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Oct 8, 2022 · A stroll down Boston Spa high street takes you past a gym, the Fox and Hounds pub, a carpet shop, jewellers, an interiors shop, hair and beauty salons, a travel agent, a hardware shop, post...
The origin of Boston Spa's name is not entirely clear; the name is not attested prior to appearing on printed maps in 1771, when it was labelled Thorp Spaw. At this stage, then, the name Thorp Spaw presumably meant 'the spa associated with Thorp Arch' (the nearest pre-existing settlement).
Jul 29, 2019 · It was the golden age of the spa town, and Boston Spa was a genteel retreat for those in delicate health. Around 50 bathers a day were using the spa by 1850, the year the village changed its...
- Grace Newton
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boston Spa like this: BOSTON-SPA , a village and a chapelry in Bramham parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Wharfe, ¼ of a mile SW of Thorpe-Arch r. station, and 3½ NW by W of Tadcaster; and has a post office‡ under Tadcaster.
Dec 1, 2002 · The library became known worldwide as Boston Spa. However, the Christmas post became too much for the small Boston Spa village Post Office. In the end all the mail was delivered to the library, we then took out our mail and gave the village back their Christmas cards and presents.
Feb 4, 2024 · Hot and cold baths are erected immediately adjoining the pump room. The village of Boston was begun in an open field in 1753, and now contains more than 600 inhabitants. The Parochial Chapel was consecrated in Dec. 1814, by his Grace the Archbishop of York.
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Jan 9, 2012 · Many visitors to Boston Spa will wander along the High Street and have a vague feeling that the village dates back a couple of hundred years or so. After all it owes both its name and its fame to the natural springs discovered in the mid-1700s.