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The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Bath
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City, borough, and capital of the county of Somersetshire, England. Though as old as Roman times— in which it was known as "Aquaeæ , Solis," from its hot springs—Jews do not appear to have resided there until quite recently. It is not mentioned in the twelfth century and the French Jew who recommends a lad to go to England warns him against Bath as "clearly at the very gates of Hell" (Richard of Devizes, "Chronicon," ed. Howlett, p. 436). In the thirteenth century there was no archa at Bath, and therefore no Jews could live there (see
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Bath'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/tje/b/bath.html. 1901.