Spa Gardens, Ripon

Information

Title
Spa Gardens, Ripon
Author or creator
Woolstone Brothers (1902-1933)
Record type
Ephemera
Original Reference
E/PC/MPG/1/R/4894
Date
c.1906
Scope & content
Tinted postcard showing a view of the bandstand in the Ripon Spa Gardens. Ripon had long been known for its sulphur waters; in 1900 the Marquis of Ripon sold the drill field near Park Street to create a pump room and Spa Gardens; the Spa Baths, by Samuel Stead, were opened in 1905, and the Spa Hotel in 1909; the Spa scheme was abandoned in 1947, and the grounds have been maintained purely as a public park since
Extent
1 postcard
Physical description
9 (h) x 15 (w) cm. Photomechanical print
Is part of
Municipal Parks and Gardens postcard collection
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Credit Line
RHS Lindley Collections
Usage terms
Public Domain

Location