The stories of 1,500 people connected to the abbey are now online after years of work by archivists.
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She said while they were aware that they had some famous memorials, including Richard 'Beau' Nash who was the master of the ceremonies in Georgian Bath, the project has enabled staff to find "those invisible lives and really tell their stories for the first time" - particularly the stories of women. "She was extremely closed to Queen Charlotte. She was the lady who was chosen to be with Queen Charlotte at the time when the queen was desperately concerned about King George's first mental health collapse," she said.
Mr Taylor said after their move to Bath, the couple decided to build Partis College, for women who had "fallen on hard times"."She saw all around her, women, the daughters of clergy, the widows of clergy, who had little money and decided they would build a set of alms-houses for 30 women," he added.
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