Baths and wash houses in Britain
Baths and wash houses available for public use in Britain were first established in Liverpool.
The popularity of wash-houses was spurred by the newspaper interest in
Regulation
Public Baths and Wash-houses Act 1846 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Status: Repealed |
In 1844, the Committee for Promoting the Establishment of Baths and Wash-Houses for the Labouring Classes was formed with the
The Act was intended to encourage cities to voluntarily build such facilities and was not mandatory.[10][11] Manchester, for example, did not adopt the Act until 1876; in the following year, it purchased two large, privately owned, facilities. By the late 19th century, the city had 30 bath houses.[12]
London baths
The first London public baths was opened at Goulston Square,
Timelines
Wash house | Opening date |
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Pier Head | 1828 |
Frederick Street | 1842, rebuilt 1854 |
Paul Street | November 1846 |
Cornwallis Street | May 1851 |
Margaret Street | 13 June 1863 with an extension in 1868 |
Steble Street | April 1874 |
Opening | Location | Original cost |
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1849 | Marylebone | £23,671 |
1851 | St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster | £15,000 |
1852 | St. James', Westminster | £21,000 |
1852 | Poplar | £11,500 |
1854 | St. Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury | £20,857 |
1854 | Bermondsey | £16,500 |
1855 | St. George, Hanover Square | £33,861 |
1856 | St. Martin's in the Fields | £21,000 |
Other bath and wash houses: The Wells and Campden Baths and Wash Houses 1888–1978, Hampstead Heath.
See also
References
- ^ a b Ashpitel 1851, pp. 2–14
- ^ Metcalfe 1877, p. 3
- ^ "'Slum Saint' honoured with statue". BBC News. 4 February 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-416-37950-1
- ^ Rathbone, Herbert R. (1927), Memoir of Kitty Wilkinson of Liverpool, 1786–1860: with a short account of Thomas Wilkinson, her husband, H. Young & Sons
- ^ Metcalfe 1877, p. 62
- ^ Figure 1 from Ashpitel 1851
- ^ Low 1850, p. 90
- ^ "Baths and Wash-Houses". The Times. 22 July 1846. p. 6.
Yesterday the bill, as amended by the committee, for promoting the voluntary establishment in boroughs and parishes in England and Wales of public baths and wash-houses was printed.
- ^ "Baths and Washhouses Act". UK Parliament. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Timeline". Baths & Wash Houses Historical Archive. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "'Stunning' Victorian Bathhouse Unearthed Beneath Manchester Parking Lot". Smithsonian magazine. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Classified Advertising". The Times. 26 July 1847. p. 1.
Model Public Baths, Goulston-square, Whitechapel. The BATHS for men and boys are now OPEN from 5 in the morning till 10 at night. Charges – first-class (two towels), cold bath 5d., warm bath 6d.; second-class (one towel), cold bath 1d, warm bath 2d. Every bath is in a private room.
- ^ Metcalfe 1877, p. 7
- ^ "The Women's Library". Londonmet.ac.uk. 26 March 2007. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ Metcalfe 1877, pp. 66–67
- ^ Metcalfe 1877, p. 41
Bibliography
- Ashpitel, Arthur (1851), Observations on baths and wash-houses, pp. 2–14, OCLC 501833155
- Metcalfe, Richard (1877), Sanitas Sanitatum et Omnia Sanitas, vol. 1, Co-operative printing company
- Low, Sampson (1850), The charities of London, OCLC 5362638