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Boston Castle
The building, grandiosely named Boston Castle, is found in Boston Park on a ridge overlooking the valley of the Rivers Don and Rother. Boston Castle, which stands in the grounds of Boston Park, was constructed as a hunting lodge in 1775 by the Earl of Effingham to mark his opposition to British attempts to crush that revolution.
My espondent Clark has said:- "Did you know he did that to rub the King's nose in his defiance in refusing to go to help crush the colonists? Instead, he made a passionate House of
Lords speech on liberty, resigned as Deputy Earl Marshal of England and took his bat and ball home to Yorkshire. And when the tea went into the harbour, he named his shooting lodge
Boston Castle (and banned tea drinking there). I love it!"
In my days at the old alma mater, the Thomas Rotherham College (previously the boys' grammar school) just down the road there used to be a tuckshop here. As you can see it is now boarded up - presumably to stop vandals and squatters. So far I have not found out what the intentions are concerning Boston Castle - I guess demolition would be favourite since it costs the least. July 2001 - Plans have been approved to turn Boston Castle into a local information centre. If the plans go ahead it is intended that displays relating to the history of the Castle and information about the area will be on show here.
A joint bid for funding to restore the Castle and the surrounding parkland was made to the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2006. In January 2007 the results of this are still awaited. If this fails there are plans to bid for separate funding for the Castle alone.
The last remains of the College of Jesus, such as they are, were moved to Boston Park in the Nineteenth Century and area couple of minutes walk from the Castle.
For more information about The College of Jesus visit onsite at Tourism in Rotherham >> Out & About in the Borough of Rotherham >> Thomas Rotherham College - The College of Jesus.
For more information about Boston Park visit onsite at Recreation in Rotherham >> Parks >> Urban Parks >> Boston Park.