Timeline
Year Event Year Population 850BC Bladuds mythical Birth 1086 890 60 Romans arrive in Bath 1379 1025 400 Romans Leave...
Year Event Year Population 850BC Bladuds mythical Birth 1086 890 60 Romans arrive in Bath 1379 1025 400 Romans Leave...
Bladud Bath was founded by Bladud, the eldest son of the legendary King Lud. As a boy, Bladud contracted leprosy...
Aquae Sulis Although still mostly buried under magnificent Georgian streets, the Roman ruins in Bath are unsurpassed in Britain. About...
Flooding finally ruined Bath wondrous temple and the Great Bath complex. Built in the slight hollow around the hot spring,...
King Arthur Bath is well known for being the site of the legendary battle of Badon, which the Welsh annals...
Bath’s population multiplied itself by well over ten times during the course of the 18th century. From a still small...
At Bath the River Avon crossed the Fosse Way and the major road from London to Wales. The Roman roads...
Like many of Somerset’s fast-changing cities and towns, Bath’s population was deeply divided in the years leading up the Civil...
Strategic position Although some of Bath’s manufacturers were engaged on wartime production, producing gun mountings, torpedo parts, aircraft propellers and...
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