Proceedings of the History of Bath Research Group, No. 8
Reference Number
PP/2458/8
Level of Description
Item
Title
Proceedings of the History of Bath Research Group, No. 8
Creator(s) & Administrative History
Pollard, Nigel: Editor Various: Author
Date
2019-2020
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: Major Davis's contribution to Bath as we see it by Doc Watson (a useful brief summary of the life and work of Charles 'Major' Davies , Bath architect and City Surveyor of Corporate Works, including his role in the discovery of the Roman Baths in the 1870s), pp. 3-6; Twerton Gaol: the City of Baths's new model prison, 1842 to 1878: a talk which looks at the reason for a new gaol, its design, the type of prison it was and the reasons for its closure only 36 years after it was built by Richard Williams (an illustrated in depth article based principally upon research using five boxes of material held at Bath Record Office), pp. 6-21; Mr Tompion and his clock by Stephen Clews (an account of the BathTompion Clock which stands in the Pump Room), pp. 22-23; Monumental masons in Bath in the 18th and 19th centuries by Kim Jordan (includes information on the King and Reeves families of masons) pp. 24-32
