An Historical Map of Bath

Bath is internationally famous as a Roman spa town and a Georgian resort, recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site. But it also had a prosperous existence as a medieval town, complete with walls and defences and an abbey which had mixed fortunes. It was the place of coronation of King Edgar and the location for one of England's oldest almshouses. It never lost its reputation as a place for taking curative waters and its fortunes revived in the Elizabethan period when it became a city. The seventeenth century saw a number of new buildings, mostly swept away in the grand reconstruction of Bath by John Wood the Elder and others. The Historical Map of Bath shows, on a multi-period map, the many layers of Bath's history, against a background of Bath around 1900. As well as the famous Georgian terraces, it shows how Bath in the 17th century would have looked. A comprehensive gazetteer on the map's reverse, complete with many illustrations and additional maps, explains how Bath developed and introduces its buildings and sites of interest.