Victorian Turkish baths, the Glossary

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1. 86 relations: Alfred Cross, Alfred Waterhouse, Andrew Carnegie, Arlington Baths Club, Arthur Joseph Davis, Banya (sauna), Ben Rhydding Hydro, Boston Athletic Association, C. Lockhart Robertson, Carlisle Turkish baths, Charles Fitzroy Doll, Charles Mewès, Charles Trubshaw, Cholera, County Hall, Matlock, CP Ships, Cunard Line, Cunard-White Star Line, David Urquhart, Drumsheugh Baths Club, E. W. Pugin, Edwardian era, Electric bath, Finnish sauna, George Witt (collector), Hamburg America Line, Hammam, HMHS Britannic, Holloway Sanatorium, Hydrotherapy, Interwar period, Irish Civil War, Ironmonger Row Baths, James Cameron, James Crichton-Browne, James Smithies, Jeremy Bentham, John Burnet (architect), John Dobson (architect), John Fife (surgeon), Midland Hotel, Manchester, Moorish architecture, Motorsport, Mounts Baths, National Heritage List for England, National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Netley Hospital, Newcastle City Baths, Orientalism, Panopticon, ... Expand index (36 more) »

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Alfred Cross

Alfred William Stephens Cross (1858–1932) was a British architect.

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Alfred Waterhouse

Alfred Waterhouse (19 July 1830 – 22 August 1905) was an English architect, particularly associated with Gothic Revival architecture, although he designed using other architectural styles as well.

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Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist.

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Arlington Baths Club

Arlington Baths Club is a non-profit member-run swimming club in Glasgow.

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Arthur Joseph Davis

Arthur Joseph Davis (21 May 1878, Kensington, London – 22 July 1951, Kensington, London) was an English architect.

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Banya (sauna)

The banya (a) is a traditional Russian steam bath that utilizes a wood stove.

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Ben Rhydding Hydro

Ben Rhydding Hydro, opened as the Wharfedale Hydropathic Establishment and Ben Rhydding Hotel and later rebranded as the Ben Rhydding Golf Hotel was a hotel in Ben Rhydding near Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, opened in 1844 and demolished in 1955.

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Boston Athletic Association

The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) is a non-profit, running-focused, organized sports association for the Greater Boston area.

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C. Lockhart Robertson

Charles Alexander Lockhart Robertson (4 April 1825 – 18 May 1897), best known as C. Lockhart Robertson, was a Scottish asylum doctor and spiritualist.

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Carlisle Turkish baths

The Carlisle Turkish baths were an Edwardian public baths in Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

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Charles Fitzroy Doll

Charles Fitzroy Doll JP, FRIBA (1850–1929), was an English architect of the Victorian and Edwardian eras who specialised in designing hotels.

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Charles Mewès

Charles-Frédéric Mewès (30 January 1858 – 9 August 1914) was a French architect and designer.

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Charles Trubshaw

Charles Trubshaw FRIBA (1840 – 15 February 1917) was an architect specifically associated with railway buildings on the London and North Western Railway and Midland Railway lines.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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County Hall, Matlock

The County Hall is a municipal building in Matlock, Derbyshire, England.

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CP Ships

CP Ships was a large Canadian shipping company established in the 19th century.

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Cunard Line

The Cunard Line is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.

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Cunard-White Star Line

Cunard-White Star Line, Ltd, was a British shipping line which existed between 1934 and 1949.

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David Urquhart

David Urquhart Jr. (1 July 180516 May 1877) was a Scottish diplomat, writer and politician, serving as a Member of Parliament for Stafford from 1847 to 1852.

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Drumsheugh Baths Club

The Drumsheugh Baths Club is a private swimming club in the West End of Edinburgh, Scotland founded in 1882 and opened in 1884.

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E. W. Pugin

Edward Welby Pugin (11 March 1834 – 5 June 1875) was an English architect, the eldest son of architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Louisa Barton and part of the Pugin & Pugin family of church architects.

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Edwardian era

In the United Kingdom, the Edwardian era was a period in the early 20th century, that spanned the reign of King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910.

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Electric bath

The term electric bath applies to numerous devices.

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Finnish sauna

The Finnish sauna (bastu) is a substantial part of Finnish and Estonian culture. Victorian Turkish baths and Finnish sauna are hot-air baths.

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George Witt (collector)

George Witt FRS (25 March 1804 – 20 February 1869) was a medical doctor, banker and mayor known for his collection of erotic objects.

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Hamburg America Line

The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), known in English as the Hamburg America Line, was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, in 1847.

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Hammam

A hammam (translit, hamam), called a Moorish bath (in reference to the Muslim Spain of Al-Andalus) and a Turkish bath by Westerners, is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world.

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HMHS Britannic

Britannic (originally to be the RMS Britannic) was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's of steamships and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic.

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Holloway Sanatorium

Holloway Sanatorium was an institution for the treatment of those suffering temporary mental illness, situated on of aesthetically landscaped grounds near Virginia Water in Surrey, England, about south-west of Charing Cross.

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Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy and also called water cure, is a branch of alternative medicine (particularly naturopathy), occupational therapy, and physiotherapy, that involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment.

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Interwar period

In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11November 1918 to 1September 1939 (20years, 9months, 21days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII).

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Irish Civil War

The Irish Civil War (Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire.

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Ironmonger Row Baths

Ironmonger Row Baths were built in two phases.

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James Cameron

James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker.

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James Crichton-Browne

Sir James Crichton-Browne MD FRS FRSE (29 November 1840 – 31 January 1938) was a leading Scottish psychiatrist, neurologist and eugenicist.

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James Smithies

James Smithies (bapt. 14 November 1819 – 27 May 1869) was an English co-operative movement organiser, wool-stapler, and local politician.

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Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham (4 February 1747/8 O.S. – 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.

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John Burnet (architect)

John Burnet (27 September 1814 – 15 January 1901) was a Scottish architect who lived and practised in Glasgow.

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John Dobson (architect)

John Dobson (9 November 17878 January 1865) was a 19th-century English neoclassical architect.

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John Fife (surgeon)

Sir John Fife (1795–1871), was an English surgeon.

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Midland Hotel, Manchester

The Midland Hotel is a grand hotel in Manchester, England.

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Moorish architecture

Moorish architecture is a style within Islamic architecture which developed in the western Islamic world, including al-Andalus (on the Iberian peninsula) and what is now Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia (part of the Maghreb).

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Motorsport

Motorsport(s) or motor sport(s) are sporting events, competitions and related activities that primarily involve the use of automobiles, motorcycles, motorboats and powered aircraft.

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Mounts Baths

Mounts Baths is a public swimming baths in Northampton, England, built 1935—1936.

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National Heritage List for England

The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets.

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) maintains a central database of the architectural heritage of the Republic of Ireland covering the period since 1700 in complement to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, which focuses on archaeological sites of the pre-1700 period.

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Netley Hospital

The Royal Victoria Hospital or Netley Hospital was a large military hospital in Netley, near Southampton, Hampshire, England.

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Newcastle City Baths

The Newcastle City Baths is a swimming and sports facility located in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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Orientalism

In art history, literature and cultural studies, orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world.

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Panopticon

The panopticon is a design of institutional building with an inbuilt system of control, originated by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century.

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Porchester Hall

The Porchester Centre is a Grade II* listed building at the junction of Queensway and Porchester Road in Bayswater, London W2.

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Portobello Swim Centre

Portobello Swim Centre is a multi-facility leisure venue in Portobello, Edinburgh.

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Prince's Club

The Prince's Club was a socially exclusive gentlemen's multisports club in London, England.

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R. T. Claridge

Captain Richard Tappin Claridge, FSA (c. 1797/1799 – 5 August 1857), was a prominent asphalt contractor and captain in the Middlesex UK Militia, who became best known for his prominent promotion of hydropathy, now known as hydrotherapy, in the 1840s.

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Richard Barter (physician)

Richard Barter (1802 – 3 October 1870) was an Irish physician and proponent of hydropathy.

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Richard Barter (sculptor)

Richard Barter (circa 1824 – 5 January 1896) was an Irish sculptor and architect.

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RMS Adriatic (1906)

RMS Adriatic was a British ocean liner of the White Star Line.

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RMS Empress of Britain (1930)

RMS Empress of Britain was a steam turbine ocean liner built between 1928 and 1931 by John Brown shipyard in Scotland, owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and operated by Canadian Pacific Steamship Company.

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RMS Olympic

RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of liners.

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RMS Queen Elizabeth

RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line.

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RMS Queen Mary

RMS Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line.

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Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers

The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844, was an early consumers' co-operative, and one of the first to pay a patronage dividend, forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement.

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Royal Automobile Club

The Royal Automobile Club is a British private social and athletic club.

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Royal Baths, Harrogate

Royal Baths, Harrogate is a Grade II listed building in Harrogate, England, which housed a hydrotherapy centre established by the Corporation of Harrogate in 1897 as part of its vision to make Harrogate the Nation's Spa Town.

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Royal College of Psychiatrists

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom, and is responsible for representing psychiatrists, for psychiatric research and for providing public information about mental health problems.

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Saltaire

Saltaire is a Victorian model village near Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, situated between the River Aire, the railway, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

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Sauna

A sauna is a room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these facilities. Victorian Turkish baths and sauna are hot-air baths.

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Scottish baronial architecture

Scottish baronial or Scots baronial is an architectural style of 19th-century Gothic Revival which revived the forms and ornaments of historical architecture of Scotland in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period.

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Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet, (28 June 1857 – 14 January 1933) was a Welsh orthopaedic surgeon who helped to establish the modern specialty of orthopaedic surgery in Britain.

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Sitz bath

A sitz bath or hip bath is a bathtub in which a person sits in water up to the hips.

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SS Imperator

SS Imperator (known as RMS Berengaria for most of his career) was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, launched in 1912.

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Swindon Victorian Turkish Baths

Swindon Victorian Turkish Baths are Victorian Turkish baths in Swindon, England.

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Temperance movement in the United Kingdom

The temperance movement in the United Kingdom was a social movement that campaigned against the recreational use and sale of alcohol, and promoted total abstinence (teetotalism).

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The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate

The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate, Kent, on the southeast coast of England, was a former hotel designed by Edward Welby Pugin, son of Augustus Pugin.

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The Retreat

The Retreat, commonly known as the York Retreat, is a place in England for the treatment of people with mental health needs.

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The Ritz Hotel, London

The Ritz London is a 5-star luxury hotel at 150 Piccadilly in London, England.

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Thermae

In ancient Rome, (from Greek, "hot") and (from Greek) were facilities for bathing.

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Thomas Holloway

Thomas Holloway (22 September 180026 December 1883) was an English businessman and philanthropist.

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Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank on 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, United States.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Western Baths

The Western Baths Club is a Victorian-era private swimming and leisure club founded in 1876.

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White Star Line

The White Star Line was a British shipping line.

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William Henry Crossland

William Henry Crossland (Yorkshire, 1835 – London, 14 November 1908), known professionally as W.H. Crossland, was a 19th-century English architect and a pupil of George Gilbert Scott.

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William Tuke

William Tuke (24 March 1732 – 6 December 1822), an English tradesman, philanthropist and Quaker, earned fame for promoting more humane custody and care for people with mental disorders, using what he called gentler methods that came to be known as moral treatment.

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Wreck of the Titanic

The wreck of RMS ''Titanic'' lies at a depth of about, about south-southeast off the coast of Newfoundland.

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York Hall

The York Hall, officially known as York Hall Leisure Centre, is a multi-purpose indoor arena and leisure centre in Bethnal Green, London.

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See also

Hot-air baths

• Finnish sauna
• Sauna
• Victorian Turkish baths

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Turkish_baths

Also known as Victorian Turkish bath, Victorian-style Turkish bath.

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