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
Ballston Spa High School Ballston Spa High School Ballston Spa High School is a public high school located in Ballston Spa, New York. It is part of the Ballston Spa Central School District, which covers the towns of Ballston, Milton, and Malta in Saratoga County. The mascot is the Scottie dog, dedicated to long-time athletic director/coach Coach William R. Scott. The school colors are and Gold but the complementary (alternative) color of black is often used. The high school was shifted to a new building in 1998; it remains on the same campus as the previous high school, which now functions as a middle