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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A Social History Phyllis May Hembry. 1560-1815 A Social History www.pris Hembry 1 Cornhill 2 Gils land 3 Axwell 4 Durham 5. The English Spa Front Cover.
A Social History Phyllis May Hembry. 1560-1815 A Social History www.pris Hembry 1 Cornhill 2 Gils land 3 Axwell 4 Durham 5. The English Spa Front Cover.
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A Social History Phyllis May Hembry. 1 Cornhill 2 Gils land 3 Axwell 4 Durham 5 Withers lack 6 Shap 7 Croft 8 Dinsdale 9 Whitby 10 Flookborough 11 Thirsk 12 Scarborough 1 6 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 13 Aldfield 14 Terrington 15 ...
A Social History Phyllis May Hembry. 1 Cornhill 2 Gils land 3 Axwell 4 Durham 5 Withers lack 6 Shap 7 Croft 8 Dinsdale 9 Whitby 10 Flookborough 11 Thirsk 12 Scarborough 1 6 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 13 Aldfield 14 Terrington 15 ...
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... land at little Budworth near the well in Delamere Forest , which was crown land . The well was in use by 1600 when an anonymous ' G.W. ' described it in a pamphlet published in London , Newes out of Cheshire of the new found Well ...
... land at little Budworth near the well in Delamere Forest , which was crown land . The well was in use by 1600 when an anonymous ' G.W. ' described it in a pamphlet published in London , Newes out of Cheshire of the new found Well ...
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... land as a result of the Reformation changes , and by the last decade of the century some fine lodging - houses had been erected . 19 The impetus to Bath's renaissance was particularly marked in the 1570s . The city fathers ' hold over ...
... land as a result of the Reformation changes , and by the last decade of the century some fine lodging - houses had been erected . 19 The impetus to Bath's renaissance was particularly marked in the 1570s . The city fathers ' hold over ...
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... land newly included in the city boundary . Other civic officers were two justices , the chamberlain , two bailiffs or sheriffs and two chief constables , as well as minor officials like those at the baths.46 Both the Earl of Pembroke ...
... land newly included in the city boundary . Other civic officers were two justices , the chamberlain , two bailiffs or sheriffs and two chief constables , as well as minor officials like those at the baths.46 Both the Earl of Pembroke ...
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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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