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data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Spa Presbyterian Church, November 2010</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Spa</b> is a small <a href="/wiki/Village" title="Village">village</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, close to <a href="/wiki/Ballynahinch,_County_Down" title="Ballynahinch, County Down">Ballynahinch</a>. It is situated in the <a href="/wiki/Down_District_Council" title="Down District Council">Down District Council</a> area. </p><p>Spa also has a small primary school which, in recent years, has had to expand to accommodate the increasing number of pupils resulting from the development of the new housing estates. It also has an <a href="/wiki/Orange_Institution" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange Institution">Orange Hall</a>. There is a lake just outside the village. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spa,_County_Down&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spa was found to have a <a href="/wiki/Mineral_spring" title="Mineral spring">mineral spring</a> sometime in the late 17th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1810 two pumps were put in by David Ker, local landlord and owner of the nearby Montalto estate, and in 1840 Assembly Rooms (including a ballroom) were built by his son. There was also a hotel and a maze for visitors, who came by train to Ballynahinch and then to Spa by <a href="/wiki/Jaunting_car" title="Jaunting car">jaunting car</a>. While operational in the 1920s, the wells and hotel closed later in the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spa,_County_Down&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spa Presbyterian Church is situated at the main crossroads in the village. The church building was paid for by a wealthy merchant from <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, James Robert McQuiston, who had come to Spa to take the waters.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was designed by architects Young and Mackenzie of <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> and the builder was John Russell of <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_County_Down" title="Newcastle, County Down">Newcastle</a>. 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title="Drumbeg, County Down">Drumbeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumbo" title="Drumbo">Drumbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumlough,_Hillsborough" title="Drumlough, Hillsborough">Drumlough, Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumlough,_Rathfriland" title="Drumlough, Rathfriland">Drumlough, Rathfriland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundrum,_County_Down" title="Dundrum, County Down">Dundrum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunnaval" title="Dunnaval">Dunnaval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edenderry,_County_Down" title="Edenderry, County Down">Edenderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamblestown" title="Gamblestown">Gamblestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilford,_County_Down" title="Gilford, County Down">Gilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilnahirk" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilnahirk">Gilnahirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gransha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gransha">Gransha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greencastle,_County_Down" title="Greencastle, County Down">Greencastle</a></li> <li><a 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