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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
In 1744, John Shires established a spa town when he discovered sulphur springs in the magnesian limestone. It was known as Thorp Spa but declined when Harrogate became very popular as a spa town. In 1753, a turnpike was built on the Tadcaster to Otley road, which passes through Boston Spa.
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.
Aug 2, 2019 · Its spa heritage dates from 1744 and the town – then known as Thorp Spa – thrived for some time before being completely eclipsed by its neighbour to the north-west, which outgrew and outcompeted it during the Victorian age.
- John Grainger
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.
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.
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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.
