VICTORIAN TURKISH BATHS: BARTER, Dr Richard |

Dr Richard Barter

Dr Richard Barter was the founder and proprietor of St Ann(e)'s Hydropathic Establishment, the first in Ireland, near Blarney in Co. Cork, and the builder (with David Urquhart in 1856) of the first attempt at a 'Turkish' bath in the British Isles since the time of the Roman occupation.

< Rise and progress of hydropathy in England and Scotland / Richard Metcalf. — London : Simkin Marshall, 1912. —
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Dr Barter & the birth of the Victorian Turkish bath

The Victorian Turkish Bath Movement. Part 2: Urquhart, Barter, and St Ann's

The Hot air controversy. Part 1: background

Early problems and controversies. Part 1: introduction

London's first Victorian Turkish bath. Part 2: The first Turkish baths

The Turkish bath as a facility

Women and the Victorian Turkish bath. Part 2: the first Victorian Turkish baths

Early Turkish baths for animals

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