Spa and Spa Visiting
Details:
- Author(s) Rotherham, Ian D
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 56pp; illus
- Publisher Shire Publications
- Place Published Oxford
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Overview dealing with spa towns as well as spas. Sections include: 'Ancient beginnings'; 'Bathing and bathhouses in medieval times'; 'The rise of the Georgian spas and spa towns'; 'The Georgian waters'; 'Hydrotherapy - the Victorian craze for healing waters'; 'The Georgian spa towns today'