Chronology 1332 Earliest records of Harrogate as a farming hamlet in the Forest of Knaresbrough 1571 William Slingsby discovers a mineral spring in High Harrogate, Tewit Well, the first medicinal spring in England to have the name spa attached to it. 1693 20 bottling houses are established. 1770 Celia Fiennes visits Harrogate and writes of the various mineral springs in her diary. 1778 The Stray Award is made whereby George III gives the Stray, local quarries and mineral wells to the town. Two hundred acres, including Bog’s Field as part of the Stray, are to remain open with free public access. 1788 Harrogate’s first custom-built theater opens between the library and Granby Hall. 1803 A covered well head in Low Harrogate overtakes wells in High Harrogate in popularity. 1806 The building of the first Assembly Rooms, a promenade room for visitors resorting to the Spa. 1825 A hospital is opened on the site of the Royal Baths. 1835 Larger Assembly Rooms are opened on the corner of Ripon Road and King’s Road. Joseph Thackeray attempts to divert waters from the Old Sulfur well into the back of his Crown Hotel.1841,Harrogate Improvement Act. A footpath is laid out in Bogs Field. 1842 The Royal Pump Room, an octagonal building designed by Harrogate born Isaac Thomas Shut, opens to house drinkers at the Old Sulfur Well. 1848 The arrival of the railway, connecting Harrogate with York and the Midland Railway, with a station in Brunswick Street in the Stray opposite the Prince of Wales Mansions. 1849 Arrival of the Leeds Railway with a terminus at Star beck. 1858 The Gothic style Magnesia Well building is constructed in Bogs Field. 1860 Establishment of the Victoria Park Company who planned to link the villages of High and Low Harrogate with residential and retail streets and provide a new station. 1862 Opening of the new station. 1869 Richard Ellis supports a scheme for the improvement of Bogs Field, a scheme that included the creation of a sheltered promenade. 1870 The foundations of the new Victoria Baths are laid in Crescent Gardens. 1884 Harrogate is incorporated as a Borough with Queen Victoria granting the Borough Charter to the Mayor and Aldermen. 1886 A design competition is held for laying out a ‘Public Pleasure Grounds’ along the footpath from the Royal Pump Room to Bogs Field. The population of Harrogate doubled in the last 15 years of the 19th century. 1887 Mr Chipchase is appointed first Parks Superintendent. 1889 The opening of the Royal Bath Hospital.
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