BOSTON, a market-town and borough of the hundred of Skirbeck, in the county of Lincoln, 140 miles from London, on the river Whitham, which divides it into two parts. The river is navigable, and is joined by a canal which connects it with the city of Lincoln. It is in a marshy situation and has a dense atmosphere, but the land surrounding it is highly fertile. The chief object of attention is the church with its lofty tower, 290 feet in height, which having a lantern at the top, is a valuable object to ships approaching that flat coast. There is much trade carried on in corn with the metropolis and other parts of the kingdom. The markets are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 5926, in 1811 to 8113, and in 1821 to 10,373.