The west front of Bath Abbey with a line of empty bath chairs in the foreground
- Date:
- 1925 - 1939
- Location:
- Bath Abbey, Abbey Church Yard, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
- Reference:
- DIX02/01/221
- Type:
- Photograph (Print)
The bath chair, or Bath chair, was a wheeled carriage commonly used by the infirm or disabled. It originated in the town of Bath, where attendants could be employed to push the occupant around the historic city. They were particularly popular in the spa towns of late Victorian England.
This is part of the Series: DIX02/01 J. Dixon-Scott Photographic Prints; within the Collection: DIX02 J. Dixon-Scott Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Dixon Scott, J: British Council
Medieval Abbey, Medieval Church, Health And Welfare
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