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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...
- Grace Newton
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).
Boston Spa is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1816 from Bramham Ancient Parish. Alternative names: Boston, Bramham St Mary Parish church:
Feb 4, 2024 · This water, like all others, of fashionable resort, has obtained the notice of Des. Garnett, Munro, Walker, and Hunter. 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.
Dec 1, 2002 · That being the brief, it seems entirely logical to start and end with a couple of quotations from Westerns. The opening quote is from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I cannot quite go back the full 40 years of the title, having arrived on the Boston Spa scene in August 1964.
Oct 8, 2022 · Boston Spa can only trace its obvious history back to the 18th century in comparison and it is very much the life, times and folk of the village today that make it the place it is.
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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.
