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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... HARROGATE 18 Crickle 19 Ilkley 20 Clitheroe 21 Gilthwaite 22 Redmire 23 Boston Spa 24 Idle 25 Leeds 26 Tarleton 27 Halifax 28 Holywell ( Horley ) Green 29 Latham 30 Castleton 31 Askern 32 Wigan 33 Liverpool 34 Birley 35 Cantley 36 ...
... HARROGATE 18 Crickle 19 Ilkley 20 Clitheroe 21 Gilthwaite 22 Redmire 23 Boston Spa 24 Idle 25 Leeds 26 Tarleton 27 Halifax 28 Holywell ( Horley ) Green 29 Latham 30 Castleton 31 Askern 32 Wigan 33 Liverpool 34 Birley 35 Cantley 36 ...
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... Harrogate and Scarborough 202 14 The Innkeepers ' Spas of Derbyshire : Buxton and Matlock 216 15 Georgian Spas of the South : Tunbridge Wells , Epsom and Southampton 231 16 The Severn Spas : The Bristol Hotwells and Malvern 17 Wartime ...
... Harrogate and Scarborough 202 14 The Innkeepers ' Spas of Derbyshire : Buxton and Matlock 216 15 Georgian Spas of the South : Tunbridge Wells , Epsom and Southampton 231 16 The Severn Spas : The Bristol Hotwells and Malvern 17 Wartime ...
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... Harrogate Low Harrogate in c . 1796 Map of Harrogate 1821 Leamington Spa Ground Plan 1818 The Royal Baths and Pump Room Tunbridge Wells The Tunbridge Wells a ) the triangular ground plan and b ) the entrance of 1664 Kip's engraving of ...
... Harrogate Low Harrogate in c . 1796 Map of Harrogate 1821 Leamington Spa Ground Plan 1818 The Royal Baths and Pump Room Tunbridge Wells The Tunbridge Wells a ) the triangular ground plan and b ) the entrance of 1664 Kip's engraving of ...
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... Harrogate Corporation XVIII Kent County Library and Museum Service XX , XXI Mrs C. Sudbury XIII Victoria Art Gallery , Bath City Council V , VII , VIII , X , XXII Warwickshire County Library XXIII , XXIV North Yorkshire County Library ...
... Harrogate Corporation XVIII Kent County Library and Museum Service XX , XXI Mrs C. Sudbury XIII Victoria Art Gallery , Bath City Council V , VII , VIII , X , XXII Warwickshire County Library XXIII , XXIV North Yorkshire County Library ...
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... Harrogate where the water was drunk . So the aristocrat on horseback attended by his retinue and accompanied by luggage wagons and carts going ' to the baths ' became a familiar sight , but some came by coach , like Bishop Thomas Godwin ...
... Harrogate where the water was drunk . So the aristocrat on horseback attended by his retinue and accompanied by luggage wagons and carts going ' to the baths ' became a familiar sight , but some came by coach , like Bishop Thomas Godwin ...
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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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