The History and Antiquities of Boston: And the Villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; Comprising the Hundred of Skirbeck, in the County of Lincoln. Including Also a History of the East, West, and Wildmore Fens, and Copious Notices of the Holland Or Haut-Huntre Fen ... Sketches of the Geology, Natural History, Botany, and Agriculture of the District; a Very Extensive Collection of Archaisms and Provincial Words, Local Dialect, Phrases, Proverbs, Omens, Superstitions, Etc

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John Noble, 1856 - 8 Seiten
 

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Augustine Friary 111 Franciscan Friars 112 Guilds 113 St Botolphs Guild
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Corpus Christi Guild 115 Extracts from the Register 116 Obits celebrated 123 Rent
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Hughes
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Inventory of property at the dissolution 141 Guild of St Peter and St Paul
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W H Prior
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St Botolphs Church Probable mode of raising the money by which it was erected
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J S Prout
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A church dedicated to St Botolph mentioned in 1090 161 Notices of this church
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دو
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Description of the exterior 175 Description of the interior 180 Library 187 Holles
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Boundaries of the parish of Boston 199 The Scirebeck 199 Maud Foster
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Heronshaw Hall 201 Fishtoft Hundred 202 Burton Corner 203 Wide Bargate
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Wesleyan Centenary Chapel 208 Congregational Church 209 History of theatrical
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House of Correction 230 Remains of Dominican Friary and National Schools
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Hall of the Guild of St Mary now the Town Hall 235 Gysors Hall 236 Duckfield
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Irby Hall 255 High Street Furthend Lane or West Street 256 Railway station
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Heslam Alley and Chapel 259 Chapel of Ease 260 General Baptists Chapel and Con
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Erection Lands and list of them in 1553 272 Beadsmen 277 Bridge 278 Henry
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relinquished and suspended charities 283 Grammar School list of masters and ushers
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Public School 293 National Schools Sunday Schools c 294 Bible Society and Provident
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Richmond Fee
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the Honour of Richmond Honour of Richmond in 1280 313 Of the property in Boston
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Exports of wool leather and woolfels 1279 to 1303 328 Wine trade 1274 c
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Curious notices of the trade c 1281 to 1353 334 Öfficers of the Customs 1274 c
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Sir Francis Walsingham by Queen Elizabeth 342 Manufacture of coarse earthenware
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importance and sources of its present prosperity 347 c Phoenix Foundry and Boston
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Sluice erected in 1500 357 Sluices built at Langrick and Hammond Beck 1601
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Grand Sluice erected 1766 361 Improvements in 1788 and 1812 362 Gradual diminu
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family eminent ladies connected with the family Pedigree c 373 Hollands
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Anne Ayscough 385 and 387 Kymes of Lincoln 388 John De Kirketon Richard
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Pilgrim Fathers 424 Early emigrants to New England from Boston and its neighbour
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Historical notices from the Conquest 550 Manor of Leverton 554 Church
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Ancient stalls 556 The two rectories and list of rectors from 1333 557 Curious
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commencing 1493 561 Overseers accounts from 1563 571 Constables accounts from
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Chantry of St Lawrence 585 Darby family 586 Bell Hunston Leeke
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market established in 1282 594 Descent of the Manor from 1200 598 Church monuments
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Goodrick family 606 Gilbert family and memoir of the Rev Joseph Gilbert
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The Fens
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pediments to their inclosure 623 Correspondence between Sir William Dugdale and
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The Commoners petition 630 The Earl of Lindseys partial inclosure of Holland
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Grant of Henry Heron of Cressy Hall to the Commoners in 1713 636 Inclosure of
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causes thereof and probable
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and the history of those changes 652 Dr Stukeleys opinion 653 Reference to the Delta
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Groined Ceiling Tower of St Botolphs Church
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Strata passed through in boring for water at Boston 1746 and 1783 666 Mr Fareys
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Chapel of Our Lady
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NATURAL HISTORY The fame of Lincolnshire cattle 250 years ago 674 The Fera
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enumerated by Dr Blair 683 List of the indigenous plants c of the neighbourhood
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Provincialisms c 698 Proverbs phrases comparisons superstitions omens
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Appendix
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Members of the Corpus Christi Guild at Boston who were officially connected with
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other places 749 Monastic libraries in Lincolnshire 754 Extracts from the Parish
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Painted Window in Chancel Presented by
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Hussey Hall 772 Lincolnshire persons charged with high treason 1642 773 Guild
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Rev John Cotton 784 Rev Samuel Whiting 784 Samuel Leigh
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House of John
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INDEX OF NAMES
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Hussey Tower
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Organ and Canopies St Botolphs
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Market Place 1772 to 1812
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LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
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Seite 423 - ... years, as we do our own. And he that bought the most of them, I hear, buildeth Houses for them, for every Four a House ; and layeth some acres of ground thereto, which he giveth them as their own, requiring them...
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Seite 421 - If it do make men hypocrites, yet better be hypocrites than profane persons. Hypocrites give God part of his due, the outward man, but the profane person giveth God neither outward nor inward man. You know not, if you think we came into this wilderness to practise those courses here which we fled from in England.
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