What an immense joy it was, for me to come across this video. Thank you so very much. My 10th Great Grandfather John Cheney, was buried there March 16, 1623. His son John is my 9th Great Grandfather, who came to America in 1635 and helped establish the town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was one of the Puritans you mentioned, that came to the New World. Once this Pandemic is over, it is my hearts desire to visit Boston, England and walk the paths of my ancestors, and possibly locate his grave.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and found it an interesting link to your fascinating family history! I can imagine many people in North America can trace their heritage back to Boston in Lincolnshire, and I hope you have a great time when you visit to find his grave in future :)
How do you like them apples? Don't worry, we're staying on this side of the Atlantic this evening, for a walk around the original town of Boston - which is steeped in riveting history at every turn. Enjoy this walk around the town centre of Boston (Lincolnshire)!
Thanks! I hope that people around the world are enjoying a window into the UK through these videos - especially at seeing where the great city of Boston can trace its origins back to :) Thank you very much for watching - and I hope you enjoyed the video!
I lived here very briefly in 2019 into very little of 2020 and am kicking myself that I didn't explore more of this history saturated town. An interesting fact about the Pescod Hall is that, it was moved a few metres back from its original position. I can't remember when but my friend who lived in Boston for quite some time told me the fact and she also purchases a table from the Pescod Hall when it was a furniture shop.
your video is great because not only boston, lincolnshire itself is often underwritten by journalists, self called commentators and the likes, and then when one travels to that distinct portion of england discovers a lot of history, world class architecture, immense skies and plenty of relevant, awesome towns scattered all around. Stamford is awesome as are Woodhall Spa, Brant Broughton or Lincoln itself. THX
Absolutely! I'd never been to Boston before visiting to film this video - but I must say I was fascinated by all the history dotted around the town, and as you say towns further afield and the wider region in general is all full of riveting heritage :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
You're welcome! And thank you very much for watching the video - I'm really glad that you enjoyed it and that it brought back some memories of Boston for you, it's always interesting to see what does and doesn't change over the course of 40 years :)
I have watched your walkabout time and time again, and so many of the shops now there weren't around when i was a kid. So many of what i remember has gone (Oldrids, Woolworths, Morely Sports, Freeman, Hardy and Willis, Salters newsagent, Clarks shoe shop, The Golden Dragon etc) to name but a few, but WH Smith, Dawson the butchers, Boots, Tates the fish and chip shop are still there. I just cannot remember what was there in many cases before the present incumbents. I also remember Burnetts a little blue model shop jist across the railway line on the left, i checked streetview and wasn't surprised it was gone. Sad and happy memories, i really wish i had a tardis if only to visit for an hour. Cheers, thanks again for taking the effort to do a great vid.
Thank you very much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - Boston is home to some riveting and unknown history of Britain - and its impressive architecture makes it all the more fascinating :)
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - I certainly enjoy making these walks, I've learned so much interesting history because of them :)
Thanks for uploading your video of Boston. I was there on a cold damp day recently, when on a site visit. It felt like another world, but a very interesting place. I noted lots of pubs, which would be good to try out
You're welcome! Thank you very much for watching the video - it's quite a fascinating town to visit, and quite far away from many other major towns, which does give it that other-worldly feeling as you say. Though the pubs are certainly a good point to pick out :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
And thank you very much for watching! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - Boston is a magnificent town full of history, it's a place that certainly showcases a fascinating part of British history :)
It certainly does! And not only was it once one of the wealthiest ports in England, but as I'm sure you know the pilgrims of Boston played a big part in the founding of the modern United States too - it's a town with a history to be very proud of :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
The opening shot is arresting: I never imagined a town in Lincolnshire looking this good ! Domiciled in Glasgow owing to the pandemic, I am enjoying your Let's Walk films. You have such a good eye for the Genius loci. The walks are beautifully paced, like a good story.
Fascinating to hear! Your family has a big part in Boston's heritage then - the Stump really is a spectacular sight, both close up and from miles around :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed the video!
Nice to see that Boston looks like it's doing well commercially. Obviously this was filmed 🎥 on a Sunday am when shops are closed but the majority look like they're still in business, unlike many English Town centres which are shuttered ghost towns. There look like a couple here and there are closed, but that's probably normal turnover. Other Lincolnshire towns and Lincoln itself seem to be doing well. I'm pleased about that. It looks like Lincolnshire is slowly 🐌 beginning to get the recognition and tourism it deserves. It is a beautiful and very historic county. The medieval Bishop of Lincoln was the richest in England 🇬🇧 bar Canterbury itself. During the 15th century Boston was England's second wealthiest port after London and it was a member of the Hanseatic League. Unfortunately a Boston merchant got into dispute and fight with a German trader in one of the German ports. Swords were drawn and the German was killed. Monetary compensation was demanded but the Boston merchants' Council refused to pay. Boston was ejected from the League and subsequently its Port declined and never regained its previous wealth and importance. This story I read on one of the town centre tourist information boards.
Just outside Boston on the banks of the river Witham is a grassy area with information boards and as I remember picnic benches etc I was there in winter on an icy cold day. It is significant because it was an embarkation point for a group of Pilgrims prior to 1620 who sailed to Holland. James I had made it illegal to leave the country without a royal permit. The Pilgrims made arrangements with a Dutch sea captain who sailed up the Witham and collected them secretly. They then sailed to Holland where they set up a puritan community in the Dutch Republic which was more tolerant than Jacobean England. They didn't manage to settle very well there and finally moved, joining the groups going to Massachussets. Again, I read the story on the Riverside information board. Well worth a visit if in Boston. An important and relevant site in terms of American history.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Boston is a town with a truly great history! And indeed I'll add St Neots to my list of places to visit in future - so do stay tuned for that :)
Boston is currently undergoing some restoration and heritage projects and certain shops within the market place and down dolphin lane, and later on within the year or so there will be even more shops going under restoration to transform them back to their former glory from years ago. Oldrids is also said to be occupied soon. I’m not sure when you will visit Boston again but hopefully there will be lots of great changes for when you next do👍👍 nice video
Thank you so much - that's very interesting to hear! As you mention Boston certainly had quite a former glory back in the day, and I'm glad to hear more restoration and heritage projects are going on, there's so much to discover in Boston, and not too many people know about it :) I look forward to returning in the future! Thank you so much for watching and for your informative comment - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
@@LetsWalkUK Yes definitely, i often find it sad how Boston has lost a lot of its glory. But at the same time... around 4 buildings are currently under going restoration to give them a 1930s kind of look. After this there will be more to do soon do I hope the the majority of shops around the market place will be completely transformed🤞 I hear there are a lot more plans for more shops to be transformed. I also can’t wait to find out which business opens in oldrids considering oldrids was a very big and great shop and it’s sad that it closed before you came here. Hopefully that huge building will become occupied this summer or autumn. Someone has also just bought the old abandoned post office near the park so let’s this spectacular building returns to how it was before. It will be great if you come back one day and can see a real difference. Thank you again for the great video and kind reply! 😁
@@Thomas-ok9ot That's all fantastic to hear - I often visit towns with their heritage fully on display but I don't know the story of how that itself came to be! Boston seems to be doing an excellent job at it from what you say, and it's so good to know, because there really is so much to the town :) I'm definitely looking forward to returning and seeing all the changes when they come!
What an immense joy it was, for me to come across this video. Thank you so very much. My 10th Great Grandfather John Cheney, was buried there March 16, 1623. His son John is my 9th Great Grandfather, who came to America in 1635 and helped establish the town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was one of the Puritans you mentioned, that came to the New World. Once this Pandemic is over, it is my hearts desire to visit Boston, England and walk the paths of my ancestors, and possibly locate his grave.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and found it an interesting link to your fascinating family history! I can imagine many people in North America can trace their heritage back to Boston in Lincolnshire, and I hope you have a great time when you visit to find his grave in future :)
How do you like them apples? Don't worry, we're staying on this side of the Atlantic this evening, for a walk around the original town of Boston - which is steeped in riveting history at every turn.
Enjoy this walk around the town centre of Boston (Lincolnshire)!
Great to be able to share these visits with friends around the world. In this case, in the other Boston.
Thanks! I hope that people around the world are enjoying a window into the UK through these videos - especially at seeing where the great city of Boston can trace its origins back to :)
Thank you very much for watching - and I hope you enjoyed the video!
I lived here very briefly in 2019 into very little of 2020 and am kicking myself that I didn't explore more of this history saturated town. An interesting fact about the Pescod Hall is that, it was moved a few metres back from its original position. I can't remember when but my friend who lived in Boston for quite some time told me the fact and she also purchases a table from the Pescod Hall when it was a furniture shop.
your video is great because not only boston, lincolnshire itself is often underwritten by journalists, self called commentators and the likes, and then when one travels to that distinct portion of england discovers a lot of history, world class architecture, immense skies and plenty of relevant, awesome towns scattered all around. Stamford is awesome as are Woodhall Spa, Brant Broughton or Lincoln itself. THX
Absolutely! I'd never been to Boston before visiting to film this video - but I must say I was fascinated by all the history dotted around the town, and as you say towns further afield and the wider region in general is all full of riveting heritage :)
Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
I lived in Stamford n Boston for years on n off love it
@@chanjovy2923 yes its mellow, lovely in summer, nice scenerey, a nice park jus a nice chilled vibe....
Lotnof murders n drugs but same in every town and citys nowdays
Many thanks, havent seen Boston since i left in 1982, its changed in many ways, but hasn't in others. Brought back a lot of memories, many thanks.
You're welcome! And thank you very much for watching the video - I'm really glad that you enjoyed it and that it brought back some memories of Boston for you, it's always interesting to see what does and doesn't change over the course of 40 years :)
I have watched your walkabout time and time again, and so many of the shops now there weren't around when i was a kid. So many of what i remember has gone (Oldrids, Woolworths, Morely Sports, Freeman, Hardy and Willis, Salters newsagent, Clarks shoe shop, The Golden Dragon etc) to name but a few, but WH Smith, Dawson the butchers, Boots, Tates the fish and chip shop are still there. I just cannot remember what was there in many cases before the present incumbents. I also remember Burnetts a little blue model shop jist across the railway line on the left, i checked streetview and wasn't surprised it was gone. Sad and happy memories, i really wish i had a tardis if only to visit for an hour. Cheers, thanks again for taking the effort to do a great vid.
Yeah it’s changed to bostonski
@@Chriswatt313is that a play on words because it’s a town of Romanians now ?
Nice walk in the town of Boston I enjoyed it can't wait to see more tomorrow 😀
Thank you very much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - Boston is home to some riveting and unknown history of Britain - and its impressive architecture makes it all the more fascinating :)
Very interesting, thank you for taking the time to do this for us.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - I certainly enjoy making these walks, I've learned so much interesting history because of them :)
A lot of similarities with my hometown Birkenhead, enjoyed the history lesson and the architecture
Great video, I enjoyed
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked the video - I'm very grateful to hear it :)
Thanks for uploading your video of Boston. I was there on a cold damp day recently, when on a site visit. It felt like another world, but a very interesting place. I noted lots of pubs, which would be good to try out
You're welcome! Thank you very much for watching the video - it's quite a fascinating town to visit, and quite far away from many other major towns, which does give it that other-worldly feeling as you say. Though the pubs are certainly a good point to pick out :)
Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
Absolutely beautiful historic place. This video is very useful. And very educational. Thanks for posting.
And thank you very much for watching! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - Boston is a magnificent town full of history, it's a place that certainly showcases a fascinating part of British history :)
We love Boston and you did it proud, well done you are a top man !
I never knew Boston has such a big part in English history throughout my years of living here, thanks for this video!!
It certainly does! And not only was it once one of the wealthiest ports in England, but as I'm sure you know the pilgrims of Boston played a big part in the founding of the modern United States too - it's a town with a history to be very proud of :)
Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
The opening shot is arresting: I never imagined a town in Lincolnshire looking this good !
Domiciled in Glasgow owing to the pandemic, I am enjoying your Let's Walk films.
You have such a good eye for the Genius loci. The walks are beautifully paced, like a good story.
My family helped build the boston stump the sure name is fendyke
Fascinating to hear! Your family has a big part in Boston's heritage then - the Stump really is a spectacular sight, both close up and from miles around :)
Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed the video!
Fantastic Video, Great to see you focus on the older buildings in town. Now living in Canada, it brings back some great memories :)
Super video,thank you :)
You're welcome! And thank you very much for watching the video - I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)
Glad to see the Five Lamps is back. climbed it one New Years Eve in the late 50s.
Nice to see that Boston looks like it's doing well commercially. Obviously this was filmed 🎥 on a Sunday am when shops are closed but the majority look like they're still in business, unlike many English Town centres which are shuttered ghost towns. There look like a couple here and there are closed, but that's probably normal turnover.
Other Lincolnshire towns and Lincoln itself seem to be doing well. I'm pleased about that. It looks like Lincolnshire is slowly 🐌 beginning to get the recognition and tourism it deserves. It is a beautiful and very historic county. The medieval Bishop of Lincoln was the richest in England 🇬🇧 bar Canterbury itself.
During the 15th century Boston was England's second wealthiest port after London and it was a member of the Hanseatic League. Unfortunately a Boston merchant got into dispute and fight with a German trader in one of the German ports. Swords were drawn and the German was killed. Monetary compensation was demanded but the Boston merchants' Council refused to pay. Boston was ejected from the League and subsequently its Port declined and never regained its previous wealth and importance. This story I read on one of the town centre tourist information boards.
Just outside Boston on the banks of the river Witham is a grassy area with information boards and as I remember picnic benches etc I was there in winter on an icy cold day. It is significant because it was an embarkation point for a group of Pilgrims prior to 1620 who sailed to Holland. James I had made it illegal to leave the country without a royal permit. The Pilgrims made arrangements with a Dutch sea captain who sailed up the Witham and collected them secretly. They then sailed to Holland where they set up a puritan community in the Dutch Republic which was more tolerant than Jacobean England. They didn't manage to settle very well there and finally moved, joining the groups going to Massachussets. Again, I read the story on the Riverside information board.
Well worth a visit if in Boston. An important and relevant site in terms of American history.
Pescod hall is original if you read the plaque properly, and the dock is still a thriving business
Thanks for this Tour of Boston, very well presented hope you do one of St.Neots Cams some time.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Boston is a town with a truly great history! And indeed I'll add St Neots to my list of places to visit in future - so do stay tuned for that :)
Boston is currently undergoing some restoration and heritage projects and certain shops within the market place and down dolphin lane, and later on within the year or so there will be even more shops going under restoration to transform them back to their former glory from years ago. Oldrids is also said to be occupied soon. I’m not sure when you will visit Boston again but hopefully there will be lots of great changes for when you next do👍👍 nice video
Thank you so much - that's very interesting to hear! As you mention Boston certainly had quite a former glory back in the day, and I'm glad to hear more restoration and heritage projects are going on, there's so much to discover in Boston, and not too many people know about it :) I look forward to returning in the future!
Thank you so much for watching and for your informative comment - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
@@LetsWalkUK Yes definitely, i often find it sad how Boston has lost a lot of its glory. But at the same time... around 4 buildings are currently under going restoration to give them a 1930s kind of look. After this there will be more to do soon do I hope the the majority of shops around the market place will be completely transformed🤞 I hear there are a lot more plans for more shops to be transformed. I also can’t wait to find out which business opens in oldrids considering oldrids was a very big and great shop and it’s sad that it closed before you came here. Hopefully that huge building will become occupied this summer or autumn. Someone has also just bought the old abandoned post office near the park so let’s this spectacular building returns to how it was before.
It will be great if you come back one day and can see a real difference. Thank you again for the great video and kind reply! 😁
@@Thomas-ok9ot That's all fantastic to hear - I often visit towns with their heritage fully on display but I don't know the story of how that itself came to be! Boston seems to be doing an excellent job at it from what you say, and it's so good to know, because there really is so much to the town :)
I'm definitely looking forward to returning and seeing all the changes when they come!
Great watch at the afters, some place 💛🖤💛🖤
@Charliecharlie 7898
There was a road called Cheney Street in Boston but it disappeared when they build John Adams Way
An excellent presentation. Very informative.
thank you for the vide. really enjoyed it
If you wanna go to a good restaurant in Boston, I recommend Burton House.
Grazie
is this an English town as everyone I've heard on here is foreign? Sounds like this place is in Eastern Europe somewhere.
This is in england
This is in england 1:07
I live in boston lol
I hope you enjoyed seeing your hometown on RUclips, there's a lot to discover there as I'm sure you know :)
Thank you so much for watching!
Lol same
Same lol
hello , can you introduce more about Boston everthing and high school , thanks.
My birthplace and home born here, 1950
Only complaint is you missed my Grammar school, that was built in the 1500s I believe
No many people there lol time u video it
I used to go the college just nr them phone boxes used to get all my weed stuff from katmandu round the corner
Lived nr the roundabout at thr hotel for a bit had friends nr maccys, was sick.... banging weed as well haha
Boston scares me there was a old man looking at me and my sis
Herbert Ingram brought pipe water to Boston
Im in LA flexing my rolex and my tesla living in a mansion all thanks to Mark Tilbury.
The assembly rooms is now a shit nightclub , has been for years