To 1090 AD

Key dates to 1090 AD

8,000 BC There is archaeological evidence of human activity around the springs up to 10,000 years old.
1st C BC Evidence of Celtic shrines around the springs.
70 AD The Romans completed a series of baths and a temple dedicated to Sulis Minerva.
675 The Saxon name - Hat Bathu, meaning hot baths - is first recorded.
10th C Bath Abbey, which had been obliterated by Norse invaders, was revived as a community of Benedictine monks living by the hot springs.
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