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

    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 name.

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Boston_SpaBoston Spa - Wikipedia

    The Boston element of the name is first attested in 1799 as Bostongate and then in 1822 simply as Boston. It is thought probable that Boston was the surname of a local family, whose name itself derives from Boston, Lincolnshire , and that their name was given to the settlement that grew up around the spa.

  3. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk › country-and-farming › howHow the people of Boston Spa are making their own history as ...

    Oct 8, 2022 · A three bedroomed terrace cottage is £425,000 and a four bedroomed family home is £650,000. The most expensive listing is actually a fabulous example of some of that early history of Boston Spa ...

  4. www.genuki.org.uk › WRY › BramhamBoston Spa, Yorkshire, England. Further historical information.

    Feb 4, 2024 · 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. [Last updated at 11.00 on Sunday, 04 February 2024, by Colin Hinson. ©2024] Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England. Further historical information.

  5. www.visionofbritain.org.uk › place › 11624History of Boston Spa, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and ...

    Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. 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 ...

  6. www.greatbritishlife.co.uk › magazines › yorkshireSomething old and something new in Boston Spa | Great British ...

    Jan 9, 2012 · Another building in Boston mixing the old and the new is the British Library. Since it opened in a former ordnance factory in 1961, the Yorkshire outpost of the famous library has amassed more than seven million items in its role as a document supply centre. Work is now underway on a 10 million extension, to be used as a newspaper warehouse.

  7. wikishire.co.uk › wiki › Boston_SpaBoston Spa - Wikishire

    The Boston element of the name is first attested in 1799 as Bostongate and then in 1822 simply as Boston. It is thought probable that Boston was the surname of a local family, whose name itself derives from Boston in Lincolnshire , and that their name was given to the settlement that grew up around the spa.

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