Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1777	This date is supported by its website ().
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Bath England	This location is supported by its website ().
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1780 - 1868	Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures and Commerce	Its publications.
1869 - 1890	Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce	Its publications.
1890 - 1892	Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association	Its publications.
1892 - ????	Bath and West and Southern Counties Society	Its publications.
???? -	Royal Bath and West of England Society	Its website (). It is not clear when the current name took effect.
Royal Bath and West of England Society

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1780 (v.1); 1783 (v.2); 1786 (v.3); 1788 (v.4); 1790 (v.5)   A	Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, &c. selected from the Correspondence-Book of the Society instituted at Bath, for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce v.1 was also published in a 2nd ed., a 3rd ed. (1788), & a 4th ed. (1792). v.2 was also published in a 2nd ed. (1788) & a 3rd ed. (1792). v.3 was also published in a 2nd ed. (1788) & a 3rd ed. (1791). v.5 was also published in a 2nd ed. (1793). All editions of 1792 or later take the title of B below. Continued by B. Indexed Reuss & RSLC [Univ. Chicago cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]	Letters on Agricult. of the Bath Soc. [Reuss, v.6, p.5 cites Vol. 2.] Letters on Agriculture of the Bath Soc. [Reuss, v.3, p.43 cites Vol. 3.] Lettres on Agriculture of the Bath Soc. [Reuss, v.3, p.1 cites Vol. 3.] Bath Soc. Agric. Letters [RSLC, v.1, p.xix]
1792 - 1816 (v.6 - v.14)   B	Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, &c. selected from the Correspondence of the Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures and Commerce The Harvard Univ. cat. indicates that according to the Society's Journal. v.1, 1853, p.5: "The first volume ... was published in 1780, and successive volumes, to the number of fourteen, continued to appear ... until the year 1816, when publication ceased for thirteen years. In the year 1829 there appeared the first part of a fifteenth volume, which seems not to have been completed." Continues A. Continued by C. Continued by: Bath & West & Southern Counties Society. Journal of the Bath & West & Southern Counties Society. Indexed Reuss & RSLC [Univ. Chicago cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]	Letters on Agric. of the Bath Soc. [Reuss, v.6, p.2 cites Vol. 9.] Letters on Agriculture of the Bath Society [Reuss, v.1, p.136 cites Vol. 7.] Bath Soc. Agric. Letters [RSLC, v.1, p.xix]
1852 - 1868 (v.1 - v.16)   C	Journal of the Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Continues B. Continued by D. Indexed RSLC [Univ. Calif. cat.]	Bath Soc. Journ. [RSLC, v.1, p.xix]
1869 - 1889/1890 (ser.3, v.1, pt.1 - v.21)   D	Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Continues C. Continued by E. [Univ. Calif. cat.]
1890/1891 - 1891/1892 (ser.4, v.1, - v.2)   E	Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association Continues D. Continued by F. [Univ. Calif. cat.]
1892/93 - 1905/1906 (ser.4, v.3 - v. 16); 1906/1907 - 1925-1926 (ser.5, v.1 - v.20); 1926/1927 - (ser.6, v.1 - )   F	Journal of the Bath and West and Southern Counties Society Continues E. [Univ. Calif. cat.; ULS, v.1, p.608]