The English Spa, 1560-1815: A Social HistoryFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1990 - 401 pagina's Beginning in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, members of the English nobility and gentry made a practice of taking relaxation at the country's inland spas. This account shows the spas to have been not only centers of healing and recreating but also venues of intrigue extending to political, religious, economic, and social issues. |
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... King's Neum.com 77 Somersham 78 Thetford 79 Bungay 103 Northaw 109 Acton 110 Box 111 BATH 112 Melksham 113 Holt 128 131 129 130 133 132 135 134 ENGLISH PLACES WITH SPAS 1560-1815 The English Spa 1560-1815 A Social History PHYLLIS HEMBRY ...
... King's Neum.com 77 Somersham 78 Thetford 79 Bungay 103 Northaw 109 Acton 110 Box 111 BATH 112 Melksham 113 Holt 128 131 129 130 133 132 135 134 ENGLISH PLACES WITH SPAS 1560-1815 The English Spa 1560-1815 A Social History PHYLLIS HEMBRY ...
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... English nobility and gentry to take relaxation at an inland watering - place . Most people of rank at some time undertook a journey " to the baths , " often to stay for a week or more , and many of their kind congregated at these ...
... English nobility and gentry to take relaxation at an inland watering - place . Most people of rank at some time undertook a journey " to the baths , " often to stay for a week or more , and many of their kind congregated at these ...
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... ENGLISH PLACES WITH SPAS 1560-1815 1560-1815 A Social History Phyllis Hembry The Athlone Press London. 44 Spurs tow 45 Buglawton 46 Sookholme 47 Stainfield 48 Peckforton 49 MATLOCK 50 Middleton in Wirksworth 51 Hoveringham 52 Quarndon 53 ...
... ENGLISH PLACES WITH SPAS 1560-1815 1560-1815 A Social History Phyllis Hembry The Athlone Press London. 44 Spurs tow 45 Buglawton 46 Sookholme 47 Stainfield 48 Peckforton 49 MATLOCK 50 Middleton in Wirksworth 51 Hoveringham 52 Quarndon 53 ...
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... English spa 1560-1815 : a social history . 1. England . Spas . Social aspects , history I. Title 306'.48 ISBN 0-485-11374-0 All rights reserved . No part of this publication may be reproduced , stored in a retrieval system , or ...
... English spa 1560-1815 : a social history . 1. England . Spas . Social aspects , history I. Title 306'.48 ISBN 0-485-11374-0 All rights reserved . No part of this publication may be reproduced , stored in a retrieval system , or ...
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... English Spas to 1815 355 B Initial Promoters of some Minor Provincial English Spas c . 1660-1815 361 C Size of the Long - Rooms or Assembly - Rooms of the Spa Towns 365 D The Domestic Trade in Bottled Natural Mineral Waters to.
... English Spas to 1815 355 B Initial Promoters of some Minor Provincial English Spas c . 1660-1815 361 C Size of the Long - Rooms or Assembly - Rooms of the Spa Towns 365 D The Domestic Trade in Bottled Natural Mineral Waters to.
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Bath and the Civil War | 53 |
Restoration Development The Provincial Spas | 66 |
Tunbridge Wells Rivals Bath Late Stuart Changes | 79 |
Metropolitan Spas | 99 |
Bath The New Towns | 111 |
Bath The Price of Primacy | 270 |
Leamington Priors and Wartime Minor Spas | 284 |
Conclusion | 302 |
Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography | 313 |
Notes | 315 |
Appendix | 353 |
A The Chronological Development of the English Spas to 1815 | 355 |
B Initial Promoters of some Minor Provincial English Spas c 16601815 | 361 |
Bath The Regulated Society and the Leisure Industry | 132 |
ColdBathing at the Minor Spas | 159 |
Cheltenham The Village Spa | 179 |
The Challenge of Cheltenham | 191 |
The Innkeepers Rule Harrogate and Scarborough | 202 |
The Innkeepers Spas of Derbyshire Buxton and Matlock | 216 |
Georgian Spas of the South Tunbridge Wells Epsom and Southampton | 231 |
The Severn Spas The Bristol Hotwells and Malvern | 245 |
Wartime Cheltenham Problems of Expansion | 255 |
C Size of the LongRooms or AssemblyRooms of the Spa Towns | 365 |
D The Domestic Trade in Bottled Natural Mineral Waters to 1816 | 366 |
E London Prices of Mineral Waters per dozen bottles | 367 |
Select Bibliography | 368 |
Index | 381 |
A Places | 383 |
B People | 395 |
C Subjects | 400 |
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Abbey Anon April assembly-room Astrop August balls Bath Bath's became Bristol Bristol Hotwells building built Buxton Celia Fiennes chalybeate Chamberlains Cheltenham coach cold bath corporation Crescent cure Derbyshire Diary Duke Earl England English spas Epsom erected Estate gardens gentry Gloucester Gloucestershire Greatheed Guide Harrogate High Street Hotel Hotwells houses improvement inns investment James January July June King King's King's Newnham Knaresborough Lady later Leamington Spa leased leisure Library lodging-houses lodgings London long-room Lord Lower Rooms Malvern manor Matlock mineral waters Moreau Nevill Holt North Nottington October physicians Prestbury proprietors Pump Room Queen resort road Royal Rusthall Scarborough season September servants Simon Moreau social society Somerset spa towns Spaw spring subscription taking the waters theatre Thomas town trade Tunbridge visitors walks Warwick Warwickshire Watering Places watering-place week William Wiltshire York Yorkshire
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