History of the Museum Building and Use: 1. The Tennis Court

October 14, 2024

The first of a series of articles tracing the fascinating and varied history of the building the Museum now occupies. 1. The Tennis Court
It is the 12th of February 1763 and a letter is published in the Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette:
“Tennis is an excellent Exercise. There is scarce a little village in France without a Tennis-Court. Would not the Company here employ one with great Advantage to the Proprietor?”