| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Architecture - 1807 - 910 pages
...inhabitants. It is 3 A 3 famou famous for having been the first resting place of King John, after be lost the whole of his baggage, and narrowly escaped with his life, when crossing; the marshes, in his military progress from Lynn to Sleaford, the castle of which latter... | |
| Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1820 - 774 pages
...Boston, is a small market-town, famous for having been the first resting-place of King John, after lie lost the whole of his baggage, and narrowly escaped with his life, when crossing tlie marshes in his military progress from Lynn to Sleaford. Of the Abbey buildings,... | |
| Thomas Dugdale - Chronology, Historical - 1830 - 234 pages
...Monday fortnight. J SWINESHEAD is famous for having been the first resting-place of King John, after he lost the whole of his baggage, and narrowly escaped' with his life, when crossing the marshes, in his military progress from Lynn to Sleaford. He left this town on horseback,... | |
| England - 1840 - 256 pages
...market-place. Swineshead is noted for having been the first resting-place of King John, after he had lost the whole of his baggage, and narrowly escaped with his life, when crossing the marches in his military progress from Lynn to Sleaford. He left this town on borsebai-k,... | |
| J. Gronow - Great Britain - 1849 - 408 pages
...a market town and parish, famous for having been the first resting place of king John, after he had lost the whole of his baggage, and narrowly escaped with his life when passing from Lynn to Sleaford. The sea formerly flowed up to this town, when there was a harbour.... | |
| J. Gronow - England - 1849 - 408 pages
...a market town and parish, famous for having been the first resting place of king John, after he had lost the whole of his baggage, and narrowly escaped with his life when passing from Lynn to Sleaford. The sea formerly flowed up to this town, when there was a harbour.... | |
| English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...familiar to every reader of English history, from its having been the resting-place of King John, after he lost the whole of his baggage, and narrowly escaped with his life, when crossing the marshes from Lynn to Sleaford, the castle of which latter place was then in his possession.... | |
| |