Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood

Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood

Author: James Conway Walter

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-04-25

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781530693504

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"[...] CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OF THE WELL. It has been remarked that the discovery of many of our medicinal springs has been due to some romantic incident, or, in other cases, to some occurrence partaking almost of the ludicrous. At the famed Carlsbad, for instance, a princely hunter pursues his stag into the lake where it has sought refuge, whereupon the unusual cries of his hounds, too eagerly breasting the waters, speedily reveal to him the strongly thermal nature of the spring which feeds the lake, and the discovery has benefited the thousands who annually frequent that health-giving resort from almost every land. On the other hand, in the case of our own Bath, although well known to the ancient [...]".


Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia

Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia

Author: Jenny Gregory

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 1015

ISBN-13: 9781921401152

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The Historical Encyclopaedia of Western Australia is an authorative and comprehensive guide to the region's history. It will become the outstanding reference for researchers, teachers, students and the general public throughout Australia enabling them to locate information about significant events, institutions, people and places, themes and topics in the history of Western Australia.