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Twerton
Twerton is a suburb of the city of Bath, Somerset, Bath, Somerset, England, situated to the west of the city, and home to the city's association football, football club, Bath City F.C., Bath City. Twerton is served by bus route 5, operated by First West of England buses in the Bath area. For a time, there was a duplicate Connect Buses#Wessex Connect, Wessex Connect service, operating under the name ''Royal Bath''. This was discontinued in the summer of 2013. First West of England also operates buses 20A/C (Bath Circulars). Twerton high street houses two pubs (the Old Crown and the Full Moon), a minimarket, McColl's convenience store (containing a Post Office counter formerly Blockbuster Video, Blockbuster, a bakery, two learning centres, a volunteering organisation and two hairdressing salons. The Whiteway, Bath, Whiteway housing estate is located in the south of the Twerton electoral ward. There is also a community centre at the Quebec Social Centre and a community garden at Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twerton-on-Avon Railway Station
Twerton on Avon railway station is a former railway station in Bath, Somerset. Architecture and Opening Twerton was named after the village that it served (west of Bath on the south bank of the Avon) though at the time it was also called Twiverton. The station was built in Gothic style variously called Tudor or Jacobethan. This style is seen from the tunnel mouths west of Twerton to Bath Spa station including many arches and embellishment in the viaduct itself. This is something of a contrast to the Georgian buildings in the centre of Bath north of the river, but is reflected in the Victorian domestic architecture on the southern suburbs. It opened as a railway station on 16 December 1840 for Great Western Railway services from Bristol. Four trains a day stopped at Twerton in each direction (out of eleven services each way between Bath and Bristol). Subsequent history Twerton station was operated by the Great Western Railway but was renamed Twerton on Avon in 1899 to avoid c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St Michael And All Angels, Twerton
The Church of St Michael and All Angels on How Hill in Twerton, Bath, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The tower of the church remains from the 15th century. The rest of the building was rebuilt in 1839 by George Phillips Manners, incorporating some of the fabric from the earlier structure. Further Victorian restoration was carried out by E.W. Buckle, after which it was reconsecrated on 21 January 1886. The parish is part of the Bath Marlbrook Team benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. It serves the community of Twerton and provides a community centre and cafe, recording studio and a range of community projects. Architecture The limestone building has slate and lead roofs. It consists of a nave, chancel with attached vestry and north and south aisles. The three-stage west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses. The south door is all that remains from the original Norman structure which stood there c. 1100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bath, Somerset
Bath () is a city in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary area in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 Census, the population was 101,557. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, west of London and southeast of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987, and was later added to the transnational World Heritage Site known as the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021. Bath is also the largest city and settlement in Somerset. The city became a spa with the Latin name ' ("the waters of Sulis") 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then. Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiteway, Bath
Whiteway is the name given to a housing estate contained within the Southdown and Twerton electoral wards of Bath, Somerset, England. The construction of the estate began shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. Whiteway falls within the parish of St Barnabas Church at Mount Road, Southdown. Also close by is Southdown Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's b ... Centre at The Hollow, which provides a range of weekly support services. A number of community resources are situated in Whiteway. The Southside Youth Centre at Kelston View offers activities for teenagers and is home to a boxing club for youth. Also at Kelston View is the entrance to Bath City Farm, which is open to the public and organises the Roots and Shoots pre-school group. The Community P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Phillips Manners
George Phillips Manners (1789 – 28 November 1866) was a British architect, Bath City Architect from 1823 to 1862. In his early career he worked with Charles Harcourt Masters and after about 1845 was in partnership with C.E. Gill. He retired in 1862. Architectural practice The architectural practice of George Phillips Manners from the early 19th century into the mid-20th century (compiled by Michael Forsyth in '' Pevsner Architectural Guide: Bath'', 2003): *George Phillips Manners: 1820–1845 *Manners & Gill: 1845–1866 * John Elkington Gill: 1866–1874 *Gill & Browne 1874–1879 *Browne & Gill: 1879–1899 *Gill & Morris: 1899–1903 *Wallace Gill: 1903–1909 * Mowbray A. Green: 1909–1914 * Mowbray A. Green & Hollier: 1914–1947 * Frank W. Beresford-Smith: 1947– (and later acquired by Beresford-Smith’s son) From 1846 to 1909, the practice was located at No. 1 Fountain Building. List of works His works include a number of churches, initially in Perpendicular or No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bath (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bath is a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented by Wera Hobhouse of the Liberal Democrats. Perhaps its best-known representatives have been the two with international profiles: William Pitt the Elder (Prime Minister 1766–1768) and Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong (1992-1997). It has the joint shortest name of any constituency in the current Parliament, with 4 letters, the same as Hove. Constituency profile The seat is tightly drawn around the historic city including the University of Bath campus. Compared to UK averages residents are wealthier and house prices are higher. History Bath is an ancient constituency which has been constantly represented in Parliament since boroughs were first summoned to send members in the 13th century. Unreformed constituency before 1832 Bath was one of the cities summoned to send members in 1295 and represented ever since, although Parliaments in early years were sporadic. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellow (hundred)
The Hundred of Wellow is one of the 40 historical Hundred (division), hundreds in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Somerset, England, dating from before the Norman conquest of England, Norman conquest during the Anglo-Saxon era although exact dates are unknown. Each hundred had a 'fyrd', which acted as the local defence force and a court which was responsible for the maintenance of the frankpledge system. They also formed a unit for the collection of taxes. The role of the hundred court was described in the Dooms (laws) of Edgar the Peaceful, King Edgar. The name of the hundred was normally that of its meeting-place. The Hundred of Wellow consisted of the ancient parishes of: Camerton, Somerset, Camerton, Hinton Charterhouse, Charterhouse Hinton, Combe Hay, Corston, Somerset, Corston, Dunkerton, Somerset, Dunkerton, Englishcombe, Farleigh Hungerford, Foxcote, Somerset, Foxcote, Newton St Loe, Norton St Philip, Tellisford, Twerton and Wellow, Somerset, Wellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838 with the initial route completed between London and Bristol in 1841. It was engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who chose a broad gauge of —later slightly widened to —but, from 1854, a series of amalgamations saw it also operate standard-gauge trains; the last broad-gauge services were operated in 1892. The GWR was the only company to keep its identity through the Railways Act 1921, which amalgamated it with the remaining independent railways within its territory, and it was finally merged at the end of 1947 when it was nationalised and became the Western Region of British Railways. The GWR was called by some "God's Wonderful Railway" and by others the "Great Way Round" but it was famed as the "Holiday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrow Gurney
Barrow Gurney is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in the unitary authority of North Somerset on the B3130, midway between the A38 and A370 near the Long Ashton bypass and Bristol Airport, south west of Bristol city centre. The civil parish includes Barrow Common, and has a population of 349. It is close to Barrow Gurney Reservoirs, which supply drinking water for Bristol, and feed the Land Yeo which runs alongside the B3130 through the village. It was also the site of Barrow Hospital. History The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Barrow Gurney was held by Nigel de Gournay, who would have won his lands in Englishcombe, Twerton, Swainswick and Barrow Gurney by fighting for William I of England. His original home must have been Gournay, which was half-way between Dieppe and Paris. The parish was part of the hundred of Hartcliffe. A Benedictine nunnery was established here about the commencement of the 13th century by one of the Fitz-Hardinges (or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bath And North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a unitary authority district in England. Bath and North East Somerset Council was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the county of Avon. It is part of the ceremonial county of Somerset. The unitary authority provides a single tier of local government with responsibility for almost all local government functions within the district, including local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection, recycling, cemeteries, crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism. It is also responsible for education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the Avon Fire and Rescue Service, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and the South Western Ambulance Service. Its administrative headquarters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Englishcombe
Englishcombe is a village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset just south-west of Bath, England. The parish, which also includes the hamlets of Inglesbatch and Nailwell, had a population of 318 at the 2011 census. History A neolithic axe has been found in the parish, and Iron Age pottery was discovered during construction of Culverhay School. There is some evidence of two barrows. The south eastern boundary of the parish follows the route of the Fosse Way a Roman road that linked Exeter (''Isca Dumnoniorum'') in South West England to Lincoln (''Lindum Colonia'') in the East Midlands, via Ilchester (''Lindinis''), Bath (''Aquae Sulis''), Cirencester (''Corinium'') and Leicester (''Ratae Corieltauvorum''). The village lies on the route of the Wansdyke (from ''Woden's Dyke'') an early medieval or possibly defining a Roman boundary with a series of defensive linear earthworks, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment from the ditch spoil, with the ditching f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swainswick
Swainswick is a small village and civil parish, north east of Bath, on the A46 in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 265. The village name was also spelled as Sweyneswik and Sweyneswick in the early 13th to 14th Century. History Bladud or Blaiddyd was a mythical king of the Britons, for whose existence there is little historical evidence, but legend holds that he returned to Britain from Athens with leprosy and was imprisoned as a result, but escaped and went into hiding. He found employment as a swineherd at Swainswick and noticed that his pigs would go into an alder-moor in cold weather and return covered in black mud. He found that the mud was warm and that they did it to enjoy the heat. He also noticed that the pigs which did this did not suffer from skin diseases as others did. On trying the mud bath himself, he found that he was cured of his leprosy. Another version of the story says that his pigs becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
