial in Victoria Park) by Peter Davies, pp. 36-37
