Bath

In 1574 she backed restoring the roofless abbey and ordered a national fund to pay for it, and in 1583 made it Bath's parish church. Her charter of 1590 confirmed Bath as a city, and one of 1591 put Bath in charge of its hot springs.

James I's queen. She was bathed in the King's Bath in May 1613 and came back in 1615. The Queen's Bath is named after her.

She lived in the house attached to a chapel built in 1765, which became known as the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel. Today it's the Museum of Bath Architecture.

She inherited the Earl of Bath's fortune and estates near Bath, including the Bathwick estate across the river, which could only be reached by ferry. Pulteney Bridge was built to connect it to the city.

The writer lived in Bath from 1801 to 1806 with her father, mother and sister Cassandra, at four different addresses.

Aged 11, Princess Victoria opened Royal Victoria Park in 1830, the first park named after her. In 1837 she wrote in her journal about Bath's people: 'The people are really too kind to me.'

In the 1970s she lived at No. 22 Royal Crescent and painted her front door yellow instead of the traditional white.

She has been Bath's Member of Parliament since the 2017 general election.

Mayor of Bath for 2026–27, the city's 799th mayor.

The Romans linked Bath's sacred spring with a goddess, Sulis Minerva. A gilded bronze head of her was found in 1727 and is on show in the Roman Baths museum.