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Fix this text“The Bulletin," Vol. 63. No. 3250.
Fix this textWednesday, May 27, 1942.
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Fix this textRATH, the chief town of Somersetshire, on the River Avon,
Fix this textB and some 107 miles from London, enjoys an almost unique
Fix this textreputation. Readers of “Pickwick Papers” will recall the use
Fix this textDickens made of (he mythical legend attributing its foundation
Fix this textto “a certain King Bladud.” Its claim to high antiquity is
Fix this textdefinitely established, however, and it first appears in history
Fix this textduring the first century of the Christian era, under the name
Fix this text“Aqua Solis,” and many remains demonstrate the Romans
Fix this textwere perfectly acquainted with its mineral springs. Ecclesiasti-
Fix this textcally and politically it has figured somewhat prominently in
Fix this textnational records. Offa, King of Mercia, a tract of territory
Fix this textcomprising the borderland of the purer Anglian and Saxon
Fix this textsettlements and embracing what are now known as the “Mid-
Fix this textland Counties,” founded an Abbey here in 775, and the Saxon
Fix this textKing Edgar was crowned in’the Abbey in 973. Surnamed the
Fix this text“Peaceable,” one of his earliest acts was to promote St.
Fix this textDunstan, then their Abbot, to the Archbishopric of Canter-
Fix this textbury. Pew records of the first five years of his reign have come
Fix this textdown, save those which refer to his active co-operation in
Fix this textecclesiastical reforms then in progress. He restored the monks
Fix this textto the Abbey, displaced and degraded the secular clergy and
Fix this textactively supported the scheme for dispossessing the secular
Fix this textcapons of all the great churches. Edgar was a great man, and
Fix this textthose who live in twentieth-century days,, which witness the
Fix this text“brutal destruction policy of Hitlerism, view ,Wn ? “One
Fix this texthis declaration in the assembled Witan (Parliament). On
Fix this textthing I would have common to all my subjects English. Danes
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Fix this textpoor possess without molestation what they .have.
Fix this textacquired, and that no thief find refuge for securing his stolen
Fix this textproperty.” Edgar’s reign forms an epoch in English history
Fix this textand aided much in the growth of monastic institutions, destined
Fix this textto “keep the fires of learning and cultural progress alive in
Fix this textlater centuries, Oxford being perhaps the most outstanding ex-
Fix this textample. The first charter was granted to the Borough or nain
Fix this textby Richard I (1189-1199), and it sent a member toi Parhamen
Fix this textin 1297. Centuries elapsed; it was not until the eighteenth that
Fix this textjts chalybeate waters began to be appreciated so highly tor
Fix this textgouty rheumatic and hepatic disorders and the patronage or
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Fix this textambition has m a measure restored bottled Bath u
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Fix this textvar j o us articles, thus: Bath bricks, used for cleaning knives ,
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Fix this text55 parts of the former and 45 of the latter. Ihe once laminar
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Fix this textcomparatively late years Bath has witnessed the development
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