What it was like to live in Boston in the past

1. What it was like to live in Boston in the past We are going to show you our power point Of Boston

2. Boston • Boston is a town and a small port in Lincolnshire on the east coast of England. • Boston gets its name from the congregation of St. Botolphs town it is said that a Saxon monk called Botolph established a monastery on the banks of the river Witham in 654 ad. • St.Botolph’s church was constructed dur

3. Events • April 1826 the streets of Boston were illumenated for the first time with gas lamps • The first cinema opened in 1910. • The May fair is Boston oldest landmark it has been held every year in the town. • 1571 Boston was devastated by flooding.

4. Famous People • John Foxe was born in 1516 at the end of the 16th century his book martyrs was after the bible the 2nd most widely read book in the English language . When he died in 1587 and he was buried in the cripple gate in the city of London • The explorer Mathew Flinders was born in Donington, near Boston in 1774 he joined the Navy and served under the infamous Captain Bligh. • Herbert Ingram was born on 27th May 1811. He was a printer and a publisher and had his own newspaper. He is important to Boston as he became M.P. for the town in 1856 and was responsible for bring railways to the town and fresh piped water. He died in 1860 along with his son in a boat accident in America. His statue appears in Boston Market Place near the stump.

5. Important Buildings • The ancient Guildhall of St. Mary Guild in Boston was built in the 1390’s. It is one of the earliest brick buildings in Lincolnshire. After the dissolution of the monasteries it became a Town Hall and council chambers. • St Botolphs Church is 272 feet tall and is known as a calendar church as it has 365 stairs one for each day of the year, 52 windows for weeks of the year and 12 pillars supporting the roof, one for each month of the year. There are 24 steps up to the library, for hours in the day and 60 steps up to the roof, indicating minutes in an hour and seconds in a minute. The foundation stone was laid in 1309 at the Western end and by 1390 some 81 years later it was completed except for the tower. It took a further 61 years for the tower to be finally completed and the Stump became the pride and glory of our town and famous world over.

6. Transport in Boston • The dock is home to boats of different shapes and sizes. The boats at the docks transport goods such as fish and wool. And the cranes on the dock and boats drop of the goods (there is a train track on the docks and lorries too) . • In the early 19th century the coastal trade to and from Boston continued to flourish. Then in 1884 new docks were built down rivers of the town which greatly boosted business. • During the 11th and 12th century Boston grew into a notable town and port by the start of the 13th century the port was being used to trade things with other countries within Europe. It became one of Englands “Stapletowns” meaning it had authority to trade by sea. Things traded at the time were wool and salt.