The Bath Abbey!

The Bath Abbey

lazy me shall just put down the history of Christainity in Bath from the pamphlet i got at the abbey ad verbatim.

Bath was a sacred place long before history started to be written down. Celtic people worshipped the goddess Sulis at the hot springs before the Romans came to Britain in 43 AD. They quickly took control of the southern part of the country including Bath, which they called Aquae Sulis, or the place of goddess Sulis' springs. Building work on the baths complex probablyy started between 60-70AD.

The movement of people and goods within the Roman Empire eventually brought Christainity to Britain and by around 350AD there were Christains in Bath. Around 400 AD, the romans began to leave Britain as the Empire started to crumble.

Between 500 and 600 AD Saxons arrived in Britain, at first as raiders but they became settlers. There is no written evidence but it is most likely that Christainity continued to be practised in and around Bath during these years.