Proceedings of the History of Bath Research Group, No. 5
Reference Number
PP/2458/5
Level of Description
Item
Title
Proceedings of the History of Bath Research Group, No. 5
Creator(s) & Administrative History
Pollard, Nigel: Editor Various: Author
Date
2016-2017
Extent
Pages: 44
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: Obituary of Trevor Fawcett 1934-2017: a noted local historian (with contributions by Mary Fawcett and members of Bath museums, Bath Record Office and University of Bath staff), pp. 2-4; Bath - the premier spa of the Empire (Bath Corporation's contribution to the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley in 1924-1925) by Nigel Pollard, pp. 5-7; Tracking Nelson through Bath 1771-1798 (Bath's association with Horatio Nelson and his family) by Louis Hodgkin, pp. 8-11; Bath's doubtful silversmiths (eighteenth century silversmiths in Bath) by Duncan Campbell, pp. 12-13; Music shops and the music trade in Georgian Bath (includes information on Thomas Underwood, Benjamin Milgrove, James and Walter Lintern and also infomation on nineteenth-century musician families such as John White and the Loder family) by Mathew Spring, pp. 14-19; The lost church of St. Mary de Stalles (a historical and archaeological summary of the church and surrounding churchyard) by Peter Davenport, pp. 20-21; Bathwick pubs (including the Argyle Coffee House/Argyle Tap, the Rising Sun, the King's Arms later the Porter Stores, the Dog and Gun, the Royal Oak, the Ostrich, the Duke of Cambridge, the Pulteney Arms (Grove Street), the Royal Oak, the Boater, the Bathwick Tavern, the Trowbridge House later Rendezvous Club, the Bargeman's Tavern, the Alma Tavern, The Castle (at Sham Castle Lane), the Sydney Tap/Royal Tap, the Pulteney Arms (Daniel Street), the Rifleman's Arms (Bathwick Street), the Barley Mow, the Crown, the Castle formerly the Windsor Castle and Sham Castle (Forester Avenue), the Queen Victoria, the Lamb and the Folly, these last three all being sited in Hampton Row) by Kirsten Elliot, pp. 23-26; Appendix Trevor Fawcett (1934-2017): List of publications, pp. 39-44
Subject
Archaeological excavations Exhibitions Musicians Parish churches Public houses Publications Silversmiths
