Editing Boston Spa (section)

== Governance ==
When Boston Spa was founded in 1744 it was in the [[Township (England)|township]] of [[Clifford, West Yorkshire|Clifford]] in the old parish of [[Bramham, West Yorkshire|Bramham]], in the upper division of the [[wapentake]] of [[Barkston Ash]], in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref name="Gen">{{cite web |title=Clifford cum Boston|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Bramham/Bramham68.html|publisher=GenUKI|access-date=30 August 2010}}</ref> From 1866 to 1896, it was part of the civil parish of Clifford with Boston, and became a separate civil parish in 1896.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10411373/relationships |title=Vision of Britain website: Clifford With Boston |access-date=8 May 2013 |archive-date=31 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231131552/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10411373/relationships |url-status=dead }}</ref> The parish was in [[Wetherby Rural District]] in the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10399830 |title=Vision of Britain website: Boston Spa |access-date=8 May 2013 |archive-date=1 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101014432/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10399830 |url-status=dead }}</ref> when it was transferred to the City of Leeds in the new county of West Yorkshire.