Bath, Somerset
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| Location within Somerset | |
| Population | 88,859 [1] |
| Demonym | Bathonian |
| OS grid reference | ST750645 |
| • London | 97 miles (156 km) E |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BATH |
| Postcode district | BA1, BA2 |
| Dialling code | 01225 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Official name | City of Bath |
| Criteria | Cultural: i, ii, iv |
| Reference | 428 |
| Inscription | 1987 (11th Session) |
| Area | 2,900 ha |
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Bath is a city in the county of Somerset in England. It is 97 miles (156 km) west of London, and 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Bristol.
Bath is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2] The city has preserved some of its Roman remains and its 18th century architecture.
History[change]
The city gets its name from the famous Roman baths in the town. The Romans built the baths as part of a spa, in the year 43 BC. They called it Aquae Sulis, which means "The waters of Sulis". Sulis was a local goddess.[2]
During the Middle Ages, it was an important city for buying and selling wool.[2]
Bath became a city in 1585, when Queen Elizabeth I declared it to be one.
Bath has two universities and several schools and colleges.
Bath is where Roald Dahl's short story "The Landlady" takes place. The city is also mentioned in many of Jane Austen's books, like Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice.
Gallery[change]
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Pulteney Bridge by Robert Adam
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Aerial view of Royal Crescent at Bath
References[change]
- ↑ Bath is a constituency and unparished area; at the time of the 2011 census the city was exactly co-extensive with 16 wards https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx Archived 30 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 UNESCO, "City of Bath"; retrieved 2012-4-19.
Other websites[change]
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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