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Boston Spa is a
village and
civil parish in
Metropolitan Borough of Leeds in
West Yorkshire,
England, 3 miles south of
Wetherby, on the banks of the
River Wharfe. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,006 and it's LS23
(Wetherby) postcode district.
In
1744,
John Shires established Boston as a
spa town when he discovered magnesian,
limestone and
sulphur springs. In those days it was known as Thorp Spa. It declined when
Harrogate became very popular as a
spa town.
In
1753 it was decided to turnpike the
Tadcaster to
Otley road which runs through Boston Spa. In the same year, Joseph Taite built a house for the accommodation of visitors in Boston Spa. This would become known as the Royal Hotel - still standing, but now converted into flats and shops. By
1819 Boston Spa had a population of over 600, and several inns and other houses offering accommodation. The spa baths had also been built by this time to allow visitors to take the waters.
On the east bank of the river lies the village of Thorp Arch which predates Boston Spa by several centuries.
Thorp Arch hosted a
World War II Royal Ordnance Factory,
ROF Thorp Arch, an ammunition
Filling Factory. ROF Thorp Arch finally closed in 1957. Part of the site is the home of the Northern Reading Room, Northern Listening Service and Document Supply Collection of the
British Library. The remainder of the site is occupied by Thorp Arch Trading Estate and two prisons, now combined as
Wealstun Prison.
Boston Spa School is the local
secondary school with a quite diffuse
catchment area, typically taking students from areas which also feed comprehensives in
Wetherby,
Garforth and
Pendas Fields. The school is noted for its successes in
sports and
science teaching, and caters for students undertaking
GCSEs,
A levels,
GNVQs and those with
special needs.
Other facilities in the village include: the famous deaf national school: St John's Catholic School for Deaf Children at Boston Spa with a UK-wide catchment; and
Martin House Hospice.
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