Letters revealing the trials and tribulations of a Spanish familywho took refuge from Napoleon's Army in regency Bath are nowavailable for all to see.
The letters dating from the early 1800s offer a fascinatinginsight into life in the city at the time and have just been madeavailable to view at Bath and North East Somerset Council's BathRecord Office.
The Langton family were of Irish descent but lived in Spain wherethey inter-married with locals. As the Peninsular War raged MariaLangton, her grown-up son and daughter and several grandchildrenfled to England where she took refuge in Bath.
The correspondence, dating back to March 1810, begins with …
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