Proceedings of the History of Bath Research Group, No. 3
Reference Number
PP/2458/3
Level of Description
Item
Title
Proceedings of the History of Bath Research Group, No. 3
Creator(s) & Administrative History
Nigel Pollard: Editor Various: Author
Date
2014-2015
Extent
Pages: 30
Description
The 'Proceedings' provide summaries or absracts of the talks given at the meetings of The History of Bath Research Group and this edition consists of the following: Editorial (a short paragraph on the British Empire Exhibition which took place in 1925 at Wembley, North London and a photograph of the stone pavilion exhibited there by Bath City Council which now stands in the Botanical Gardens in Royal Victoria Park), p. 1: The Cleveland Pools by Linda Watts (a short history of the Cleveland Pleasure Baths at Hampton Row from their foundation to the present day), pp. 2-5; The Music of Georgian Bath by Matthew Spring, pp. 6-8; Smallcombe cemetery (an article on the condition of the cemetery at the time of writing and the improvements to be made as result of the 2014 National Lottery grant received by the Friends of Smallcombe) by Alistair Cowan, pp. 9-11; Diary of a wartime doctor in Bath and Chippenham (a talk based on entries made in the diary of Dr Joan Hickson, mother of the speaker) by Ruth Skrine, pp. 12-14; The Co-operative movement in Bath by David Pearce, pp. 15-18; Newton Park, 1946-1968: memory and place by Kate James, pp. 19-20; The newspapers of Bath at the time of the French Revolution (1789-1802) by Kevin Grieves, pp. 21-23; Gender and philanthropy in early nineteenth century England (a paragraph giving a description of the speaker's thesis on Lady Isabella King who established an asylum for distressed gentlewomen at Bailbrook House) by Jackie Collier, p. 24; A Gothic jewel in a sea of Classicism (a short history of the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel) by Amy Frost, p. 25; The Avon Riverside between Bathwick and Kensington (gives brief accounts of the Grosvenor Gardens Vauxhall promoted by the architect John Eveleigh which stood on the site of Kensington Meadows, the Cleveland Pleasure Baths and their association with the Reverend Daniel Race Godfrey, Bathwick Boating Station, the Grosvenor Footbridge and the Cremorne Pleasure Gardens) by Mike Chapman, pp. 26-29. Second copy of Proceedings at PP/665
Subject
Cemeteries Chapels Historic gardens Leisure Medical profession Music Newspapers Public Baths
