Old Boston

Thanks to Harry Fountain, a lover of local history, for the following. When Swineshead Abbey (5 miles from Boston) was in its palmy days t...

There are a couple of stories to suggest how Liquorpond Street got its name. The first is that there was once a chain of ponds around ...

Thank you to Kim Loos, who lives in Minnesota in the U.S., who e-mailed me to say that Day's Cash Stores (which was situated in West Str...

The Market Cross (below) stood in the Market Place until 1730 when it was taken down and the Buttercross (below) erect...