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  Leamington Spa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leamington is the most populous town in the southern half of Warwickshire (the county is almost split in two by the West Midlands).
Leamington was the birthplace of the infamous mystic Aleister Crowley.
The boxer Randolph Turpin was born in Leamington.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Leamington_Spa   (1879 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Royal Leamington Spa, municipal borough in Warwickshire, England, on the River Leam, 130 km (80 mi) northwest of London.
John Richard Hicks was born in Leamington Spa, England, and educated at...
Spa (waters), location where natural sources of mineralized water are used for drinking or bathing in order to cure disease or ensure good health....
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 Royal Leamington Spa History
It was in great demand by noblemen and their families, and people of wealth, social and political influence, visiting Leamington, to partake of the waters, and for treatment in The Pump Room.
The architect William Thomas 1799-1860, was born is Suffolk, and was apprenticed as a joiner, prior to establishing a lucrative architectural practise in Royal Leamington Spa.
Much concern was voiced in Leamington at the time, over the quality of it's drinking water, much of it coming from various wells and the river, and no doubt polluted.
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 Spa Towns: Leamington Spa: Leamington Spa
Situated in the heart of England, Royal Leamington Spa is easily accessed from all parts of the country by both road, rail and nearby Birmingham International Airport.
Royal Leamington Spa, "Royal" since Queen Victoria granted that title to record her visits to the town in 1830 and 1858.
The Spa treatment was claimed to cure, or relieve, a huge number of disorders - examples being "stiffness of the tendons", "rigidity of the joints", "the effects of gout and rheumatism and various paralytic conditions".
www.finewaters.com /Water_Wellness/British_Spa_Towns/Leamington_Spa.asp   (556 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa is a spa town built mainly during the 19th century.
The town was visited by Queen Victoria in 1838, and was given the "Royal" status.
Leamington's main architectural characterisitic is it's wide main streets, with elegant Georgian, Regency and Victorian buildings, many lined with trees.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /heartofengland/leamington/leamington.htm   (231 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA [Royal Leamington Spa], town (1991 pop.
Culture: Intriguing and challenging programme; Warwick and Leamington Festival Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir, Collegium, St Michael's Singers, Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra All Saints' Church, Leamington Spa.(Features)
King Lonnie still reigns in world of skiffle; Lonnie Donegan Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-royallea.html   (310 words)

  
 LocationRoyalLeamingtonSpa
any city scenes and driving sequences of the show were filmed in Royal Leamington Spa, a small town 15 miles south from the Bucket residence.
Leamington Spa is famous for its waters since the 16th century but is is only from the 18th century that a significant amount of wells were dug, public baths were opened and a pump room was built.
The filming actually took place in Royal Leamington Spa's Town Hall built in 1884 in the main street: The Parade.
www.uk-comedy.com /LocationRoyalLeamingtonSpa.htm   (289 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa - British Resorts and Destinations Association
Royal Leamington Spa is a fashionable and elegant town in the heart of South Warwickshire.
Leamington has a deservedly good reputation for shopping, ranging from small independently run shops offering unusual and exciting goods to larger stores offering a wide range of products, and from boutiques selling designer labels to high street fashion favourites.
Royal Leamington Spa railway station is within a 10 minute walk of the town centre.
www.britishresorts.co.uk /member.asp?member_name=10   (312 words)

  
 Video By Design - Royal Leamington Spa Video.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Royal Leamington Spa is today a splendid town with a glorious heritage.
Once the most fashionable of Spa's it was visited by the very highest members of society.
This video traces the development of Royal Leamington Spa, beginning in the Old Town, south of the river, and moving on to the stylish building of the New Town, to the north of the river.
www.btinternet.com /~videobydesign/royalb.htm   (275 words)

  
 The Parish Church of All Saints, Royal Leamington Spa
The Parish Church of All Saints, Royal Leamington Spa
The prosperous town, whose spa waters made it a popular tourist venue even then, wanted a church whose size and grandeur fittingly expressed the glory of God.
They built it around the small parish church of the day, and continued to use the existing church inside the growing walls of the new one, until the small church was demolished and this one, affectionately known to Leamingtonians as "The Parish Church" became the church you see today.
www.allsaintsleamington.org.uk /tour   (632 words)

  
 BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Day out in Leamington
Royal Leamington Spa calls itself "the fashionable experience", so I went for a day out to see what's on offer for those of us not so comfortable with the catwalks of Milan!
Shopping is great in Leamington because it has an unusual number of small shops and isn't as dominated by predictable High Street stores as many other towns and cities.
Lansdowne Crescent is magnificent as is its neighbour Lansdowne Circus.
www.bbc.co.uk /coventry/features/days-out/day-out-in-leamington.shtml   (773 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa Town Council
Like most boroughs Leamington has its civic insignia and gladly displays this on public occasions.
Royal Leamington Spa became a borough in 1875 and the charter of incorporation, together with the grant of arms made the following year, are now housed in two handsome cabinets presented to the town by the Leamington Spa Courier.
Following the abolition of the borough of Royal Leamington Spa by the Local Government Act, 1972, custody of the civic insignia was given to the Charter Trustees, a duty undertaken until the grant of Town Council status in 2002.
www.leamingtonspatowncouncil.gov.uk   (112 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Of course, in order to persuade people to drink the water, it had to taste of something and the fouler the flavour the better people thought it was for you - and thus the spa was born.
A series of salt water springs a few miles from Warwick were developed into a thriving spa town to which the rich and famous came for the "cure".
The town of Leamington Spa grew and prospered - and then the NHS came along and spoiled it all!
www.nwtv.co.uk /pages/travel/britan/englnd/warwic/leam.htm   (147 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa Tourist Information on AboutBritain.com
Just three miles from Warwick, Royal Leamington Spa is a fashionable town with its Georgian and Victorian architecture, tree lined avenues and squares and glorious gardens.
Leamington has a deservedly good reputation for shopping and eating with a high number of speciality shops and restaurants.
Episode Leamington in a new style of contemporary town house hotel, is situated in the heart of the picturesque town Leamington Spa.
www.aboutbritain.com /towns/royal-leamington-spa.asp   (412 words)

  
 hotels.com - Courtyard by Marriott Leamington Spa - Royal Leamington Spa, GB
The Courtyard by Marriott Leamington is a modern, three-storey hotel located on Tachbrook Business Park, within two miles of Warwick Castle and the M40 motorway, midway between Leamington Spa and Warwick town centres.
Courtyard by Marriott Leamington offers 91 guestrooms located on three floors, all of which have English country-style decor and include cable television, direct-dial phones, high-speed Internet connections, trouser presses and tea and coffee-making facilities.
The historic town of Stratford-Upon-Avon is 8.5 miles from the hotel and is most famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare and the home of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
www.hotels.com /property.jsp?property=352602   (334 words)

  
 Quality Status for Royal Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa Town Council is celebrating its achievement of becoming the tenth Local Council in the County of Warwickshire to achieve the award of Quality Status.
The Council has met robust tests to demonstrate that it is representative, well managed and able and ready to take on an enhanced role in terms of the delivery of services and influence at the grass roots level.
Councillor Iain Jermond, Mayor of Royal Leamington Spa said, "This award demonstrates the significant steps taken by the Town Council in three short years since its formation.
www.leamingtonspatowncouncil.gov.uk /?c=42   (204 words)

  
 Walk #164: Royal Leamington Spa to Solihull   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Whilst I was heading eastwards out of Leamington I approached a bridge to see smoke emerging from the other side.
When I parked at Leamington Spa I phoned up the National Rail Enquiries line and asked for train times back from Olton to Leamington Spa.
Since I still did not know train times back to Leamington, I decided to nip into the station at Hatton (which is right by the canal) to look at the train times there.
www.britishwalks.org /walks/2001/164.php   (1970 words)

  
 Love's Restaurant, Royal Leamington Spa | Weekend | Guardian Unlimited
The largely forgotten Ambrose Bierce, author of The Devil's Dictionary, stayed in Leamington in 1874, and John Ruskin came here for his health in 1841.
Love may not be the most talked about young chef around at the moment, perhaps because he is in Leamington Spa and not in London.
Before he declared independence in Leamington, Love worked at Mallory Court, a very pukka Midlands country house hotel, spent time with Alain Ducasse in France as part of his award, and generally polished up his obviously considerable skills.
www.guardian.co.uk /weekend/story/0,,630445,00.html   (856 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa , Warwickshire
An elegant, spacious town on the River Leam, Leamington Spa owes it's fame to the bubbling waters of a mineral spring.
The rise from the village of Lemynton Priors to Royal Leamington Spa took little more than a dozen years.
It was granted the 'Royal' prefix, by Queen Victoria after a visit in 1838.
homepage.ntlworld.com /bobjay99/lem.htm   (337 words)

  
 International Civic Heraldry- UNITED KINGDOM - ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA
The arms are made up of emblems for the Lords of the Manors of Leamington and Newbolds Comyn.
The border is from the arms of Geoffrey de Clinton, who originally gave the manor to the monks of Kenilworth.
In the crest, the ragged staff is for the Earls of Warwick, and the caduceus for the health spas of the town.
www.ngw.nl /int/gbr/r/rls.htm   (237 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa - VisitBritain
Royal Leamington Spa is a fashionable and elegant town in the heart of South Warwickshire. With Georgian and Victorian architecture, tree-lined avenues and squares and glorious gardens, it offers a unique experience.
Leamington has a very good reputation for shopping and an excellent choice of places to eat and drink, from wine bars, pubs and cafés to bistros and restaurants.  
The Jephson Gardens are perfect for a gentle stroll. These Grade II listed gardens of horticultural excellence have undergone a £4.3 million restoration project which includes a sensory garden, a temperate glasshouse, a refurbished boathouse and children’s play area. There is a new riverside restaurant and a charmingly restored Victorian tearoom.
www.visitbritain.com /VB3-en-NO/destinationguides/england/Heart_of_England/Destinations/Royal_leamington_Spa.aspx   (125 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa
As a borough Royal Leamington Spa is comparatively young.
Compared with towns like Winchester, York and Chester etc its history is a brief, but nevertheless proud one.
Victoria Park is a 10-minute walk from Leamington Spa station via Avenue Road.
www.walk-leamington2007.org /rls.php   (146 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa Rotary Club in District 1060 - Historic pages
Royal Leamington Spa Rotary in your Community from
Warwickshire College Royal Leamington Spa and Morton Morrell
Royal Leamington Spa D1060, England and sponsored by
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 AllRefer.com - Royal Leamington Spa (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Royal Leamington Spa (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Royal Leamington Spa, British And Irish Political Geography
Royal Leamington Spa[lem´ingtun] Pronunciation Key, town (1991 pop.
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 Royal Leamington Spa, GBR Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Royal Leamington Spa, GBR Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News
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All times shown are local to Royal Leamington Spa.
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 Leamington Spa & Hotels With e-travelguide.info
At the start of the 19th century very few people knew of the existence of Leamington, but by 1838 all this had changed.
By this time the famous waters were cascading expensively over the many "patients" and the increasingly fashionable spa was given the title "Royal" by permission of the new Queen, Victoria.
Immediately opposite the Spa itself are Jephson's Gardens containing a Corinthian temple, which houses a statue of him.
www.e-travelguide.info /leamingtonspa   (219 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa Decorative and Fine Arts Society
Royal Leamington Spa Decorative and Fine Arts Society
The Society has charitable status and is run by a volunteer committee elected at the Annual General Meeting.
Lectures are held in the Avon Hall at the Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, (www.warwickdc.gov.uk) on the first Wednesday of the month (except August, September, and January).
www.rlsdfas.org.uk   (336 words)

  
 Royal Leamington Spa - Chiltern Railways
The beautiful Regency town of Royal Leamington Spa is famed for The Royal Pump Rooms and Gardens.
Jephson Gardens are considered the ‘jewel in the crown’ of Leamington’s many fine parks offering tranquil riverside walks and stunning views.
Leamington also offers a wealth of fine specialist shops and restaurants.
www.chilternrailways.co.uk /content.php?nID=97   (118 words)

  
 Stratford & Warwick - The official site of Shakespeare Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It embraces historic Warwick and Kenilworth, Royal Leamington Spa and Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon.
Historic Warwick and Kenilworth, Royal Leamington Spa and Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon offer plenty to see and do with spectacular Christmas lights, festive craft fairs, street entertainment, a Royal Shakespeare Company performance of Merry Wives The Musical featuring Judi Dench, ice-skating and a new, 60 metre long, Ice Slide at Warwick Castle.
From April 2006 to April 2007, the Royal Shakespeare Company is staging its biggest ever theatrical celebration of Shakespeare’s Complete Works.
www.shakespeare-country.co.uk   (276 words)

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