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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.
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
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. It was built by Rev Christopher...
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).
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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Dec 1, 2002 · I cannot quite go back the full 40 years of the title, having arrived on the Boston Spa scene in August 1964. My version of events prior to that date was created and honed during a period in the early 1970s when we were sent out, by then-director Maurice Line, to address meetings across the length and breadth of the UK.
