Bathford

Bathford ( the emphasis is on the second syllable ) is a 4 km east of Bath located in Somerset Village. It has about 1800 inhabitants and covers an area of ​​600 hectares. The village belongs to Bath and North East Somerset, a unitary authority.

Geography

Surrounded by many natural stone walls village is conveniently located on the main road A 363, which leads to about 1 kilometers north situated A4. The road crossed the bridge Bathford the By Brook ( a stream, which is also known under the name Box Brook and The Weaver and Withy Brook ). Even today, spanning the 13th- or 14th-century bridge over the creek. Previously, a ford had been located at this point, from which stems the village name. Bathford lies on the southern slope of Avonvaletals. On the hills behind the village are several stone quarries. From there, you also have an excellent view over the valley and the nearby Solsbury Hill, which is sung in Peter Gabriel's song.

History

In the " Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici ", a historical document, a parish consisting of three so-called " tithings " quasi estates at the site of the present Bathford is mentioned. It involves the courts Bathford in the middle, in the north Shockerwick and Warley (now Warleigh ) in the south. Until the 17th century, the farms were operated under the name "Receivables ", derived from the ford across the Brook between Bathford and Bathampton By. The ford was directly connected with the Roman road Fosse Way. This is already read in a Saxon document from the 10th century, where the estates are described. The boundaries of the former courts and the Fosse Way correspond approximately to the present-day town limits.

In the vicinity of the transition are the ruins of a Roman villa in the remains of which you hypocaust, a Roman hot air took place in the 17th century. This villa is mentioned by John Aubrey in his " Monumenta Britannica ":

" In Bathford ( near the town of Bathe ) is a space with a width of 14 feet and a length of 17 feet was discovered in 1655 during the excavation of an unusually deep drainage ditch on the property of Mr. Skreene. Your floor consisted of small different colored stones in opus tesselatum (mosaic) namely white ( limestone), blue ( liasse ) and red ( fine brick). In the middle of the room a not very well proportioned blue bird and in each of the four corners was a kind of node. This plot and the entire farm is one of Bath Abbey. Below the floor is water. The floor standing on stone pillars which are at a distance of a yard. On the pillars of stone planks were laid, on which the opus tesselatum was laid. Slightly below water leaks out of the earth and many are convinced that there is much water in it. The discovery meant that the place was visited by so many people that felt compelled Mr. Skreene to cover the square again, because the large crowd, especially from Bathe destroyed his property. He made it but did not cover the place so fast, so that people destroyed the work and tore before I get there and it could see me. His daughter had but made ​​the floor as needlepoint. Mr. Skreene told me that this was a further adjoining pristine floor there. "

In the near Bathford, on the other side of the river, there is a large lawn, which is known as " Horse Lands". According to tradition, this field should have served as a training ground for the Roman cavalry. In later times, this area, which is bounded by the Ostling Lane and Bradford Road ( A363 ), was used to make the additional horses graze for the mail coach who went up the post after Bathford Hill. After the coach was down again, the horses were unharnessed again and waited for the next coach. With the older residents the Ostling Lane is today still called Horses Lane ( Pferdegasse ).

Attractions

  • The Bathford Old Railway Bridge was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as part of the old Great Western Railway.
  • The St Swithun 's Church, whose oldest part of the building dates from the 12th century surrounded by a cemetery where Admiral Lord Nelson's sister Ann was buried. The grave, however, is nowhere to be found.
  • Eleazer, ( a former mayor of Bath), grandson of Moses Pickwick Corsham is also in St: buried Swithun 's.

Neighbouring towns and villages

  • Bath
  • Bathampton
  • Batheaston
  • Box
  • Claverton
  • Corsham
  • Kingsdown
  • Monkton Farleigh
  • Swainswick

Swell

  • Bathford Village website
  • James Tunstall: Rambles around Bath ( 1846)
  • John Aubrey: Monumenta Britannica: A Miscellany of Antiquities (1982 )

Left

  • Bathford Parish Council
  • Church of St. Swithuns

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  • Place in Bath and North East Somerset
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