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The Roman Bath, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 1864

                

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Camtullicam: probably a mis-spelling of  Kamptulicon, an inexpensive floor covering, made of a canvas base covered with a mixture of india-rubber, gutta-percha, and cork.


An advertisement, from the Cambridge Independent Press dated 14 May 1864, for the auction sale three days later of ‘The Entire Fittings of the Roman Bath’.
    Dr Ailsa Boyd, for her explanation of the meaning of  ‘camtullican’  

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The Roman Baths, Cambridge. Part 4: Postlude

          

Victorian Turkish Baths:
their origin, development,
and gradual decline

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