On Foot in Bath

Dr Andrew Swift has written extensively on the Victorian and Edwardian periods, having studied English literature at Oxford and McMaster Universities, and the history of English Art of the 18th and 19th centuries at Birmingham University. He is particularly interested in the history of railways, and is a member of the Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society (BIAS). With his wife, Kirsten Elliott, he has also made a study of pub history in Bath and beyond.

CONTENTS
Introduction
1 Within the Walls: The Old City (1.25 miles)
2Palladian Pleasures: The Georgian Expansion (3 miles)
3 A Constellation of Crescents: The Northern Slopes (3 miles)
4Beyond the North Gate: Walcot Street, the Paragon & Broad Street (2 miles)
5 Into the East: Larkhall & the London Road (5 miles)
6A Place in the Country: Lyncombe & Widcombe (3.5 miles)
7 The New Town of Bath: Over the River to Bathwick (3 miles)
8A Glimpse of Tivoli: Combe Down & Prior Park (6.5 miles)
9The Caliphate of Lansdown: A Visit to Beckford's Tower (6.5 miles)
10River, Rail & Industry: Westwards to Twerton ((7 miles)
11A Pastoral Idyll: Over the Fields to Weston (5.5 miles)
12Hidden Vales and Untrodden Ways: Sham Castle & Smallcombe (4.5 miles)
13Dreaming of Suburbia: Bear Flat, Oldfield Park & East Twerton (4 miles)
14The Green Roofs: Snow Hill & the London Road (2.5 miles)
15 Where Every Prospect Pleases: With Jane Austen on Beechen Cliff (2.5 miles)
Postscript: The Metamorphosis of Bath
Acknowledgements
Further Reading