Great Pulteney Street in Bath

Great Pulteney Street is a broad thoroughfare connecting Bathwick with the City of Bath via Pulteney Bridge. The View from the Bath side of the bridge extends to the Holburne Museum of Art.

Great Pulteney Street was commissioned by Sir William Pulteney, and it was designed by the architect Thomas Baldwin. Baldwin only constructed the facade, however, which means that, although outwardly similar, the properties have different interior layouts. Great Pulteney Street was erected between 1789 and 1792.

Great Pulteney Street is over 300 metres long and 30 metres wide, which makes it the widest and grandest street in Bath. Famous former residents of Great Pulteney Street include Jane Austen and the anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce.

Great Pulteney Street is located in central Bath on the east side of the River Avon beginning at Pulteney Bridge. Visitors to Great Pulteney Street may also want to visit the nearby St Michael's Church or the Victoria Art Gallery.

Great Pulteney Street map

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Eyam Church

St Lawrence is the parish church of the Derbyshire village of Eyam and its founding dates from Saxon times. The Eyam Parish Church of St. Lawrence is connected with the events of the plague that hit the village in the mid-17th century when the parishioners cut themselves off from the outside world to prevent the spread of the disease.

St Lawrence Parish Church in Eyam is a mix of original features of Saxon and Norman times as well as later restorations undertaken in the 17th century, when the tower was constructed, and again in the Victorian era, when further work on the church was done.

The church contains the original parish register from the plague times, noting the deaths at the time in the village, when 276 people out of the total of 350 inhabitants of Eyam perished from the infectious disease.

The graveyard of Eyam Church contains an eighth-century Celtic Cross, decorated with a mix of pagan and Christian iconography. The Eyam cross may originally have served as a preaching cross.

Other features of note at St Lawrence's are the table tomb of Catherine Mompesson, the rector's wife at the time of the plague, and an 18th century sundial on the south wall of the church.

Close to the church and Eyam Hall are a set of wooden stocks.

Eyam is well-known as the Plague Village of the Black Death of 1665, when the villagers isolated themselves from the wider community to avoid further contagion of the deadly disease.
Eyam is a short drive from Buxton on the A623.

Eyam Church
Parish Office
Church Street
Eyam
Hope Valley
Derbyshire
S32 5QH

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The Meadows Chester

The Meadows (aka Earls Eye) on the south side of the River Dee in Chester is an area of open heath-like ground popular with dog walkers, horse riders, cattle, joggers and people just chilling out.

The Meadows is accessible by crossing Old Dee Bridge and turning left along Queen's Park Road and Queen's Drive. The more southerly entrance is via Meadows Lane and Bottoms Lane.

Looking out over The Meadows in Chester across the River Dee

The Meadows in Chester is one among the number of Chester's attractions including The Cross, Dewa Roman Experience, Chester's Roman Amphitheater, St John's Church, the Meadows, Grosvenor Park, Chester Cathedral, the River Dee and the Rows.

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The Cross Chester

The Cross is the ancient centre of the city of Chester in north west England and stands at the intersection of Chester's four main shopping streets: Bridge Street, Watergate Street, Northgate Street and Eastgate Street.

Chester Cross by Peter I. Vardy

The Cross marks the location of the ancient Roman Principia, the military HQ of the Roman forces in Deva. The Cross or High Cross dates originally from the 14th century but the vicissitudes of history have meant that the present red sandstone, crown-topped cross was built in 1949.

Signpost to The Cross, Chester

There are daily proclamations at 12 noon at The Cross by Chester's Town Crier and the monument has become a popular meeting and hanging out point.

The Cross in Chester can be visited along with nearby Dewa Roman Experience, Chester's Roman Amphitheater, St John's Church, the Meadows, Grosvenor Park, Chester Cathedral, the River Dee and the Rows.

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Holburne Museum of Art in Bath

The building housing the Holburne Museum in Bath was designed by Charles Harcourt Masters and built in Bath stone between 1795–6 as the Sydney Hotel. The building was intended as a social gathering place rather than as a hotel in the modern sense. During the years 1913–16, the building was converted by the architect Sir Reginald Blomfield to become the Holburne Museum. The Holburne Museum has recently added a contemporarily styled extension.

Most of the current collection of the Holburne Museum of Art was formed by Sir Thomas William Holburne (1793-1874). In 1882, this collection of over 4,000 objects was bequeathed to the people of Bath by Holburne’s sister, Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882). From the beginning, the collection was intended as “the nucleus of a Museum of Art for the city of Bath”. Since opening to the public in 1893, the Holburne Museum of Art has acquired a further 2,500 objects.

The Holburne Museum of Art's collection boasts a strong selection of English 18th century portraits, including five by Thomas Gainsborough. Gainsborough spent 16 years working in Bath before moving to London.

The Holburne Museum of Art is in Sydney Pleasure Gardens, Sydney Place, in Bath. The Grade I listed building is at one end of Great Pulteney Street opposite Pulteney Bridge. Admission is free. Visitors to the Holburne Museum may also want to visit the nearby Dundas Aqueduct or ride on a Pulteney Cruiser down the River Avon.

The Holburne Museum
Great Pulteney Street
Bath, BA2 4DB
Tel: 01225 388569

The Holburne Museum map

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Victoria Art Gallery in Bath

The Victoria Art Gallery is free public art museum in Bath. The museum is housed in a building designed in 1897 by John McKean Brydon which is a Grade II listed building. On the exterior of the building, there is a statue of Queen Victoria by A. C. Lucchesi.

The Gallery commemorates Queen Victoria's sixty years on the throne. The Victoria Art Gallery is run by the Bath and North East Somerset council and displays their collection of sculpture, paintings and other art forms.

The Victoria Art Gallery in Bath exhibits over 1,500 decorative arts treasures including British oil paintings from the 17th century to today. The exhibit includes works by Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Jones Barker and Walter Sickert.

The displays at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath occupy two floors. The permanent collection is housed in two rooms on the first floor, and the ground floor accomodates two temporary exhibition spaces which change every 2-3 months.

The Victoria Art Gallery is located in the centre of Bath, just across the street from the well-known Pulteney Bridge which spans the River Avon. Visitors to the Victoria Art Gallery may also want to linger in the nearby Podium shopping centre.

The Victoria Art Gallery
Bridge Street
Bath
BA2 4AT
Tel: 01225 477233

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Paddington Railway Station

Paddington Railway Station, a.k.a. London Paddington, is a railway station in central London. This historic site has served as the London terminus of the Great Western Railway since 1838. Most of the current station dates from 1854, and it was designed by the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Paddington Railway Station also has its place in literature as the character from children's books, Paddington Bear, was named after the station.

Paddington Railway Station has recently been renovated and now acts as the London terminal for the Heathrow Express airport service. Paddington Railway Station's most important long-distance destinations are Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham Spa, Cardiff, Exeter, Plymouth and Swansea.

Currently, Paddington Railway Station has 14 platforms. Platforms 6 and 7 are reserved for the Heathrow Express, and platforms 13 and 14 can be used only by smaller trains providing local services. Platforms 1 - 5 and 8 - 12 can be utilized by any of Paddington Railway Station's train services.

Paddington Railway Station was connected to the world's first underground railway in 1863. Today, Paddington station is served by four London Underground lines: the Bakerloo, Circle, District and Hammersmith & City.

Paddington Railway Station is located between Praed Street and Bishop's Bridge Road in London. Visitors to London may also want to view other London attractions such as the Tower of London or Westminster Abbey.
Paddington Station Map

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