The elegant Assembly Rooms were designed by John Wood the Younger from 1769 to act as a venue for social events and a public meeting place. If you were a member of high society visiting Bath during the Georgian and Victorian periods, then the Assembly Rooms were an essential stop on your daily social rounds.
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"In Cirencester hundred King Edward had 5 hides of land. There are in demesne 5 ploughs, and 31 villans with 10 ploughs. There are 13 slaves and 10 bordars, and 3 mills rendering 30s, meadows, and 2 woods rendering 50s, and there are 2 free men having 2 ploughs. The queen had the wool from the sheep. In the time of King Edward this manor rendered 3 1/2 modi of wheat and 3 modi of malt, and 6 1/2 sesters of honey, and £95s. and 3000 loaves for the hounds."
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Assembly Rooms- Bath, Somerset, England
The elegant Assembly Rooms were designed by John Wood the Younger from 1769 to act as a venue for social events and a public meeting place. If you were a member of high society visiting Bath during the Georgian and Victorian periods, then the Assembly Rooms were an essential stop on your daily social rounds. ... more