Coronation at Bath

Coronation at Bath

Edgar the Peaceful sits aboard a barge manned by eight kings, as it moves up the River Dee.

Edgar was crowned at Bath and anointed with his wife Ælfthryth, setting a precedent for a coronation of a queen in England itself.^[10] Edgar's coronation did not happen until 973, in an imperial ceremony planned not as the initiation, but as the culmination of his reign (a move that must have taken a great deal of preliminary diplomacy). This service, devised by Dunstan himself and celebrated with a poem in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, forms the basis of the present-day British coronation ceremony.

The symbolic coronation was an important step; other kings of Britain came and gave their allegiance to Edgar shortly afterwards at Chester. Six kings in Britain, including the King of Scots and the King of Strathclyde, pledged their faith that they would be the king's liege-men on sea and land. Later chroniclers made the kings into eight, all plying the oars of Edgar's state barge on the River Dee.^[11] Such embellishments may not be factual, and what actually happened is unclear.^[12]

EIGHT HUNDRED and SIXTY THREE YEARS BEFORE CHRIST

EIGHT HUNDRED and SIXTY THREE YEARS BEFORE CHRIST

EIGHT HUNDRED/SIXTY THREE YEARS BEFORE/CHRIST

In its final form Bladud was sent by his father to be educated in the liberal arts in Athens. After his father’s death he returned, with four philosophers, and founded a university at Stamford in Lincolnshire, which flourished until it was suppressed by Saint Augustine of Canterbury on account of heresies which were taught there. Supposedly he ruled for twenty years from 863 BC or perhaps 500 BC, in which time he built Kaerbadum or Caervaddon (Bath), creating the hot springs there by the use of magic. He dedicated the city to the goddess Athena or Minerva, and in honour of her lit undying fires, whose flames turned to balls of stone as they grew low, with new ones springing up in their stead: an embellishment of an account from the fourth-century writer Solinus of the use of local coal on the altars of her temple

Battle of Dyrham .did 10,000 die here?

Battle of Dyrham –

did 10,000 die here

                                                                                                                                        

The remains of the old extension of Dunsdown Lane, that ran past Hinton Fort and was the route that Ceawlin took to capture and defeat the Britons at the Battle of Dyrham

Battle of Dyrham

This year Cuthwin and Ceawlin fought with the Britons, and slew three kings, Commail, and Condida, and Farinmail, on the spot called Deorham, and took from them three cities, Gloucester, Cirencester, and Bath.”

most expensive locations to rent in the country

Bath has been named one of the - but property experts in the city say demand is as high as ever.

Specialist letting agents’ insurer Endsleigh this week rated Bath as the fifth priciest town or city for tenants in the UK.

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According to the insurance firm the average cost of renting a property in the city is £963 a month - £257 more than the national average.

The report shows the average monthly rent across the UK rose for the third year running in 2011 to £706 – compared with £688 in 2010 and £663 in 2009.

Bath was placed fifth behind Slough, Guildford, Watford and London, where the monthly average was £1,247.63.

Grant Stevens, general manager of letting services at Endsleigh, said the results proved that despite tough economic times, the lettings market remained buoyant.

He said: “Rents in London have been rising for a long time so it is no great surprise that there is finally a cooling in prices. However, nationally, year-on-year, the picture is one of a very buoyant rental market and, with the overall rise in-keeping with inflation, it won’t unduly affect the pockets of either Bath’s landlords, who are enjoying good yields, or renters, who are able to access a whole range of properties.”

Ben Tilling, partner at Bath Property Shop, said there was strong supply and demand in Bath which had created a successful rental market for the city.

He said: “The city is a one of a kind in terms of rental.

“There are a lot of quality properties in Bath and they are the ones that always rent.

“There is real value for money for tenants in terms of quality, and tenants have got selective about what they want.

“Bath has a very strong rental market but it’s a vicious circle because people can’t afford to buy in Bath so they rent.

“We get a lot of families from London who relocate from London because of the very good schools.

“We also have good links with London and Bristol, and a lot of people commute to Bristol because Bath offers a better quality of life.”