Bath, the largest town in Somerset, on the Avon; a cathedral city; a place of fashionable resort from the time of the Romans, on account of its hot baths and mineral waters, of which there are six springs; it was from 1704 to 1750 the scene of Beau Nash's triumphs; has a number of educational and other institutions, and a fine public park.
Population (circa 1900) given as 54,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bates, Henry Walter * Bath, Major