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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).
Dec 1, 2002 · There was a steady change over the following decade to supplying copies of articles and this was reflected in another name change in 1985, when Boston Spa became the Document Supply Centre. As the shift to copying gradually increased the conveyor systems were removed and scrapped.
Oct 8, 2022 · In 1744, local man John Shires discovered sulphur springs near the river. For the next century the village was known as Boston Spa or Thorpe Arch Spaw (a village across the river). Years later,...
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.
Boston Spa is a village and civil parish in the Wetherby ward of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the south bank of the River Wharfe. The village was founded in 1744. It was originally known as Thorp Spa but changed its name to Boston Spa in 1753.
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).
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