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Bath addresses...   Written by Mandy N (9/16/2007 9:16 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, Westgate Buildings, penned by Line
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This lower part of the town could not compete for desirability with the northern slopes... This compressed area had the highest number of alehouses and noxious workshops, not to mention the greatest concentration of prostitutes, beggers and thieves.
-M.Lane 'A Charming Place. Bath in the Life and Novels of Jane Austen'. (Millstream Books, 2003. pp.26-27)

'West-gate Buildings ! And who is Miss Anne Elliot...'
No wonder arch-snob Sir Walter reproached Anne for visiting her old friend, Mrs Smith living in reduced circumstances at the Westgate Buildings.

Laura Place, a stylish residential square is the Bath address of Lady Dalrymple in 'Persuasion'.


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