2415 x 3624 px | 20,4 x 30,7 cm | 8,1 x 12,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
19. April 2011
Weitere Informationen:
Bath became a popular town among the rich and the beautiful of this time. Among them was also William VI., Prince of Orange who came to Bath to have his illness cured. The water from Bath's thermal fountains was said to heal almost everything - from rheumatism to asthma, from itches to deafness. At least, it seems that it cured the Prince of Orange, so that Richard Beau Nash had an Obelisk erected for him in 1734. It was rebuilt in 1834, after it almost collapsed during the centuries. Today, it can be seen at a traffic island at Orange Grove (named after the Prince of Orange), close to the abbey. The memorial obelisk was designed by Rev. William Borlase (well known as an historian of Cornwall). Borlase arrived in Bath with his friend Dr. Oliver in 1730 from Cornwall. Oliver was treating Borlase for ill-health and used the Bath mineral waters as part of his treatment. He returned to take up a vicarage back in Cornwall in 1732 and lived to a ripe old age! Dr. Oliver invented the famous Bath Oliver Biscuit. " www.cotswolds.info
