Boston Spa
Boston Spa is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds 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.[1]
Boston Spa
1.37 sq mi (3.5 km2)
4,079 (2011 census)
2,977/sq mi (1,149/km2)
170 mi (270 km) SSE
- Boston Spa
United Kingdom
WETHERBY
01937
It sits in the Wetherby ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency.
Etymology[edit]
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). 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.[2]
Governance[edit]
When Boston Spa was founded in 1744 it was in the township of Clifford in the old parish of Bramham, in the upper division of the wapentake of Barkston Ash, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[6] From 1866 to 1896, it was part of the civil parish of Clifford with Boston, and became a separate civil parish in 1896.[7] The parish was in Wetherby Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974,[8] when it was transferred to the City of Leeds in the new county of West Yorkshire.
Media[edit]
Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire. Television signals are received from the Emley Moor TV transmitter. [16] Local radio stations are BBC Radio Leeds, Heart Yorkshire, Capital Yorkshire, Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire, Pulse 1 and Tempo FM, a community based station which broadcast from Wetherby. Local newspaper is served by the Wetherby News.
Recreation[edit]
The route of The White Rose Way, a long-distance walk from Leeds to Scarborough, North Yorkshire passes through the village. As does the Ebor Way which passes over the river at Thorp Arch village before continuing towards Tadcaster.
Georgian houses on High Street
Leys Lane
High Street
