Market Towns of Boston

Boston is situated near the south-east coast of Lincolnshire, where the River Witham becomes the Haven on its short journey to The Wash. The town is approximately 120 miles directly north of London and 32 miles south-east of Lincoln.

The original Boston, from whence the Pilgrim Fathers came and where they were put on trial and eventually imprisoned for a year or so, is located in the Lincolnshire Fens on the banks of the River Witham. This Boston has a history that harks back to the Dark Ages. Tradition has it that the settlement was founded in 654 AD by a Saxon monk named Botolph, who established a monastery here. The word Boston is supposedly a contraction of Botolph's Tun (tun being the Saxon word for town).

Today, the town can be seen from literally miles away, courtesy of the Stump, or spire, of St Botolph's church. At 83 meters high, it can be seen across The Wash in Norfolk. Again it is tradition that says that Boston Stump was built on woolpacks, possibly a too literal interpretation of the underlying motivation for its construction -- i.e. a surplus of riches brought to the area courtesy of the mediaeval wool trade.

Guildhall
St Mary's Guildhall, formerly the Boston Guildhall Museum, has been closed for extensive restoration work. On schedule to open in summer 2007, the ref... more details
Hussey
Tower One of the oldest brick buildings in Boston, Hussey Tower dates from around 1460. In 1475 it passed to the Hussey family and was the home of Lord John... more details
Maud Foster Windmill
The Maud Foster Mill lies just beyond Bargate Bridge and is the tallest working windmill in the country. Built in 1819 to grind corn, brought in by ba... more details
Pescod Hall
Pescod Hall, sympathetically rebuilt by Oldrids in 1972, is the solar of a house which once stood within its own grounds from Mitre Lane to Silver Str... more details
Customs House
Built in 1725 at a cost of £365, this is a fine example of 18th century town architecture and displays an impressive royal coat of arms over the entra... more details
Fydell House
Undoubtedly the grandest house in town. Rebuilt in 1726 for Samuel Jackson, it is named after Robert Fydell, who bought it in 1733. It was occupied f... more details
Pilgrim Fathers Memorial
The memorial, erected in 1957, is to be found about 4 miles out of Boston at Scotia Creek, Fishtoft. It marks the place, where in 1607, the group of p... more details
Shodfriars Hall
This is the most substantial timber-framed building in Boston of three storeys, although little is left of the original structure following major rest... more details

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