Tag: John Wood

The Upper Assembly Rooms at Bath in the 1770s: Private Property or Public Amenity?

January 1, 2012September 15, 2019 matthewhallowsLeave a comment

"A major investment opportunity arose at Bath in late 1768 with the announcement of a project to build a fresh suite of assembly rooms among the terraces and crescents of rapidly expanding Lansdown". Fawcett examines the details of their construction, as well as their use by various societies and individuals.

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‘A silly, ridiculous Jack in Office’: Bath’s Town Clerk and the Keppel Affair of 1779

August 1, 2005September 15, 2019 matthewhallowsLeave a comment

'Admiral Keppel's trial for cowardice in 1779 made him one of the most talked-about naval figures of the age. The political ramifications of his recovery and reinstatement as a popular Whig hero are well-known; much less familiar however, is the enormous impact the affair had upon Georgian Bath. Trevor Fawcett probes the local angle'.

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