The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Bath England is an Anglican Parish Church and a former Benedictine monastery. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganized in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. It is still an active place of worship today with hundreds of congregation members and thousands of visitors each year. The detail on the column represents Bishop Oliver King who helped rebuild the church along with the help of King Henry V11. Legend says that Bishop King had a dream in which he saw the church being reconstructed by an olive tree and a crown. Using a magnifying glass, you can see the olive tree and the crown on the left column.
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| Bath Abbey |
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| The Avon River in Bath includes a weir: under water dam to reduce the flow of water. |
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| The whole city was black from soot in the good old days of burning coal. Once it was outlawed, they scrubbed the buildings clean. The whole city looked like this building before the cleanup. |
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| Hospital created for the poor - the camera caught our guide Jeremy having a nap. :-) |
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| Interesting building - windows at different heights. (Each section is independent of the others.) |
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| Octagon Room in Assembly Hall |
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| Assembly Hall Tearoom |
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| Assembly Hall Ballroo |
The Assembly Rooms were built in the 1700s and have been the heart of the city's social life for the past two centuries. The rooms each have a name that labels them but they provide a variety of uses today as they have in the past. The flowering tree (below) grows next door to Assembly Hall.
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| The trees are beginning to bloom |
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| The Circus continues around the entire circle... |
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| The Circus |
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| The Circus |
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| The Circus |
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Left half of the Royal Crescent
The two identical halves are joined by the center piece. |
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Right half of the Royal Crescent
Who says the skies are never blue in England?!! |
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| Gardens below the Crescent |
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| There were people in white robes strolling on top of 'the baths' |
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| Entrance to the hot springs in Bath |
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| Window boxes at the B&B |
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| A peek into one of the rooms |
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| Hello Daffodil |
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| One of the beautiful flower pots at the Paradise B&B. |
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| Elder Jolley under some blue skies in Bath. |
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| Leaving the B&B |
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| Goodbye to Paradise! |
