Symons, Roland : Author Uncles, John: Author City of Bath Heraldic Society: Publisher
Date
2008
ISSN
0307-5397
Extent
Pages: 30
Description
Diamond Jubilee Issue of Tabard, the occasional magazine of the City of Bath Heraldic Society founded in 1948. Contents include The Diamond Jubilee, p. 2; Introductory note, p. 3; The Arms of the City of Bath, p. 4-7; The Arms of Bath and Wells and Bath Abbey, pp. 8-9;The Tour (for the most part only heraldry seen on the exteriors not the interiors of churches and public buildings. The tours cover the following: the Tudor Royal arms on the West Front of Bath Abbey, p.10 , the arms of the Montagu family on the West Front doors, pp. 10-11; arms of Bishop Oliver King, p. 11; arms of Marks and Spencer Ltd, p. 12; unusual version of the City's arms on the former Bath Corporation Laundry, Swallow Street, p. 12; arms of William Cecil, Lord Burghley on Bellott's Hospital, p. 13-14; carved representation of the seal of St. John's Hospital, p. 14; the Duke of Chandos arms inside the hallway of Chandos House, pp. 14-15; the rebus of the Rosewell family above the top window of Rosewell House, p. 15; the arms of Robert Nelson, the founder of the former Bluecoat School in the Saw Close, p. 18; a large stone carving of the Hanoverian version of the Royal Arms as used between 1816 and 1837 on the original frontage of the Theatre Royal in Beauford Square, p. 18; a plaque above the door of the The King's Arms, Monmouth Street of the Royal Arms as used between 1714 and 1801, p. 19; the arms and crest of Charles Pratt, Earl Camden, Recorder for Bath, pp. 19-20; arns of Queen Mary, Consort of King George V on the 'By Appointment' in the glass above a doorway of Jolly's department store, p. 21; arms of Bristol and Bath respectively on the Alliance and Leicester Bank, 42 Milsom Street, p. 21; the arms of Frederick Alexander, Duke of York & Albany, [second son of King George III] and his wife Frederica, daughter of the King of Prussia [who both visited Bath in 1795 and 1796] in Northumberland Passage, p. 22; unusually shaped shield of the City's Arms flanked by garlands over the Guildhall main entrance, shield of the 1837 Royal Arms on the North Wing and a depiction of the Diocesan Arms and the City's Arms surmounted by a mural crown on the South Wing, p. 23; the former King Edward's School of 1752 containing a shield over the main entrance of the Tudor Royal Arms commemorating the school's founder, King Edward VI, p. 23; above the statue of Queen Victoria on the exterior of the Victoria Art Gallery a cartouch of the shield of the City's Arms between two female figures (Britannia and India) as 'supporters', p. 23; over the chemist's shop at 8, Argyle Street are the arms of Charlotte Sophia,daughter of Charles Louis, Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz, and wife to George III of England, who visited Bath in 1817 ( this coat of arms was found in the basement of a house in Milsom Street in the 1950s and then displayed in the Guildhall for over twenty years), pp. 23-24; the arms of Sir William Pulteney (created Earl of Bath in 1742) on 59, Pulteney Street, p. 25; the badly-worn depiction of the arms of Vane, the family of Lord Darlington on 98, Sydney Place, p. 26; the Prince of Wales feathers above the doorway of 5, Edward Street (formerly the local office of the Duchy of Cornwall, p. 26; the castellated tower of the Empire Hotel showing five shields, one unidentified, one the City Arms and the other three of the families of Bourchier, Pulteney and Thynne, all Earls of Bath, p. 26; the arms of Prince William IV of Orange-Nassau, husband to Anne, daughter of George II (these were re-carved in 1983 due to weathering), pp. 27-28; a small plaque near Prince William's Arms commemorating the twinning of Bath with Alkmarr in 1945, p.28); Other heraldic 'sites' outside the scope of this itinery (includes Royal Victoria Park, North Parade (Law Courts)and South Parade and Manvers Street (Police Station), pp. 29-30
