{{short description|Area within the City of Bath, Somerset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name=Walcot St Bath.jpg |static_image_alt=Street scene with shops and houses. Church tower in the distance. |static_image_caption=Walcot Street |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|51.3920|-2.3558|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Walcot |unitary_england=[[Bath and North East Somerset]] |lieutenancy_england= [[Somerset]] |region= South West England |constituency_westminster= [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]] |population=5,920 |population_ref=(2011; ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/walcot-e05001967#sthash.RP0orphd.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011 |access-date=7 April 2015}}</ref> |post_town= BATH |postcode_district = BA1 |postcode_area= BA |dial_code= 01225 |os_grid_reference= ST753659 }} '''Walcot''' is a suburb of the city of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], in the [[Bath and North East Somerset]] district, in the ceremonial county of [[Somerset]], England. It lies to the north-north-east of the city centre, and is an [[Wards of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] of the city.<ref name=newwards>[https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/your-council-and-democracy/elections/district-council-elections Bath and North East Somerset Council] District Council Elections</ref>
[[The Paragon, Bath|The Paragon]] and, continuing out of the city, London Road are part of the [[A4 road (Great Britain)|A4 road]]. The other main thoroughfare is Walcot Street, which adjoins the city centre and is well known for its artisan shops.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://visitbath.co.uk/shopping/shopping-areas/artisan-quarter |title=Artisan Quarter |publisher=Visit Bath |access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=BANES-artworks>{{cite web |url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/sites/default/files/walcot_st_artworks_trail_leaflet.pdf |title=Walcot Street Artworks |publisher=Bath and North East Somerset Council |year=2010 |access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref>
Walcot Street and London Road are believed to be a [[Roman road]], leading north from the [[Roman Britain|Roman]] town of ''[[Aquae Sulis]]'' and linking with the ''[[Fosse Way]]''. Walcot originally grew as a residential area (a ''[[vicus]]'') in the 1st to 3rd centuries, located between the walled town, the ''Fosse Way'' and the possible [[Roman fort]] sited across the river in the Bathwick area.<ref>Pevsner Architectural Guides: Bath (2007) Forsyth, M</ref>
The parish [[Church of St Swithin, Bath|church of St Swithin]], on The Paragon was built in 1779-90 by [[John Palmer (Bath architect)|John Palmer]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Church of St Swithin, Walcot | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=443214 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022003833/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=443214 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-10-22 | access-date=2008-01-18}}</ref> The 18th-century poet [[Christopher Anstey]] is buried at the church.<ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Anstey|url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/christopher-anstey|publisher=Westminster Abbey|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Anstey: A life in 18th century Bath|url=http://www.brlsi.org/events-proceedings/proceedings/25151|publisher=Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref> Walcot was the birthplace of [[Richard Debaufre Guyon]], who would become, in succession, an Austrian officer, a Hungarian rebel and an Ottoman Pasha.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Richard Guyon|url=http://bath-heritage.co.uk/guyon.html|publisher=Bath Heritage|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Guyon, Richard Debaufre (1813-1856), army officer|url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/11802|publisher=Oxford Index|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref>
== Governance == The electoral ward returns two councillors to [[Bath and North East Somerset Council]]. The wards surrounding Walcot ward are: [[Lansdown, Bath|Lansdown]] to the north-west, Lambridge to the north-east, [[Bathwick]] to the south-east, and [[Kingsmead, Bath|Kingsmead]] to the south-west. The [[River Avon (Bristol)|River Avon]] forms the boundary with Bathwick and is crossed here by the [[Cleveland Bridge]]. The Grosvenor area of the city falls within the ward.<ref name=newwards/>
In 1891 the [[civil parish]] had a population of 24,899.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10420131/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Walcot AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=30 March 2024}}</ref> On 26 March 1900 the parish was abolished to form Bath.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10420131|title=Relationships and changes Walcot AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=30 March 2024}}</ref>
==Notable residents== * [[Richard Guyon]] (1813–1856), British-born Hungarian soldier, general in the [[Hungarian Revolutionary Army]]. * [[Sir William Herschel]] (1738–1822), astronomer, musician. * [[Benjamin Plim Bellamy]] (1782–1847), actor and proprietor of the [[Bath Assembly Rooms]].<ref name="HE 1396309">{{cite web |title=Plim Bellamy Tomb |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1396309 |website=Historic England |publisher=Historic England |access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref> * [[Arnold Ridley]] (1896-1984), actor and playwright. * [[Margaret Graham (balloonist)]] (1804-1864) first British woman to make a solo [[History of ballooning|balloon flight]], which she accomplished in 1826.
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [http://www.stswithinswalcot.org.uk/ St Swithin's Church ] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111004112905/https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Leisure%20and%20Culture/Arts%20Development/Walcot%20St%20Artworks%20Trail%20Leaflet%202010.pdf Walcot Street Artworks Trail leaflet] * [http://walcotstreet.co.uk/ Explore Walcot Street] * [https://www.walcotstreet.com/archive History of Walcot Street]
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