Prince of Orange Obelisk - 'Orange Grove' - Bath, Somerset
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In 1734 Richard ‘Beau’ Nash, the master of ceremonies in Bath, renamed this area ‘Orange Grove’ and erected the Obelisk in the centre to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Orange to Bath.
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Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/17/2017
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"Until the Dissolution of the monestaries under Henry VIII, this was the churchyard of the Bath priory. In 1572 it became a public open space, being landscaped in the 1730s with gravel walks, formal planting and a privy.
The name Orange Grove was adopted following the Prince of Orange's visit to take the waters in 1734. Beau Nash had the obelisk erected to commemorate the visit.
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"This obelisk was erected in memory of the happy restoration of the health of the Prince of Orange, through the favour of God and to the great joy of Britain by drinking the Bath waters, 1734. Richard Nash, Master of Ceremonies. (Inscribed on the base of the obelisk.)"
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