Bath, Somerset | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-04

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00:02:23 1 History
00:02:32 1.1 Iron Age and Roman
00:04:46 1.2 Post-Roman and Medieval
00:08:33 1.3 Early Modern
00:12:04 1.4 Late Modern
00:14:41 2 Government
00:14:59 2.1 Historical development
00:16:27 2.2 Charter trustees
00:17:31 2.3 Coat of Arms
00:18:26 2.4 Bath City Forum
00:18:49 2.5 Parliamentary elections
00:20:11 2.6 Electoral wards
00:21:10 3 Geography and environment
00:21:19 3.1 Physical geography
00:23:40 3.2 Climate
00:25:29 3.3 Green belt
00:26:36 4 Demography
00:26:45 4.1 District
00:28:11 4.2 City
00:29:02 5 Economy
00:29:11 5.1 Industry
00:30:51 5.2 Tourism
00:32:36 6 Architecture
00:39:12 7 Culture
00:41:34 7.1 Bath in the arts
00:44:31 7.2 Parks
00:46:44 7.3 Bath and Queen Victoria
00:47:18 7.4 Food
00:48:56 7.5 Twinning
00:49:26 7.5.1 Formal twinning
00:49:44 8 Education
00:50:51 9 Sport
00:55:03 10 Transport
00:55:12 10.1 Roads
00:57:12 10.2 Rivers and canals
00:57:59 10.3 Railways
00:59:29 10.4 Trams
00:59:37 10.4.1 Historic
01:00:37 10.4.2 Possible re-introduction
01:01:57 11 Media
01:02:57 12 See also



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Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis") c. 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then.
Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era. Georgian architecture, crafted from Bath stone, includes the Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room and Assembly Rooms where Beau Nash presided over the city's social life from 1705 until his death in 1761. Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder, and in the 18th century the city became fashionable and the population grew. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Bath Blitz in World War II.
The city has software, publishing and service-oriented industries. Theatres, museums and other cultural and sporting venues have helped make it a major centre for tourism, with more than one million staying visitors and 3.8 million day visitors to the city each year.
There are several museums including the Museum of Bath Architecture, the Victoria Art Gallery, the Museum of East Asian Art, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Fashion Museum, and the Holburne Museum. The city has two universities – the University of Bath and Bath Spa University – with Bath College providing further education. Sporting clubs include Bath Rugby and Bath City F.C..
Bath became part of the county of Avon in 1974, and, following Avon's abolition in 1996, has been the principal centre of Bath and North East Somerset.