Droitwich Spa was reopened in 2006. Droitwich's first workhouse was set up on Holloway in 1688 and were finally abolished in the 1920s. Droitwich Lunatic Asylum was established in 1791. Records at the Worcestershire County Record Office show its presence in 1837 to 1838. An advert in the Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association (the forerunner of the British Medical Association) in 1844, records that Martin Ricketts, of Droitwich, was the Surgeon and Sir Charles Hastings from the Worcester Infirmary was the Physician. In 1714 the first Turnpike in Worcestershire was opened to Worcester. A commemorative plaque was unveiled by
Tenbury Wells Clee, <br> Hop Kilns, Farmsteads, and TENBURY, <br> This is happiness for me; A proposal to build a biomass power station on a business park failed due to residents' concern about the disruption to local businesses during its construction. The proposal continued to attract protests, and in July 2007 a petition against the plans was signed by more than 2,300 people. In July 2009 it was announced that the £965,000 grant offered to the power station had been withdrawn and the project shelved. For several centuries Tenbury has been subject to regular flooding on many occasions, and most recently in