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Bathwick
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Bathwick
Location within Somerset
Population4,863 (2011.Ward) [1]
OS grid reference ST755655
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BATH
Postcode district BA2
Dialling code 01225
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Avon
Ambulance South Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Somerset
51°23′17″N2°21′12″W / 51.3880°N 2.3534°W / 51.3880; -2.3534

Bathwick is an area and electoral ward in the city of Bath, in the Bath and North East Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, on the opposite bank of the River Avon to the historic city centre.

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The district became part of the Bath urban area with the 18th century development of the Pulteney estate and the building of Pulteney Bridge. Subsequently various Georgian streets were built including Sydney Place, Great Pulteney Street and Laura Place, with Bathwick Hill leading up to Claverton Down and the University of Bath.

It is also home to the Holburne Museum of Art within Sydney Gardens, Bath Recreation Ground (The Home of Premiership, Bath Rugby) [2] and The North Parade Ground, the current home to Bath Cricket Club and Bath City's first ever ground from 1889-1891. [3]

Bathwick has two churches: St John the Baptist, Bathwick and St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick. The latter was built in the early 19th century by John Pinch the Elder, [4] and was where the band Muse recorded the organ sections on their second studio album Origin of Symmetry . [5]

Governance

Bathwick was part of the hundred of Bath Forum. [6] [7] In 1891 the civil parish had a population of 4714. [8] On 26 March 1900 the parish was abolished to form Bath. [9]

See also

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