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Boston Spa

Boston Spa is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, two miles south of Wetherby, on the banks of the River Wharfe.

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.

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