The second Pitman Phonetic Institute and Printing Office, Albion Place, Lower Bristol Road, Bath c.1851

Image Reference: 37954

Image Date: 1851

Measurements: 13.5 x 10.6 cm

Medium: photo

Collection: Bath Chronicle

Library Reference: P8025 Neg AL972

Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council

Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: This was the second location of Sir Isaac Pitman's Institute, inventor of phonographic shorthand. Located at the bottom of Marlborough Lane, it was destroyed in the Bath Blitz of April 1942. Note the use of his fonetic spelling on the lettering.

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The second Pitman Phonetic Institute and Printing Office, Albion Place, Lower Bristol Road, Bath c.1851

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