Batheaston
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| Batheaston | |
  Batheaston shown within Somerset |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Ceremonial county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bath, Somerset |
| Postcode district | BA1 |
| Dialling code | 01225 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Wansdyke |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Batheaston is a village two miles east of Bath, England (which is believed to be where the name derived from (eastern of Bath), on the north bank of the River Avon. It is now bypassed by the main A4 road which used to follow the Fosse Way which runs through the village: it is also linked to Bathampton on the south bank of the river via a toll bridge.
The parish church of Batheaston is St John the Baptist with St Catherine. It was built in the 12th century, and remodelled in the late 15th century. The west tower which has four stages with a pierced embattled parapet, setback buttresses, projecting octagonal stairs, and a turret at the south-east corner which terminates in spirelet, was rebuilt in 1834 by John Pinch, the Younger of Bath. It has pointed perpendicular 2-light windows with cusped heads and the east side has a canopied niche containing a figure, probably St. John.[1]
In the eighteenth century, Sir John Riggs Miller, 1st Baronet and Anna Miller held a much mocked literary salon at their house in the village.
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- ^ Parish Church of St. John the Baptist , Batheaston. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
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/Batheaston was named Estone in The Doomsday Book. The village also borders Bathford.
