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Trim Street in Bath, Somerset, England is an historic street, built in 1707, of shops and houses, many of which are listed buildings. It was named after George Trim who owned the land. [12] Number 5, which is also known as General Wolfe's house, is a two-storey building with a parapet and rusticated quoins, built by Thomas Greenway.
Bath Abbey from the Roman Baths Gallery. Bath Abbey was founded in 1499 [6] on the site of an 8th-century church. [7] The original Anglo-Saxon church was pulled down after 1066, [21] and a grand cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul was begun on the site by John of Tours, Bishop of Bath and Wells, around 1090; [22] [23] however, only the ambulatory was complete when he died in ...
The original house was a priory grange for the monks of Bath Abbey adjacent to the Church of St Catherine. [4] At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the manor was granted to John Malte and passed down to the courtier John Harington. It was bought in 1591 by John Blanchard and housed his descendants for generations, but the property fell into ...
Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bristol. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and was later added to the transnational World Heritage Site known as the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021. Bath is also the largest city and settlement in Somerset.
This also applies both to the border between Maryland and West Virginia (from Harper's Ferry to the source of the Potomac near the Fairfax Stone) since the latter was at one point part of Virginia, and to the border between Virginia and Washington, D.C., since the capital was established from a section of Maryland property.
Judith Trim (11 October 1943 – 9 January 2001, [1] also known as Jude or Judy, and for a while by her first married name, as Jude Waters) was an English studio potter. [1] From 1969 to 1975, she was married to Roger Waters of the rock band Pink Floyd , [ 2 ] her childhood sweetheart.
The show deals with how the various states of the United States established their borders but also delves into other aspects of history, including failed states, proposed new states, and the local culture and character of various U.S. states. It thus tackles the "shapes" of the states in a metaphorical sense as well as a literal sense.
The modern border between England and Wales is shown in purple. The Battle of Mons Badonicus, circa 500, could have been fought near Bath between the British, the victors, and Anglo-Saxons attempting to reach the Severn estuary, but its date and location are very uncertain and it may equally well have taken place in Somerset or Dorset.