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Bathford (pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable) is a village and civil parish east of Bath, England. The parish, which includes Warleigh has a population of 1,759,〔 and extends over . ==History== The ancient charter ''Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici'' describes a manor parish consisting of three tithings or quasi manors; Bathford in the centre, Shockerwick to the north Warley () to the south. This corresponds very closely to the current boundaries. This manor was known as ''Forde'' up until the seventeenth century. The name was derived from the ford that crosses the By Brook, connecting Bathford to neighbouring Bathampton. Near the river crossing is the site of a Roman villa, the hypocaust of which was found about the middle of the seventeenth century. This villa is described in this extract from John Aubrey's ''Monumenta Britannica''; :At Bathford (near the citie of Bathe) was found by digging of a drayning trench deeper than ordinarily in the grounds of Mr Skreene, in the year 1655 a roome underground, which was about one way and the other. The pavement of which was opus tesselatum (work ) of small stones of several colours. viz., white (hard chalk), blue (liasse), and red (fine brick). In the middle of the floor was a blue bird, not well proportioned, and in each of the four angles a sort of knott. This ground and the whole manor did belong to the Abbey of Bath. Underneath this floor there is water. The floor is borne on pillars of stone about an ell distant the one from the other. On the pillars were laid plank stones on which the opus tesselatum was layd. The water issued out of the earth a little below, and many persuade themselves there is much water in it. This discovered place was so much frequented that it caused Mr Skreene to cover it up again, because the great concourse of people, especially from Bathe, injured his grounds, but he would not cover it so soon that the people had torn up all the work before I came hither to see it, but his daughter-in-lawe hath described the whole floor with her needle in gobelin-stitch. Mr Skreene told me there is another floor adjoining yet untouched. The ford from which the village derived its name was connected with the Fosse Way. This is mentioned in a Saxon charter of the tenth century relating to the manor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historic Bathford )〕 The Fosse Way stills forms the boundary of the parish. Bathford was part of the hundred of Bath Forum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 The old Bathford railway bridge was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as part of the old Great Western Railway. The station of ''Bathford Halt'' used to exist but closed in 1965. Near Bathford, on the opposite side of the river, is a large meadow known as ''Horselands'' where, according to tradition, the Roman cavalry were exercised. More recently, the area bounded by Ostlings Lane and the Bradford Road (A363) was used to keep the spare horses used to haul the mail coaches up Bathford Hill. They then returned to the field to await the next coach. Some older long-standing residents of Bathford still refer to Ostlings Lane as ''Horses Lane''. Whether the two areas are related is somewhat uncertain. Bathford has been formally twinned with Artannes-sur-Indre in France since October 2005. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bathford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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