books.google.com - Phyllis Hembry, author of The English Spa 1560 to 1815, wrote about the origins and development of the spas and their flowering in the eighteenth century. Her book deals not only with their healing and recreational aspects, but also with their status as political, religious, social, and economic gathering...http://books.google.com/books/about/British_spas_from_1815_to_the_present.html?id=QvDWk4YMAR8C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBritish spas from 1815 to the present
