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	Bath
		Bath is approximately 15 miles southeast of the larger city and port of Bristol, to which it is linked by the A4 road, and is a similar distance south of the M4 motorway.
		Bath’s city council was abolished in 1996; the ceremonial functions of the city including mayoralty are maintained by the Charter Trustees; all those BANES councillors for wards within the city limits.
		Bath's principal industry is tourism and it is the most visited city outside of London for tourists travelling to the UK, whose visits mainly fall into the categories of heritage and cultural tourism.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/bath.html (960 words)

	Bath: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Bath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bath is a city in western England famous for its historic Roman baths produced by underground springs.
		They were rediscovered in the 18th century and, as well as being a major archaeological find, they have from that time to the present been one of the city's main attractions, though the water is now considered unsafe for bathing, due to its having passed through the still-functioning lead pipes constructed by the Romans.
		Bath is approximately 15 miles east of the much larger city of Bristol, to which it is linked by the A4, and is a little way south of the M4 motorway.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ba/Bath.html (382 words)

	Discover Bath, England, Great Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bath is notable for the fact that it has been a city based upon tourism since the 18th century (with brief decline during the 19th century)—the input of money by tourists, and the mere fact they were visiting, allowed the building of many architectural projects.
		Bath is approximately 24 kilometres (15 miles) south east of the larger city and port of Bristol, to which it is linked by the A4 road, and is a similar distance south of the M4 motorway.
		Bath is centred on the bottom of the Avon Valley; the hills which surround and make up the city achieve a maximum altitude of 238 metres on the Lansdown plateau.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /England/england-discover-bath.html (1718 words)

	Diocese of Southwark - News: Bishop of Southwark's comment on the appointment of the new Bishop of Bath & Wells
		Bishop of Southwark's comment on the appointment of the new Bishop of Bath and Wells
		Having been a teacher from 1966 to 1972 he trained for the priesthood at Oak Hill Theological College and was ordained deacon in 1974 and priested in 1975.
		In 1992 he was appointed General Secretary of USPG and in 1997 became the Bishop of Kingston in the Diocese of Southwark.
	www.dswark.org /news/pr172.htm (174 words)

	The City of Bath, A Brief History: After the Norman Conquest
		Another attempt to revive the town, which again proves its importance, was when Rufus invited the Bishop of Bath and Wells to move the episcopal seat to Bath and construction began on the cathedral, which was much larger than the present Abbey.
		Bath also benefited from of the wealthy wool trade that characterised the surrounding Cotswolds area in general.
		The Baths deteriorated rapidly and it is reported that they actually became a health hazard rather than a source of cure for illnesses.
	www.know-britain.com /cities_towns/bath_history_3.html (247 words)

	Street to Wells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The third and final town is the splendid city of Wells; the cathedral and its environs are a gem and the town centre is a place of charm and character.
		Both Glastonbury and Street are well seen of course, and your eyes are drawn irresistibly to the isolated hillock of Tor Hill and its ruined church tower a mile to the east.
		Wells itself is most charming, a mix of old and new, with a number of narrow streets and lanes in the city centre that give the place great character.
	www.jbutler.org.uk /e2e/som/w6/index.shtml (3796 words)

	Mesothelioma - Bath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A cold, clear bath is the fore-runner of joyful tidings and a long period of excellent health.
		This name is derived from the ceremony of bathing, which used to be practised at the inauguration of a knight, as a symbol of purity.
		Bath is the most visited city outside of London for tourists.
	www.mesothelioma.me.uk /asbestos+Bath.html (1002 words)

	Wells Tourist Information on AboutBritain.com
		Among its many famous features are the moated Bishop's Palace, still the residence of the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
		Wells Museum - In a Tudor building close to the cathedral, the museum exhibits illustrate the history, archaeology, geology and wildlife of the Wells and Mendip Hills area.
		Glastonbury is well known, not only for its connections with the history of Christianity and the majestic ruins of its Abbey, but also for its association with the legend of King Arthur.
	www.aboutbritain.com /towns/Wells.asp (595 words)

	Britannia Biographies: Walter Skirlaugh, Bishop of Bath & Wells
		Walter Skirlaugh is said (and Leland quotes the tradition) to have been the son of a sieve-maker; but it seems highly probable that the tradition arose from the bearing on the man's shield of arms - six ozier-wands interlaced.
		Skirlaugh was educated at Durham House in Oxford, became Bishop of Coventry & Lichfield in 1385, was translated to Bath & Wells in 1386 and finally removed to Durham, two years later.
		Bishop Skirlaugh was buried in the north choir-aisle of his cathedral at Durham.
	www.britannia.com /bios/wskirlaugh.html (229 words)

	Berkshire History: Biographies: Thomas Beckington, Bishop of Bath & Wells (1390-1465)
		They were well received and three officers of the Royal household, of whom Beckington was one, were immediately despatched in return to the Court of Armagnac, fully empowered to contract the proposed alliance.
		As Bishop of Bath & Wells, Thomas had, in 1445, a controversy with Nicholas Frome, the Abbot of Glastonbury, an old man who, tenacious of the privileges of his monastery, resented episcopal visitations and whom Beckington, with unseemly severity, taunted over the infirmities of age.
		Thomas died at Wells on 14th January 1465, and was buried in a fine tomb, built by himself in his lifetime, in the south aisle of the choir.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/tbeckington.html (1684 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jocelin of Wells
		He was already a canon of Wells and in 1203-4 he received two benefices, Lugwardine and Urchenefeld in Herefordshire.
		In the year 1205 Savaric died and on 3 February, 1205-6 Jocelin was elected bishop in his stead by the canons of Bath with the concurrence of the chapter of Wells.
		On the death of John, Jocelin and the Bishop of Winchester anointed and crowned the boy-king, Henry III, and he actively supported Hubert de Burgh in expelling the French forces which remained in England, and in regaining for the king the royal castles which had been seized by Falkes de Breaute and other unruly barons.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08418c.htm (530 words)

	Diocese of Southwark - News: Bishop of Kingston to be Bishop of Bath & Wells
		Diocese of Southwark - News: Bishop of Kingston to be Bishop of Bath and Wells
		He will succeed Bishop Jim Thompson who retires in December after ten years, and will be enthroned in Wells Cathedral on a date still to be fixed next year.
		Bishop Peter, aged 57, became Area Bishop of Kingston in December 1997.
	www.dswark.org /news/pr173.htm (361 words)

	Robert STILLINGTON (Bishop of Bath and Wells) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Robert Stillington, already Keeper of the Privy Seal and Bishop of Bath and Wells (1466), became Chancellor of England in 1468.
		Bishop Stillinton was at length (1487) given into the hands of the King's messengers, by whom he was conveyed to Windsor.
		He had built for himself a stately chantry adjoining the cloisters of his cathedral at Wells in which he was buried.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/RobertStillington.htm (320 words)

	Bath at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bath is a city in western England famous for its baths fed by underground hot springs.
		Bath is the most visited city outside of London for tourists travelling to the UK.
		The new remake of the film Vanity Fair was shot in Great Pulteney Street recently, and in August 2003 the Three Tenors sang at a special concert to mark the opening of the Thermae Bath Spa, a new hot water spring spa, in Bath City Centre.
	wiki.tatet.ru /en/Bath.html (853 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Somerset \| Bishop Jim dies at 67
		The present bishop of Bath and Wells, the Right Reverend Peter Price, expressed his sadness at the death of "one of the most respected and imaginative bishops of the Church of England".
		The bishop was born in Birmingham in 1936 and was a Cambridge theology graduate.
		He became Area Bishop of Stepney in 1978 and Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1991.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/somerset/3123280.stm (309 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: John Clerk
		Bishop of Bath and Wells; date of birth unknown; died 3 January, 1541.
		When Wolsey resigned the See of Bath and Wells, in 1523, Clerk was appointed bishop in his stead.
		When the question of the royal divorce was raised Clerk was appointed as one of the queen's counsellors, but Wolsey persuaded him to agree on her behalf that she should withdraw from proceedings at Rome.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04051a.htm (491 words)

	Bishop of Bath & Wells Honours Governor
		A life long member of St Mary’s Parish in Bath, has received a special honour from the Bishop of Bath & Wells for his work as Governor of a Church of England School.
		Laurie Coombs, former Mayor of Bath and City Councillor, was one of seven people to receive a special award for their services to Christianity, at the Bishop’s Palace in Wells.
		He also served on the Board of Governors for St Mary’s RC Primary School, where he and his children were educated, and is also member of the Churches Together in Bath, as well as being involved in other charities in the city.
	www.cliftondiocese.com /Articles/196 (260 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Bishop plans to work on farm
		A bishop who spent 20 years living in London is spending time on a farm to learn about his rural diocese.
		Bishop Price, a 58-year-old former teacher, said he felt the lesson was vital if he was to serve his diocese properly.
		Bishop Price said: "What I want to do is to listen to the kind of stories that Marshall has been telling me and putting me in the picture.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/england/2192740.stm (383 words)

	Richard FOX (Bishop of Exeter; Bath & Wells; Durham and Winchester)
		In 1487, he was created Bishop of Exeter and was translated successively to the Sees of Bath and Wells, Durham and finally to Winchester in 1500.
		Bishop Fox introduced Wolsey to the royal notice; and the future Cardinal was employed by Henry VII in an embassy to the Emperor Maximilian.
		Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter warned Bishop Fox that the monks, upon whom he had at first intended to bestow his wealth, possessed already more than they would long be permitted to retain.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/RichardFox.htm (1378 words)

	History of Wells cathedral choir school - of choristers ancient and modern
		There are early records of a song school at Wells in the oldest statutes but the exact date is unknown; in all probability one existed in very early times but that can only be conjecture.
		Queen Elizabeth herself commanded that a Wells chorister, named John Pitcher, should be brought to her chapel, who, when his voice broke was abandoned by the royal authorities without any provision for his future.
		At home on 6 February 1988 they joined with the choir of Bath Abbey to sing at the enthronement of Bishop George Carey as Bishop of Bath and Wells, and in June of that year they sang at the festival of the Glastonbury Pilgrimage.
	www.ofchoristers.net /Chapters/Wells.htm (3348 words)

	Bishop of Bath and Wells -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Bishop's residence is The Palace in Wells.
		Wells has been the seat of a bishop since (Click link for more info and facts about 909) 909 although the see has been located at Wells and Bath both individually and jointly (with Bath Abbey serving as co-cathedral).
		The current bishop is the Right Reverend Peter Bryan Price, the 77th Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, who signs Peter Bath & Wells.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/bishop_of_bath_and_wells.htm (424 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Bath and Wells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From that time until 1244 the diocese was known under various titles, such as Somerset, Wells, Bath, and Bath and Glastonbury.
		The cathedral at Wells was rebuilt by Robert of Lewes (1136-1166) and restored by Jocelin Troteman (1206-1242).
		After the dissolution of Bath Abbey, 1539, the bishop had his seat at Wells alone.
	www.sjsoftware.org /ncd01053.htm (84 words)

	Visit Bath : tours, photos and sightseeing guide
		Oliver King, who was appointed Bishop of Bath and Wells, decided in 1499 to replace the building with a magnificent cathedral.
		The new bathing building Thermae Bath Spa (http://www.thermaebathspa.com) is located near the Cross Bath and can be reached by walking down Bath Street (a short walk from the Roman Baths and Bath Abbey).
		Two of Jane Austen's novels are set in Bath: "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion" (some of her other well-known novels are "Pride and Prejudice", "Sense and Sensibility", "Emma" and "Mansfield Park").
	www.ukstudentlife.com /Travel/Tours/England/Bath.htm (2550 words)

tags --> University of Bath - Public Relations - Press releases</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Vice-Chancellor Glynis Breakwell has welcomed the newly-appointed <b>Bishop</b> of <b>Bath</b> and <b>Wells</b> to Claverton in a celebration of 30 years of the Chaplaincy Centre. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Bishop</b> was on campus to carry out the re-licensing of the popular chaplain; the Anglican church licenses all its clergy to preach within a region, and the licenses have to be renewed from time to time. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The event was marked by messages of support from church figures from the University faith community and from churches in the region, with Vice-chancellor Glynis Breakwell's support being especially well-received by Rev John Rackley, the Baptist minister based at Manvers Street who is widely known for his regular appearances on Radio 2.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.bath.ac.uk /pr/releases/chap30.htm</font> (300 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.britannia.com/bios/rburnell.html">Britannia Biographies: Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath & Wells</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> From <a href="/topics/1275" title="1275" class=fl>1275</a>, he was <b>Bishop</b> of <b>Bath</b> & <b>Wells</b> as <b>well</b> as one of the chief ministers of King Edward I. He was treasurer and, afterwards, chancellor, and was much employed in affairs connected with <a href="/topics/Archbishop-of-Wales" title="Archbishop of Wales" class=fl>Wales</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Bishop</b> Burnell died at Berwick in 1292, during the meeting of the Scottish and English barons at which Edward I adjudged the crown of Scotland to Balliol. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> His body, however, was brought to <b>Wells</b> and interred in the nave of his cathedral.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.britannia.com /bios/rburnell.html</font> (177 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.bath.ac.uk/internal/news/death-bishopjim">tags --> <title>University of Bath - Public Relations - Internal news</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The Rt Revd Dr Jim Thompson, former <b>Bishop</b> of <b>Bath</b> and <b>Wells</b>, and honorary graduate of the University of <b>Bath</b>, died last week. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Bishop</b> Jim was known to millions through his "Thoughts For The Day" on BBC Radio 4. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Bishop</b> Jim was a good friend to the University of <b>Bath</b> and often spoke in the House of Lords on issues concerning education and young people.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.bath.ac.uk /internal/news/death-bishopjim</font> (308 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,980412,00.html">Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Issue of the gay bishop splits church</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Only five <b>bishops</b> were prepared to speak out yesterday in favour of the controversial appointment of a gay theologian as suffragan <b>bishop</b> of Reading, according to a Guardian survey of all 44 British dioceses which highlighted the growing division over homosexuality in the higher ranks of the Church of England. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> A spokeswoman for John Oliver, the <b>Bishop</b> of Hereford, said: "We are quite sure that the process was extensive and that the right person was chosen for the job of <b>bishop</b> of Reading. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> It is because of such an understanding 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