The Borough, as described by George Crabbe, is a small fishing and ship-building town on the East Coast. Crabbe sets himself to examine the Borough from all aspects, entitling the main sections of his poem ‘The Church,’ ‘Sects and Professions in Religion,’ ‘Professions (Law, Physic),’ ‘Trades,’ ‘Amusements,’ ‘Inns,’ ‘the Poor of the Borough,’ ‘Prisons,’ ‘Schools,’ and little by little, character by character, assembling a picture of the whole life of a nineteenth century town.