This is a fine example of the ‘alphabet’ sampler showing the letters in capital, lower case and script style with the numbers ‘1-15’ in addition. It is signed by its maker, one Sarah Goodwin, who shows considerable skill for one only eight years old. Frampton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire. There was only one church there in the early nineteenth century, the limestone church of Saint Mary dating from the 12th century and Sarah no doubt worshipped there. She produced a true ‘demonstration piece’ here which has remained in excellent condition and doubtless been enjoyed over the years including by its last recipient who received it as a gift thirty years ago.