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Rh BOSTON. 320 MAIlKKl. castle, the latter of which was founded about 1220 by Ranulph Kail of Richmond. Near the town is Kyme Tower, somct inn .-- called Richmond and RoohfittdToiri r, which was surrounded by a inoat, and approached by a fine -ng perished. It now belongs to the ind ( 'liaptei "I U'e-tminster. The Hussoy Tower, ]>art "1 an :nii'ient seat of Lord Hussey, stands iii tlir town. Boston was the birthplace (1517) of John Fox, author of i " Book of Martyrs ;" and of Bos- ton, tllrl.li Stllkclcy, the antiquary, received i' Hi at the grammar school here. Boston gives the title of vi.-eount to the J'' 1 '}' family. And last, not least, it has Riven it.s name to the literary metropolis of the Uiii Three newspapers are published in the town the Lincoln* '. the Liticoliunire Guardian, and the 11" The market is hold on Wednesday and Saturday. Fairs are held on the 4th May, the llth August, the 30th November and throe following days, and the llth December. Th< chiefly for the sale of cattle, sheep, and horses. BOSTON, or THOHPE ARCH, a tnshp. joined with Clifford, in the par. of Bramham, wap. of Uarkstone Ash, in the West Hiding of the co. of York, - miles to the H.E. of Wetherby. It is a station on the Harrogatc branch of the North-Eastern railway. Tip- illage, which was founded in 1753, in consequence of the dis- covery of a mineral spring in the neighbourhood, is seated in a beautiful spot in the valley of the Wharl'e, and ha- li. ronio an attractive watering-place. The spring rises at the foot of a rock, on the south bank o I i ! i. i i v i r, wliith here runs rapidly, and lias a picturesque fall. A pump-room and baths have been established. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of York, of the val. of 146, in the patron, of the Vicar of Bramham. Besides the Episcopal church, built in 1814, there is a chapel belonging to the Wesleyans. There is a small free school. BOSWELL'S, ST., or LESSUDDEN, a par. and vil. in the district of Castleton-Melroso, in the co. of Rox- burgh, Scotland, 3 miles to the S.E. of Mclrose. It is situated in a fertile and cultivated district at the foot of the Eildon Hills, on the south bank of the river Tweed, where the Boswell Burn falls into it. The Hawick branch of the North British railway passes near this place. The village of Lessudden is included in this parish. The scenery of the surrounding country is remarkably picturesque and beautiful. The living, val. 212, is in the presb. of Selkirk, in the patron, of the Duke of Buccleuch. There is also a Free church. The kirk was founded by St. Boisil, a disciple of St. Cuthbert, and a monk of Melrose, of whose name that of the parish is a corruption. An annual fair (the greatest in the south of Scotland) for cattle, sheep, horses, wool, &c., is held here on the 18th July, which is made an occasion of much rustic festivity ; many gipsy tinkers resort to it. BOSWIDDY, a hmlt. in the par. of St. Erth, hund. of Penwith, in the co. of Cornwall, 7 miles to the N K. of 1'enzance. It is situated on the river Hayle, near its mouth. BOSWORTH, HUSBAND'S, a par. in the hund. of Oartree, in the co. of Leicester, 2 miles to the N.W. of - i, < ' - V. of Market Harborough, and 12 N.K. of Rugby, being 1J mile equidistant from Wolford and Theddingworth stations on the Rugby and Stamford branch railway. It lies on the borders of Northamp- tonshire, on the banks of the rivers W< Hand and Avon, and is crossed by the Grand Union canal, which is hero carried through a tunnel nearly thrco-quurtcrs of a mile long. The village is large and well-built, and in the neighbourhood are several brickfields. The living is a reel.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, of the yearly val. of 9G<>, in tip- patron, oi <. Limb, Esq. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient building in the i uly Knjilish style, with a square embattled tower.sur- moimtcd liy j, lunacies at the angles, and crowned by a lofty- i .ire. with live bells. During a storm in the summer of 17fi6, the church was struck by lightning, and a breach above 30 feet long was made in the wall. The Baptists and Wesleyans have chapels in the There is a National school with a M the charities amount to about ;,um. 1 rent 21 acres in garden allotments. The rector parish was once held by Henry Sp, n,-er, aft____ Bishop of Norwich. He lived iu t! llichlij II., and distinguished himself by his military ml il MJJ and executing the i: Tyler. A fair ibr horses and < attlu is held m. and S"],ti lulu r. The principal residence is Boiwul Hall, ail ancient mansion, standi i: wooded park, and contains a Roman Catholic chapelt the use of the family and inhabitants. It is attract the seat of G. F. Turville, Esq., who r.OSV<>i;TII. MAIJKI.r. a p.,,-. andm^^H the hund. of Spaikenhoc, in the eo. of Leiceria, 1 miles to the W. ot Leicester, and 100 i; don. The Leicester and Swannington bnii. Midland railway passes within a !> and has a station at Desford, which is ' Ashby canal, connecting the Coven .-.j .'_-.. mals, is within a mile to t! The parish is situated in a fertile and ] and contains thechplries. of Carlton, She:,. and Sutton-Chency, and parts of the tn.-i in-the-Boans, and Osbaston. Tin to the groat and decisive halt I.- ii of the Roses. It was fought bctweti III. and Henry Earl ( Richmond, al V 1 1 . on the 22nd of August, 1 is,}. '1 conflict which was sharp and bloc " I death of Richard and the crowning of his rival on & field by Lord Stanley is a fii the town. It was formerly called Uedmore, ud ra open and uncultivated. It has since be, |ati worth Field, and is now enclose' i Fragments of weapons, swords, lane, s, axes, 4< have frequently been found. A 'thati suitable inscription, written by J>r 1 on the field, about 1812. It stands traditionally called Richard's Well. Stoke Golding, is pointed out as the was crowned and proclaimed kin;; upon a hill, and contains some good residences. of the workpeople are employed in the uiak^^^H stockings, but the chief support i,; agriculture. Bosworth is the seat : and a County Court district, and poorhouse. The living is a rect.* i; borough, of the val., with the several Shenton, Barleston, and Sutton-C'K nezed to it, of 903, in the patron. Ii.ie, Bart. The church, dedicated ; a spacious and beautiful structure in the perpokdic stylo of architecture, with a tow. -pin. < was probably erected in the 14th several monuments ; the most remarkable in 00*18* chancel to the Rev. John Dixie, a t church has been recently restored, and hu I painted windows by Messrs. Oliphant nod was lestorcd in of 500, by the pro-cut rector. Th- tists, and Primitive Methodists havi 1 I'M- is a iree grammar school, founded and t-ndo' . SrWolstan Dixie, Knt.. I. with two fellowships and four ", Cambridge. For some time the school* ponded, and its affairs were in tl The funds of the charity bavin.- buildings were erected about Ivj, four new exhibitions of 80 per annum hire founded. The pi per annum. There are BCl principal of which i- an endowment by Korrand 8 tor six widows. This town v, Simpson, tip- mathematician, afterwards Professor ol .Matlnin:, ITiil. Samuel Johnson was usher in the Bo
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