Bath Pix Begin, In Random Order

The famous Royal Crescent from the lawn. The lawn was landscaped so that it was like bringing your country mansion to the city. You rented one of the 30 units in the Royal Crescent for the season and you could look out and see cows grazing the lawn and go out onto the lawn.

The medieval city walls at bath, a fragment that remains is now about walking level.

The "Parade Grounds" at Bath.

Beau Nash was charged ( I can't remember by whom) with developing manners and etiquette for the city of Bath because it was here that all sorts of Middle and Upper class people intermixed and had to because of the Baths.

Nash developed what we think of today as English manners. When to address someone, how to address them properly, how long and on what subjects to talk to people, etc. etc. This code which he developed was in place from about 1700 on. One of the things he did was find ways for the sexes to mix more. This Parade Grounds and Garden is a perfect example. The women and men would walk the park and could stop and talk to one another without violating rules of decorum.