Download or read book The Beulah Spa 1831-1856 A New History written by Chris Shields and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy and interesting read, lavishly illustrated with numerous maps, engravings and photographs." - The Norwood Society. A new look at the history of The Beulah Spa 1831-1856, a once popular natural saline spring and spa, purer than Bath and Wells. A very fashionable pleasure gardens designed by Decimus Burton and frequented by Lady Essex, The Duke of Gloucester, Dickens, Thackeray, Kaiser Wilhelm, and Queen Victoria herself with Lord M and later on her children. The Beulah Spa reigned in Upper Norwood for over twenty years before the arrival of the Crystal Palace.