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   Boston Spa. Boston Spa is a village and civil parish in the Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England. Situated 3 miles (5 km) south of Wetherby, Boston Spa is on the south bank of the River Wharfe across from Thorp Arch. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 4,006 rising to 4,079 in the 2011 census.

2. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk › heritage-and-retroBoston Spa: The story of the rise and fall of a Yorkshire spa ...

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   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...

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   Oct 8, 2022 · For the next century the village was known as Boston Spa or Thorpe Arch Spaw (a village across the river). Years later, Joseph Taite sank a pump and started to charge people to take the water.

4. www.greatbritishlife.co.uk › magazines › yorkshireSomething old and something new in Boston Spa

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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.

5. www.emerald.com › insight › content40 years of Boston Spa reminiscences and change

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   Dec 1, 2002 · I cannot quite go back the full 40 years of the title, having arrived on the Boston Spa scene in August 1964. My version of events prior to that date was created and honed during a period in the early 1970s when we were sent out, by then-director Maurice Line, to address meetings across the length and breadth of the UK.

6. www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk › heritage-and26 of the best photos take you back to Boston Spa in the 1990s

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   Apr 9, 2024 · Boston Spa in the 1990s. A sixth form study block was to be built at Boston Spa Comprehensive School. Pictured in November 1999 are sixth formers in the spot where it was to be constructed.

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   When did Boston Spa get its name?

   • 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 name.

   Boston Spa: The story of the rise and fall of a Yorkshire spa town

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   How old is Boston Spa?

   • 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.

   Something old and something new in Boston Spa

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   Where is Boston Spa?

   • Boston Spa is a village and civil parish in the Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England. Situated 3 miles (5 km) south of Wetherby, Boston Spa is on the south bank of the River Wharfe across from Thorp Arch. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 4,006 rising to 4,079 in the 2011 census.

   Boston Spa - Wikipedia

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   Was Boston Spa a heyday?

   • One of these is Boston Spa, a village near Wetherby that rode the spa town boom but today offers little evidence of its heyday. In 1744, a local man cutting willow by the River Wharfe noticed a small stream. After tasting the water, he realised he had made a discovery that could change history; it was a mineral spring.

   Boston Spa: The story of the rise and fall of a Yorkshire spa town

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   Why is Boston called Boston?

   • The name ‘Boston’ is thought to be a contraction of ‘Botolph’s Town’ or ‘Botolph’s Stone’. It became a popular spa town in the 18th century after a mineral spring was discovered. The village is home to the British Library’s Boston Spa Document Supply Centre. It has a population of approximately 4,000 people.

   Boston Spa - Welcome to Yorkshire

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   Why is Boston Spa so famous?

   • It turns out man has been busy going about his Boston Spa business for several thousand years. That’s mainly thanks to the River Wharfe that runs through it, once a key route from east to west. The prehistoric tools uncovered by the archaeology group were all made of flint carried here by the river from the east coast.

   Something old and something new in Boston Spa

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   The village was founded in 1744. It was originally known as Thorp Spa but changed its name to Boston Spa in 1753. The name ‘Boston’ is thought to be a contraction of ‘Botolph’s Town’ or ‘Botolph’s Stone’. It became a popular spa town in the 18th century after a mineral spring was discovered.