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Bath City is an historical city in the county of Somerset in South-West of England, U.K.
By Mark on August 29, 2010
Sometimes I love it when I find a place is an extraordinary name, this is a post about the south-west city of Bath city in the ceremonial county of Somerset in the south west of England. This is a small city and it is only a city due to it has a catherdral. Bath is situated 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Bristol. The population of Bath is 83,992. This city became a city when it was granted city status by Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1590, but in 1889, Bath became a county borough, this mean’t that it was given administrative independence from its county, Somerset. Then in 1974, a new county was created it was known as the county of Avon, and Bath then became part of this county, but for some reason the county of Avon did not last very long and in 1996, the county was abolished, Bath has been the principal centre of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, ever since.
So how did the city of Bath get it’s name, well the Bath became known by it’s name due to being established as a spa resort and it was given the Latin name, Aquae Sulis (“the waters of Sulis”) by the Romans in AD 43, but there was also verbal tradition suggests that Bath was known before then. The Romans went on to build baths and temple’s on the surrounding hills of Bath in the valley of the River Avon around hot springs, which are the only ones naturally occurring in the United Kingdom. Edgar was crowned king of England at Bath Abbey in 973. Around the years of 1714 to 1830, the spa resort became much more popular, this was during the during the Georgian era, which led to a major expansion that left a heritage of exemplary Georgian architecture crafted from Bath Stone.
Due to her history. the City of Bath was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1987. There is so much to see and do, for example you will find a variety of theatres, museums, and other cultural and sporting venues, which have helped to make it a major centre for tourism, and the tourism is huge, as on average you will find over one million staying visitors and 3.8 million day visitors that come to the city each year. The city also has two universities and several schools and colleges. There is a large service sector, and growing information and communication technologies and creative industries, providing employment for the population of Bath and the surrounding area and with many old shops and sights, it is a very beautiful city to visit, I would place Bath City, just as high as York City, which is my favourite city in the U.K, but I would also same that Edinburgh, comes quite high on my list to, what the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and the Normans did to help our historical culture, is fantasic and well done to them all. Finally well done to the modern day British people who keep all our World Heritage Site alive and working.
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