The Bath Guide has the modern and ancient history of Bath and it's environs including, "every institution in the city which regards either charity, science or amusement, with observations on the virtues and use of the waters and all other particulars necessary to the Visitor or Resident. Embellished with an accurate plan of the city, a map of the country twelve miles around Bath and lithographic prints made expressly for this work"
The guide includes interesting little details such as the cost of visiting the baths, conditions of admission to hospital (if you had an ulcer or fever you were in trouble), it lists stage and water coaches times and destinations, it even has the times the post arrived. This guide will give you an excellent idea of what your ancestor's lives were like.
A wealth of information and a snapshot in time.
