Ivanhoe Baths Traditional Cache
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This cache is a devious hide. You will need your own pen, preferably a biro or pencil.
This is a log book and no more!
STEALTH is definately required as this a busy area with lots of muggles and dog walkers. Please place back carefully and if you could let me know when the log is nearly full I can change it.
In the 19th Century, the town's fortunes prospered as it tried to become a Spa Town. Water with medicinal qualities had been discovered nearby at a coal mine in Moira and was transported to Ashby. The magnificent Ivanhoe Baths were built in 1822, along with the adjacent Hastings Hotel (now Royal Hotel) in 1826. The opening of the railway through the town in 1849 and subsequent pioneering rail tours organised by Thomas Cook from Leicester, brought a further influx of visitors to the town. Unfortunately, after 40 years of prosperity, the Ivanhoe Baths began to decline and were closed in 1884. They were then demolished in 1962.
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