Bathwick is an area and electoral
ward
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...
in the city of
Bath
Bath may refer to:
* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
, in the
Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority district in Somerset, South West England. Bath and North East Somerset Council was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the county of Avon. ...
district, in the ceremonial county of
Somerset
Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...
, England, on the opposite bank of the
River Avon to the historic city centre.
The district became part of the Bath urban area with the 18th century development of the Pulteney estate and the building of
Pulteney Bridge
Pulteney Bridge is a bridge over the River Avon (Bristol), River Avon in Bath, Somerset, Bath, England. It was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the land of the Pulteney family which the family wished to develop. Designed by Rober ...
. Subsequently, various
Georgian streets were built including
Sydney Place,
Great Pulteney Street
Great Pulteney Street is a grand thoroughfare that connects Bathwick on the east of the River Avon with the City of Bath, England via the Robert Adam designed Pulteney Bridge. Viewed from the city side of the bridge the road leads directly to t ...
and
Laura Place, with
Bathwick Hill leading up to
Claverton Down and the
University of Bath
The University of Bath is a public research university in Bath, England. Bath received its royal charter in 1966 as Bath University of Technology, along with a number of other institutions following the Robbins Report. Like the University ...
.
It is also home to the
Holburne Museum of Art within
Sydney Gardens,
Bath Recreation Ground (The Home of
Premiership,
Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby is a professional rugby union club in Bath, Somerset, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Founded in 1865 as Bath Football Club, since 1894 the club has played at the Recreation Ground, Bath, Rec ...
) and The
North Parade Ground, the current home to
Bath Cricket Club and
Bath City's first ever ground from 1889 to 1891.
Bathwick has two churches: St John the Baptist, Bathwick and
St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick. The latter was built in the early 19th century by
John Pinch the Elder, and was where the band
Muse
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, the Muses (, ) were the Artistic inspiration, inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric p ...
recorded the organ sections on their second studio album ''
Origin of Symmetry''.
Governance
Bathwick was part of the
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101.
In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
of
Bath Forum. In 1891 the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
had a population of 4714. On 26 March 1900 the parish was abolished to form Bath.
See also
*
Batman rapist
References
External links
United Benefice of Bathwick A Community Website for Bathwick Hill Residents
Areas of Bath, Somerset
Electoral wards in Bath and North East Somerset
Former civil parishes in Somerset
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