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The following is a list of current and former spa towns in the United Kingdom. England. Derbyshire. Buxton [1 ] [2] ... Melksham, Wiltshire; Nantwich, Cheshire ...
Melksham (/ ˈ m ɛ l k ʃ əm /) is a ... In 1815 the Melksham Spa Company was formed by a group of 'respectable gentlemen', with names such as Methuen, Long and ...
Melksham Without parish council logo on a bus stop near Berryfield. Melksham Without is a civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England.It surrounds, but does not include, the town of Melksham and is the largest rural parish in Wiltshire, with a population of 7,230 (as of 2011) [1] and an area of 29 square kilometres (7,200 acres).
Central Bowerhill is approximately 1.75 miles (2.8 km) south of Melksham town centre. Bowerhill has a population of approximately 3,000 [ citation needed ] and was separated from the town of Melksham by a narrow rural buffer or green swathe until 2022, when most of the buffer was obliterated by housing.
The manor of Shaw was recorded in the 13th century and became a tithing of Melksham parish. By 1335 there was a chapel of St Leonard, but there are no records of this chapel after 1460. [2] The higher ground to the west of the village was known as Shaw Hill. [3] Shaw House, built in 1711 and extended c. 1840, is Grade II* listed. [4]
Sandridge is a dispersed rural community to the east of Melksham, Wiltshire, England.It is part of the civil parish of Melksham Without.. An Ordnance Survey map of 1961 names a settlement at Sandridge Hill, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Melksham, and a hamlet of Sandridge, 0.25 miles (0.4 km) to the north; [1] as of 2015 these names are no longer in gazetteers and Sandridge refers to a wider area ...
The walls of the Roman spa town Hisarya (Bulgaria) Spas were used for millennia for their purported healing or healthful benefits to those wealthy or close enough to partake of their waters. This was called a mineral cure and gave let to phrases such as taking a cure and taking the waters .
Redstocks is a hamlet in Wiltshire, England; it is in the civil parish of Melksham Without and is 1.7 miles (2.7 km) east of Melksham. From 1886 to 1950 there was a small Wesleyan Methodist chapel. [1]