Ivanhoe Baths (Ashby-de-la-Zouch): Difference between revisions

Locality
Coordinate	52.7445, -1.4732
Adm. div.	Leicestershire
Vicinity	In Ashby-de-la-Zouch, between Station Road and Prior Park Road
Type	Establishment
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Defunct
First Record	1822

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The site of Ivanhoe Baths.

View to Ivanhoe Baths / postcard, from Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust website.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-08. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

Ivanhoe Baths, housed in a Neoclassical building on Station Road in Ashby-dela-Zouch, opened in 1822. The building was derelict by 1960 and demolished in 1962. In 1805, a saline spring was discovered during coal mining at Moira Colliery, c. 5 km west of Ashby. Baths and a hotel were built, but after a few years it was decided to convey the water to Ashby and establish the business there instead under the name of the Ivanhoe Baths.^[1]

The spa was designed by Robert Chaplin and built by the first Marquis of Hastings. The building had a 45 m wide collonade in front and a classical dome which let in light for the saloon and pump room. There were card rooms, a billiards room as well as private baths for ladies and gentlemen. Remarkably the mineral water for the baths was transported to Ashby by boat and horse-drawn tramway from the spring at Moira colliery. The Bath Grounds included a carriage drive and walks for recreation.^[2]

Barrie Cox discusses Ivanhoe Baths in the English Place-Name Society's seventh volume on Leicestershire, referring to trade directories of 1846, 1863 and 1877 as well as an O.S. map dated 1835.^[3]

Gazetteers

Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.

Sources

Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VII, pp. 8-9, 10, 12; pt. VI, p. xxvii, pt. VII, p. xxvi, for sources
Friends of Ashby Bath Grounds
Wikipedia: Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Maps

Postcards

Close up of Baths Spa (Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust)
Grounds to Ivanhoe Baths (Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust)
Ivanheo Baths Spa (Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust; reproduced on this page).

Also see

Notes

↑ Wikipedia: Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
↑ Friends of Ashby Bath Grounds.
↑ Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VII, pp. 8-9, 10, 12; pt. VI, p. xxvii, pt. VII, p. xxvi, for sources.

Leicestershire place-names

Place-names

[1] Wikipedia: Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

[2] Friends of Ashby Bath Grounds.

[3] Cox, Barrie; Watts, Victor, introd.; Coates, Richard, gen. ed.; Cavill, Paul, production ed. The Place-Names of Leicestershire (English Place-Name Society, vols. LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXXI, LXXXIV, LXXXVIII, XC-XCI) (Nottingham, 1998-2016), pt. VII, pp. 8-9, 10, 12; pt. VI, p. xxvii, pt. VII, p. xxvi, for sources.

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 Ivanhoe Baths, housed in a Neoclassical building on Station Road in Ashby-dela-Zouch, opened in 1822. The building was derelict by 1960 and demolished in 1962. In 1805, a saline spring was discovered during coal mining at Moira Colliery, ''c.'' 5 km west of Ashby. Baths and a hotel were built, but after a few years it was decided to convey the water to Ashby and establish the business there instead under the name of the Ivanhoe Baths.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashby-de-la-Zouch Wikipedia: Ashby-de-la-Zouch.]</ref>
-The spa was designed by Robert Chaplin and built by the 1st Marquis of Hastings. The building had a 45 m wide collonade in front and a classical dome which let in light for saloon and pump room. There were card rooms, a billiards room as well as private baths for ladies and gentlemen. Remarkably the mineral water for the baths was transported to Ashby by boat and horse-drawn tramway from the spring at Moira colliery. The Bath Grounds included a carriage drive and walks used for recreation.<ref>[http://www.bathgroundsfriends.com/history Friends of Ashby Bath Grounds.]</ref>
+The spa was designed by Robert Chaplin and built by the first Marquis of Hastings. The building had a 45 m wide collonade in front and a classical dome which let in light for the saloon and pump room. There were card rooms, a billiards room as well as private baths for ladies and gentlemen. Remarkably the mineral water for the baths was transported to Ashby by boat and horse-drawn tramway from the spring at Moira colliery. The Bath Grounds included a carriage drive and walks for recreation.<ref>[http://www.bathgroundsfriends.com/history Friends of Ashby Bath Grounds.]</ref>
-Barrie Cox discussed Ivanhoe Baths in the ''English Place-Name Society's seventh volume on Leicestershire, referring to trade directories of 1846, 1863 and 1877 as well as an O.S. map dated 1835.<ref>{{:Cox, Barrie 1998a}}, pt. VII, pp. 8-9, 10, 12; pt. VI, p. xxvii, pt. VII, p. xxvi, for sources.</ref>
+Barrie Cox discusses Ivanhoe Baths in the English Place-Name Society's seventh volume on Leicestershire, referring to trade directories of 1846, 1863 and 1877 as well as an O.S. map dated 1835.<ref>{{:Cox, Barrie 1998a}}, pt. VII, pp. 8-9, 10, 12; pt. VI, p. xxvii, pt. VII, p. xxvi, for sources.</ref>
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 * Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
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 * {{:Cox, Barrie 1998a}}, pt. VII, pp. 8-9, 10, 12; pt. VI, p. xxvii, pt. VII, p. xxvi, for sources
 * [http://www.bathgroundsfriends.com/history Friends of Ashby Bath Grounds]
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 * [http://maps.nls.uk/view/101592081#zoom=5&lat=3062&lon=2345&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Leicestershire'' XVI.SW (1886; surveyed 1881-82)]
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