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Karleen asked this question about A Quiet Life in the Country (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries, #1):
Was it called a 'bathroom' at this time in England? I'll have to look that up.
Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) If there was a bathtub or geyser (shower) in it, then yes. That's what a bathroom was for, to take a bath in.

The toilet was called that, or the "cloak…moreIf there was a bathtub or geyser (shower) in it, then yes. That's what a bathroom was for, to take a bath in.

The toilet was called that, or the "cloakroom", because often in large houses there was a room where people hung their coats, left their boots, etc and there would be a small room at the back of that with a toilet in it. In the 19th and early 20th century a "lavatory" was not a toilet, but a room with washstands in it, most often found at boarding schools with a paucity of plumbing. Often "lavatories" had one tap where people filled their water jugs for use at the washstand.(less)
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