Brewer's: Cold-Bath Fields

So called from the cold baths established there by Mr. Bains, in 1697, for the cure of rheumatism, convulsions, and other nervous disorders.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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