Railway Approach body

London: Railway Approach (London Bridge)

Terminus Baths
1871	Terminus Baths; 19 & 20 Railway Approach Samuel Thomson (Propr)
1884	Terminus Baths Samuel Thomson (Propr)
1886	Terminus Baths Benjamin Bell (Propr)
1887	Electropathic and Turkish Baths; 24 Railway Approach & Denman St. Moses Humm (Propr)
1888	Electropathic and Turkish Baths Limited Moses Humm (Managing Director)
1891	Electropathic and Turkish Baths Limited Moses Humm (Managing Director) A E Humm (Sec)
1898	Electropathic and Turkish Baths Limited J Johnson Evans (Chairman)
1899	Electropathic and Turkish Baths Limited J Johnson Evans (Chairman)
1900	Turkish Baths Edward Tyrrell (Propr)
1905	Turkish Baths Edward Tyrrell (Propr)
1908	Turkish Baths Henry William Rance (Propr)
1910	Turkish Baths Henry William Rance (Propr)
1911	Turkish Baths William Cooper (Propr)
1916	Turkish Baths William Cooper (Propr)
1917	Savoy Turkish Baths Savoy Turkish Baths Ltd
1921	Baths closed
Notes	In the above chronology, information has been taken from sources detailed in the following footnotes: 1
	Research into the history of these baths is still continuing and this page includes only a preliminary account. It was last updated on 28 Sep 2010.
See also:	Electropathic and Turkish Baths Limited

Very little is so far known about these Turkish baths apart from the changes of ownership shown in the chronology.

According to a lease in the collection of the Southwark Local History Library, Samuel Thompson was still in residence at No.21 Railway Approach—where the rear room was a hairdressers—as late as 1898.

We also know, from a ticket for the coronation procession, that—at least by 1910—there were facilities for women who entered by a separate entrance in Denman Street at the rear of the building. And, from a life-sized enamel sign advertising the Savoy Turkish Baths some years later, we know the women's baths were probably still open until the baths closed in 1921. But we don't know whether there were facilities for women when the baths first opened.