Sulis Sulis In localised Celtic polytheism practised in Britain, Sulis was a deity worshipped at the thermal spring of Bath (now in Somerset). She was worshipped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva, whose votive objects and inscribed lead tablets suggest that she was conceived of both as a nourishing, life-giving mother goddess, and as an effective agent of curses wished by her votaries. The exact meaning of the name "Sulis" is still a matter of debate among linguists, but one possibility is "Eye/Vision", cognate with Old Irish "súil" "eye, gap", perhaps derived from a Proto-Celtic word "*sūli-" which may be related
Cheltenham Spa railway station Cheltenham Spa railway station Cheltenham Spa railway station is a railway station serving Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. Situated on the Bristol-Birmingham main line, it is managed by Great Western Railway (despite most services being operated by CrossCountry, which does not manage any stations) and is about one mile from the town centre. The official name of the town is simply "Cheltenham", but, when the station was renamed in 1925, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway chose to add "Spa" to the station name. The first railway to Cheltenham was the broad-gauge Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (C&GWUR), authorised by