BATCHAi BATH. Sow, a branch of tho Trci nlshiro and Worcestershire canal, and centum* the chplries. of Acton-Trumtul, and licdnall, with the tnshps. of Brockton, 1, and Walton. 'J'lic living in a vic. in th. of Li> lie vaL of 238, in tin .1 . N. Lane, Esq., and the ]; . . 0. In-., alternately. The church, dedicated to tho Holy Trinity, is Mtua'. Baswich, on the east bank of the rivrr Pcnk, derable distance from any of i endowments amount la il-5 a year. Ti from Penkridgc on the south to tho boi -lunck Chase on the oast, over which it has i :;mon. v is lord of i BATCHA< 'KK, a limit, in tin- i i">rth div. of tin- hand, of Pirchill, in th- ' miles from Kcclcshall. The prii. Hall. BATCIICOTT, a tnshp. in the par. of J;i. ! Castle, and liund. nf M un--low, in tho co. of Salop, 4 i to the 8. of Ludlow. HATi Hl'iinL, a hmlt. in the par. of Worfield, and huiid. of Brimitree, iu tho co. of Salop, not far from Bridgnorth. BATCHWOKTH, a hmlt. in the par. of Eickmans- wortli, and hunJ i" the co. of Hei Rickmans worth. BATCOMBE, a par. iu the hand, of YetminsU-r. in the co. of Dorset, 9 miles to tho 8. of Sherborno, and 1U from Dorchester. It is a small strangling village, about 3 miles distant from Evershot railway station. The living is a reel, united with that of Frome Vau- church, in tho dioc. of Salisbury. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small Gothic building situated at tho extreme cii . illage. The parish is within the division and Union of Ceme, and Do: ' >unty Court ilistrii-t. BATCOMBE, a tythg. in the par. of Nyland, and huml. -Tv> Ivc-Hides, in the co. of Somerset, 5 mil' lls. BATCOMBE, a par. in the hund. of Whitstone, in the co. of Somerset, 3 miles to the N. of Bruton. It is situated in a pleasant hilly country, and commands, from Portway and Walter's 'Hill, extensive and beautiful prospects. The living in a rect." in the dioc. of llath und Wells, of tho val., with the cur. of Upton-Koble, which is annexed to it, of 690, in tho patron, of the Rev. J. Brown, the incumbent. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There u n chapel belonging to the Wos- leyan Methodists. BATH, a city, municipal and parliamentary borough, in the hund. of Bath Forum, in the co. of Someri- miles to the S.E. of Bristol, and 107 miles from London. i principal station on the Great Western mi and is connected by a short branch line thi < ford with tho Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth i-.iilway. It is situated on the river Avon, and the ! Avon canal. The groat natural feature nf ia its mineral waters, -which have been V d from a v antiquity, and from which the city has taken its name in '! modern It in needless to repeat tin- myths historic age, although they ha ve still a stoii' in tho shape of a statuo of tho British king Jtladnd, 's Bath, and bearing un in- scription to his honour. What i.-. certain i*. thai was an important Roman station, and was called by the ins Aqua ^ 'he. Two of the priii- y passed through it: tho Fosse Way. whir' tho coast of Devonshire to the north e..:is' , and the great i n anil Wales, called by the KomanM the I'iil Jltliil, andl.yth. E In the num. Tons and .tingremains whi' )i 1 i from time ni i- that thl b oftn lati. i - with n defended wet' through which roads pabu d to mil'! nums withdrew from Britain, tho Britons had pea. session of tho city. ' it Saxon Ella in 493, and by Cerdic in success. But in ">~1 i i.n-cd, plunde] kid in ruins. It wus ultimately rcbui 1 oSAkemanCeailir,' invalids." I was taken by Otla, Kin- monastery on the site of tho nunnery built by i Isric in 076, and was destroy) d by the '. ( Ilia reiuiilt ut the same '"in h ot the i t' iy. In this church took place the Edgar as king of England, by the famous S iop of Canterbury. The monastei founded in 970 by Edgar for 1 though subsequently destroyed by tho ] restored, and nourished till tho Dissolul
III., when its revenue amounted tc
r 1107, the city was honoured by the King Henry 1., who wa- ..f John the bishop of Wells, by whom the see was tn llath. Tlie 1 bought tho city of the king. During the < the reign of Stephen, Bath was in the poa I the forces of the king and ; ; whose head-quarters were at Bi i I : v, ... for Charles I., taken by tho pai royalists after the battle of Lansdown, and fi up to the parliament in liil'i. the city in : time in 1817. Batli i.s one of the most and the elegance and picturesque valley crossing the fine range of hills wl Tho hil it like an amphitheatre, Avon winds through the valley, ski east, south, and south-'. ground in the neighbourly and rises to the height of 81 M :- 'i !-' ' iew ii 'in it are . t. -i e, and i i beauty. From North Stoke 1'roipa the two cities of Buth and Mi re are in tho neighbourhood. The city is b.: part of the i sivcly at Combo Down, and and east, and larg. 1 dom. Till near the middle of the 18th ecn occupied no larger area than that < nek- walls, and lay wholly in th and 1'rince George of Denmark having i "T tlio place, it grew ii aid now te summits of tho hills. ment of the city was c. n Vo. ul, .1 lio laid the foundation of ( ,' Math M tin- plans ol lollo.-d t!. thui vcndish ifnl prospi suburb are I.illla-pl; loading to Sydney I Jar- d ]>ul<li ings in : y church, tin- L'liildhali, th Pum]i K'.oin. the assembly i Litenry In-<titiiti"!i. 'l'i tii. Abbey chin . li and i inihian ]'"iiie ., an 1 n '1th. and 31 ular leci-sses, ill whi. lung : aiai there ii liath
