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Bathwick
Bathwick is an electoral ward in the City of Bath, England, on the opposite bank of the River Avon to the historic city centre. Bathwick was part of the hundred of Bath Forum. The district became part of the Bath urban area with the 18th century development of the Pulteney estate and the building of Pulteney Bridge. Subsequently various Georgian streets were built including Sydney Place, Great Pulteney Street and Laura Place, with Bathwick Hill leading up to Claverton Down and the University of Bath. It is also home to the Holburne Museum of Art within Sydney Gardens, Bath Recreation Ground, and Bath Cricket Club Ground. Bathwick has two churches: St John the Baptist, Bathwick and St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick. The latter was built in the early 19th century by John Pinch the Elder, and was where the band Muse recorded the organ sections on their second studio album ''Origin of Symmetry''. See also *Batman rapist The Batman rapist is an unidentified English serial sex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary The Virgin, Bathwick
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is located on Darlington Street in the Bathwick area of Bath, Somerset, England. The church is Anglican and located near Pinch's Sydney Place (1808) and Bath's famed Sydney Pleasure Gardens. The church was constructed by the Pulteney family, who used it to replace the medieval parish church of St Mary's, Bathwick, known even in Georgian times as Bathwick Old Church. The churchyard is now part of Smallcombe Cemetery. The Church of St Mary the Virgin was where the band Muse recorded the organ parts on their second studio album ''Origin of Symmetry''. History William Pulteney commissioned a bridge across the Avon when he inherited land across the river in what was then rural countryside. When the bridge was completed in 1774, it encouraged new settlement into the Bathwick Estate and the population increased here. The needs of a congregation called for a new church and a committee was formed in 1810. William Vane, Earl of Darlington, as a pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathwick Hill
Bathwick Hill in Bath, Somerset, England is a street lined with historic houses, many of which are designated as listed buildings. It climbs south east from the A36 road, A36 towards the University of Bath on Claverton Down, providing views over the city. To the north is Sham Castle, a folly built in 1762 by Richard James, master mason for Ralph Allen, "to improve the prospect" from Ralph Allen's Town House, Bath, Allen's town house in Bath. It is a screen wall with a central pointed arch flanked by two 3-storey circular turrets, which extend sideways to a 2-storey square tower at each end of the wall. It is illuminated at night. As the hill rises away from the city centre it passes over a tunnel, built in 1840, on the Great Western Railway close to Bath Spa railway station and the Kennet and Avon Canal at Bath Locks via an elliptical arch bridge. Houses Numbers 1 to 23 are on the south side and numbers 35 onwards on the north side. South side Number 1 (Bathwick Lodge) is a 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
