The Rev. Hall, Vicar of Tenbury, had sent a concentrated sample of the Tenbury Water to Dr. Daubney for analysis. It doesn't seem a very scientific method of analysis as the water was left standing around for some time and it had been concentrated. |
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Tenbury's spa water could be either bathed in or drunk. The early bath seen here, complete with four taps, was originally installed in the Pump Room but is now in the town's museum. Next to it is an ornate drinking fountain, also from the Pump rooms. |
A general view of the Pump Room when it was relatively new. The building contained men's and women's bathrooms, consulting rooms in which rheumatic and arthritic visitors could discuss their ailments with the spa doctors |
A closer view of the Pump Room from the Kyre Bridge, showing the ornamental gardens in which it was once set. The Victorian extensions to the Crow Hotel, just seen on the left, were in anticipation of the crowds of cure-seekers who were expected to descend on the town |
The Pump Room 1905. These were built in 1862 at the rear of The Crow Hotel by the Tenbury Improvement Company, after trying several sites: |
By the 1850's a surgeon from London, Mr. Hall had been appointed to run the Tenbury Spa. The Spa had two wells now with the one found on The Crow Inn premises. Things didn't seem to go very well with Mr. Hall as the following extracts show. |