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Atkins. Bath. ; 
“No. 39, Milsom Street, Bath, 
London, Sheffield and Birmingham 
Warerooms 
Mr. Glover, original proprietor of the Repository 
on the Walks, most respectfully informs the 
Nobility, Gentry and Publick in general, that 
the Warerooms are opened this day on the 
same plan, as the Repository was conducted 
for several years, in Elegant and Commodious 
Rooms. Over the late Bath and Somersetshire 
Bank.” Glover was an enterprising trader, 
and advertised as an House Agent, & Dealer 
in Gold and Silver, Clocks, Jewellery, Piano- 
fortes and Barrel Organs “fit for churches or 
chapels,” Carpets, Looking-glasses and French 
horns, Japanned Goods, &c., “all at 20 per 
cent. less than other traders charges ;” with 
whom he is careful to point out “he has no 
connection.” About 1797 he added No. 40 
and opened a branch in Bristol. The 
Repository was sold off in 1802, and the 
premises advertised to let. 
Atkins Bath O: Crowned bust to right. Zeg : ALFRED 
a 5. YE GREAT REFOUNDED BATH . A.D. 900. 
R&R. A Tower within a Wall (the Mayor’s Seal) anp 
SURROUNDED IT WITH WALLS AND TOWERS. 
ED: WE PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ONE 
PENNY . V.R.. 
The Bust of and statement as to Alfred shews the 
reliance placed by Bath Citizens on Wood’s 
statement in 1765, that “the wall which 
surrounds the body of Bath, is a piece of 
work so good of its kind, that in my opinion 
it can claim no other original, than the hands. 
of King Alfred’s workmen.” 
