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   Spa baths were built to allow visitors to take the waters. On the north bank of the river is the village of Thorp Arch, which predates Boston Spa by several centuries. High Street, Boston Spa in 2008; Crown Hotel on the right. The Boston Spa and Thorp Arch Conservation Area, [5] designated in 1969, extended across both Boston Spa and Thorp Arch ...

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...

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

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   Oct 8, 2022 · Boston Spa is a village near Wetherby that has a history that takes us back to the 1700s. The oldest of the ‘grand’ houses is St Kitts which dates back to 1774.

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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.

6. 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.

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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.

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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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   Why are there spa baths in Boston?

   • Spa baths were built to allow visitors to take the waters. On the north bank of the river is the village of Thorp Arch, which predates Boston Spa by several centuries. The Boston Spa and Thorp Arch Conservation Area, designated in 1969, extended across both Boston Spa and Thorp Arch parishes.

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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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   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.

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   What is Boston Spa known for?

   • The village hall has hosted a nationally renowned weekly jazz night since January 2005 and an annual arts festival usually in October. Boston Spa Hockey Club is a field hockey club that competes in the North Hockey League and the Yorkshire & North East Hockey League.

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8. blogs.bl.uk › living-knowledge › 2015The British Library in Yorkshire – a treasure trove for ...

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   The British Library at Boston Spa – two miles outside Wetherby in West Yorkshire – is a landmark perhaps more driven past than actually visited.