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Image: photograph of the opening of Laura FountainUnveiling of the Laura Place fountain in 1879.

 

Designed by Bath architect Alfred S Goodridge to commemorate the centenary of the Royal Bath and West of England Society in 1877, and paid for by public subscription. The original basin survives today, surmounted by a fountain of 1977.

Part of map of Bath by Speed 1676

John Speed's map of Bath, 1610 (Ref. 0596)

 

Part of the map showing Southgate.

 

 

 

 

Photograph of trams on the old Bath bridge

 

Bath Old Bridge about 1930 (Ref. PX305)

 

The photograph shows the view looking north into Southgate Street.

 

The bridge was demolished in 1964 and replaced by the present Churchill Bridge.

 

 

 

 

Part of engraving showing south east view of Bath with hills in the background and figures in the foreground

'The South East Prospect of the City of Bath', 1734 (Ref. PX768)

 

Part of an engraving by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.

 

 

 

 

Drawing of Crane

 

A crane manufactured in Bath (Ref. 0765)

 

Crane manufactured by local iron-founders and engineers Stothert of Bath.

 

 

 

 

Photograph of five female air-raid wardens in uniform

 

Air-Raid wardens, 1940 (Ref. 0725)

 

A group of female air-raid wardens at Oldfield Park, about 1940, including Dorothy and Winifred Phillips.

 

 

 

 

Photograph of houses in Camden Crescent

 

Photograph of Camden Crescent (Ref. PX121)

 

 

 

 

Photograph of seven young women in Victorian dress

 

The seven daughters of the Rev. Windsor-Tucker, about 1890 (Ref. 0418/3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part of a map of Bath, 1787

A map showing Bath, 1787 (Ref. 0572)

 

'A Map of 5 Miles around the City of Bath' by W Hibbart, printed for W Taylor and W Meyler, booksellers, 1787.