Hotwell Spa
Other Business Names:
- Jones, Charles
- Callowhill, Thomas
- Woodhall & Co
- Society of Merchant Venturers
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
Sectors:
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Beverage production
Soft drinks production inc mineral water
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Recreation activities
Spa, hydropathy, etc, activities
Notes:
Developed adjacent to the port of Bristol from 1694 when the undeveloped land was leased [on an improving lease] by its owners, the Society of Merchant Venturers, to Charles Jones, soapmaker, and Thomas Callowhill, linen draper. They developed it with considerable success into a fashionable spa and also established a bottled mineral water business.1785 reverted to the Society when leased by Woodhall & Co but thereafter declined and closed in early 19th century
Publications:
- ''From the temple of Hygeia to the sordid devotees of Pluto'. The Hotwell and Bristol. Resort and port in the eighteenth century' in P Borsay & J Walton (eds), Resorts and Ports. European seaside towns since 1700 by Hussey, David
- 'Gloucestershire Spas. An eighteenth century parallel' in P McGrath & J Cannon (eds), Essays in Bristol and Gloucestershire History by Little, Bryan
- 'Leisure and commerce. The Hotwell and the port of Bristol, 1750-1850' in S Poole (ed), A City Built on Water. Maritime Bristol, 1750-1900 by Hussey, David
- 'The Bristol Hotwell' in P McGrath (ed), Bristol in the Eighteenth Century by Waite, V
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Jones, Charles
- Callowhill, Thomas
- Woodhall & Co
- Society of Merchant Venturers
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
Sectors:
- Beverage production Soft drinks production inc mineral water
- Recreation activities Spa, hydropathy, etc, activities
Notes:
Developed adjacent to the port of Bristol from 1694 when the undeveloped land was leased [on an improving lease] by its owners, the Society of Merchant Venturers, to Charles Jones, soapmaker, and Thomas Callowhill, linen draper. They developed it with considerable success into a fashionable spa and also established a bottled mineral water business.1785 reverted to the Society when leased by Woodhall & Co but thereafter declined and closed in early 19th centuryPublications:
- ''From the temple of Hygeia to the sordid devotees of Pluto'. The Hotwell and Bristol. Resort and port in the eighteenth century' in P Borsay & J Walton (eds), Resorts and Ports. European seaside towns since 1700 by Hussey, David
- 'Gloucestershire Spas. An eighteenth century parallel' in P McGrath & J Cannon (eds), Essays in Bristol and Gloucestershire History by Little, Bryan
- 'Leisure and commerce. The Hotwell and the port of Bristol, 1750-1850' in S Poole (ed), A City Built on Water. Maritime Bristol, 1750-1900 by Hussey, David
- 'The Bristol Hotwell' in P McGrath (ed), Bristol in the Eighteenth Century by Waite, V