The history and antiquities of Boston, and the villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; comprising the hundred of Skirbeck, in the county of Lincoln. Including also a history of the East, West, and Wildmore fens, and copious notices of the Holland or Haut-Huntre fen ... sketches of the geology, natural history, botany, and agriculture of the district; a very extensive collection of archaisms and provincial words, local dialect, phrases, proverbs, omens, superstitions, etc. By Pishey Thompson. Illustrated with one hundred engravings.

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BOSTON,
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VILLAGES OF SKTIRBECK, FISHTOFT, FREISTON, BUTTERWICK, BENINGTON,
LEVERTON, LEAKE, AND WRANGLE;
COMPRISING
giv Hndred of hidb, Ait, i tte qunntg of intoaXo.
INCLUDING ALSO
A HISTORY OF THE EAST, WEST, AND WILDBIORE FENS, AND COPIOUS NOTICES OF THE HOLLAND OR HAUTHUNTRE FEN; A HISTORY OF THE RIVER WITHAM; THE BIOGRAPHY OF CELEBRATED PERSONS, NATIVES
OF, OR CONNECTED WITH, THE NEIGHBOURHOOD; SKETCHES OF THE GEOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY,
BOTANY, AND AGRICULTURE OF THE DISTRICT; A VERY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF ARCHAISMS AND
PROVINCIAL WORDS, LOCAL DIALECT, PHRASES, PROVERBS, OMENS, SUPERSTITIONS, ETC.
BY PISHEY -THOMPSON.
ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS.
" The genuine history of a country canll never be well understood without a complete and searching analysis of
the component parts of the community as well as the country. ~ Genealogical inquiries and local topography, so far
from being unworthy the attention of the philosophical inquirer, are amongst the best materials he can use; and
the fortunes and changes of one family, or the events of one upland township, may explain the darkest and most
dubious portions of the annals of a realm."-SIR FRANCIS PALGRAVE.
BOSTON: JOHN NOBLE, JUN.
LONDON: LONGMAN AND CO.; SIMPKIN AND CO.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: SAMUEL G. DRAKE.
1856.