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The Story of Boston
Founded shortly after the Conquest of 1066, Boston rapidly grew to become the most successful English port outside of London. The growth of the wool trade in the thirteenth and …
The Story of Hull
Hull was first built as a port by the Cistercian monks of Meaux Abbey, to export wool from their rapidly expanding sheep flocks. Before the end of the 13th century Hull had been …
A History of Nottingham
The first permanent settlement on the site of the present city of Nottingham was probably a small fortified enclosure built in the seventh or eighth century by Anglo-Saxon …
Story of Hull
Hull was first built as a port by the Cistercian monks of Meaux Abbey, to export wool from their rapidly expanding sheep flocks. Before the end of the 13th century Hull had been …
The Nymphs of the Pavement
In 1842 the mayor lamented, ‘There is more debauchery in Lincoln than in any other town of its size in the kingdom.’ Lincoln Races was a magnet for vice: by 1828, one newspaper …
A History of Louth
Anglo-Saxon invaders first settled at the point where the ancient Barton Street trackway forded the river Lud in the late fifth or early sixth century. Following the arrival of …
A History of Lincoln
The area occupied by the Celts living beside the Brayford Pool was called Lindon, and this Celtic name was adopted by their Roman conquerors in the first century AD. The fortress …
Nymphs of the Pavement
In 1842 the mayor lamented, 'There is more debauchery in Lincoln than in any other town of its size in the kingdom.' Lincoln Races was a magnet for vice: by 1828, one newspaper …
Story of Boston
Founded shortly after the Conquest of 1066, Boston rapidly grew to become the most successful English port outside of London. The growth of the wool trade in the thirteenth and …