Boston, Lincolnshire

Intrigued by the name, we deviated our original route and decided to go through Boston, Lincolnshire, UK.
Most of us are only familiar to the Boston in Massachusetts, USA, though we know that many American cities are named after European ones. The European Boston is indeed the inspiration for the name of the american city, as it was named by Boston emigrants, after sanctified Botwulf of Thorney, meaning 'Botwulf's town'. Boston citizens are known as Bostonians. though nowadays the city is not doing very well, Boston is currently in the middle of a "migration crisis", it has just been named the worst integrated town in England. with and increase of 467% of foreign population from 2001 to 2011.
As we go by we hear many languages being spoken, some are the native language of fellow Habiticans, we hear; some Russian, Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, and occasionaly, English. On top of that, Boston is also taxed as UK's 'murder capital' being first in a rank created with a crime map of England and Wales.
We understand that migration is not the actual problem, but the rate at which it happened. There was a drastic change in very little time.
Enough with the bad things. As one would think, Boston also has great things on it's name, being place for the church with the largest tower in the world, St' Botolph church, known as *The Stump*, which is thereby place for the statue of Herbert Ingram, a very important Bostonian character for England. Herbert Ingram is the founder of The Illustrated London News (in his words; *the concern of the magazine would be "with the English poor" and the "three essential elements of discussion with us will be the poor laws, the factory laws, and the working of the mining system"*) and was the representative of Boston, helping to bring the first railway to the city and also fresh piped water. Another very important Bostonian was Botwulf of Thorney, * "a man of remarkable life and learning, full of the grace of the Holy Spirit"*, over 71 ancient churches in England were dedicated to him also a few bridges and streets.
Interesting facts: The Pilgrim Fathers were judged at Boston Guildhall.
Boston was the Dutch town in One of Our Aircraft Is Missing [imdb]

Intrigued by the name, we deviated our original route and decided to go through Boston, Lincolnshire. Arriving within 21 hours

As we passed by we had the chance to see one of the largest operating windmills in England, the Maud Foster windmill (80 feet tall)/ (24.38 m tall), built in 1819 and located in Skirbeck, Boston

As we go by we hear many languages being spoken, some are the native language of fellow Habiticans, we hear; some Russian, Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, and occasionaly, English

We went to one of the most important Boston places, St Botolphs church, which has the tallest parish church tower in England, approximately 272 feet (83 m high). The current church was begun in 1309, though it is believed that it was built over an existing smaller church, built by Botolph. The church also has a library, which is one of the top ten biggest in England.

We couldn't find more interesting places to visit, but it was still worth it. Being in Boston made us think better about our own immigration problems, and to get to know a place that gave name to a city in the Us, Boston in Massachusetts, as well to visit UK's biggest parish towers.