Boston

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Boston is a historic market town and port in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in early English Puritan emigration to America.

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Label Occurrences
Boston canonical 95
BOSTON 1
Boston (east) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
market town
parish church
port
railway station
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
associatedWith early English Puritan emigration to America
ceremonialCounty Lincolnshire
country England
dedicatedTo Saint Botolph
denomination Church of England
district Borough of Boston
governingBody Boston Borough Council
hasDialCode 01205
hasEconomicActivity agricultural trade
food processing
port-related logistics
hasHarbour tidal port on The Haven
hasLandmark St Botolph's Church
surface form: St Botolph's Church, Boston
hasLocalNewspaper Boston Standard
Target Corporation
surface form: Boston Target
hasParliamentaryConstituency Boston and Skegness
hasPort Port of Boston
hasPostcodeArea PE
hasPostcodeDistrict PE21
hasReligiousHistory strong Puritan tradition in the 16th and 17th centuries
hasTransport Boston railway station
hasTwinTown Boston, Massachusetts
Laval, Mayenne, France
surface form: Laval, France
historicalRole centre of English Puritan activity
centre of medieval trade in the Hanseatic League sphere
important medieval market town
inspiredNameOf Boston, Massachusetts
knownFor St Botolph's Church
surface form: St Botolph's Church, Boston

historic port
medieval church architecture
latitude approximately 52.98°N
locatedIn Boston, Lincolnshire, England
surface form: Boston, Lincolnshire

Boston, Lincolnshire, England
surface form: Boston, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire
locatedNear The Wash
locatedOnRiver River Witham
longitude approximately 0.02°W
nickname The Stump
OSGridReference TF328441
region East Midlands
timeZone GMT
timeZoneDST BST
towerHeight approximately 83 metres

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Boston, Lincolnshire, England hasPostTown Boston
subject surface form: Boston, Lincolnshire
this entity surface form: BOSTON
Lincolnshire hasSubregion Boston
Lincolnshire contains Boston
Phips residence Boston
subject surface form: Sir William Phips
Mary Goose cityOfBurial Boston
Pearl associatedWith Boston
Boston Stump parish Boston
Elihu Yale birthPlace Boston
SL3 regionServed Boston
Northern Expressway serves Boston
Hugh Montgomery stationedIn Boston
subject surface form: Hugh Montgomery (British Army officer, died 1780)
Samuel Quincy placeOfBirth Boston
John Hull burialPlace Boston
The Town setIn Boston
PE hasPostTown Boston
subject surface form: PE postcode area
Boston American namedAfter Boston
Lord Lyndhurst birthPlace Boston
subject surface form: John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
George Higginson residence Boston
Eben Tourjée basedIn Boston
Ebenezer Breed residence Boston
Moses King workLocation Boston
Woman's Journal basedIn Boston
Olive Chancellor is a Boston feminist reformer residence Boston
subject surface form: Olive Chancellor
Olive Chancellor setIn Boston
Hezekiah Usher residence Boston
Mary Chilton residence Boston
James Franklin birthPlace Boston
William Copp residence Boston
Norm Peterson residence Boston