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Church, Castle, Community, Old Bolingbroke
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is investing more than £220,000 in Old Bolingbroke to fund repairs to the parish church and a programme of community activities. The PCC and Friends…
Read MoreBoston Townscape Heritage Project
Client: Boston Borough Council Project cost: £1.8 million About the project: Heritage Lincolnshire and Boston Borough Council are working together to deliver the Boston Townscape Heritage Project funded through a partnership between National…
Read MoreBoston Heritage Skills Festival 2023
Boston Heritage Skills Festival 2022 Boston Heritage Skills and Crafts Day! Saturday 14th Oct (10am-4pm) Free! After the success of the festival last year, we’re thrilled to announce we’re back…
Read MoreHOD – Threekingham Viking Festival
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Meet hundreds of Vikings as they set up camp in Threekingham to do battle with the Anglo Saxon locals in a recreation of…
Read MoreHOD – Grim Falfest 2023: The Vikings are coming!
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Grim Falfest returns for its second year with demonstrations and activities for all ages. Come and celebrate Grimsby’s Viking heritage with this spectacular…
Read MorePeterson’s Oral History Project – Volunteers Wanted!
We need your help to collect, edit and transcribe people’s memories of two buildings intrinsically linked to Grimsby’s fishing heritage on the historic docks. Gathering experiences of life on the…
Read MoreBuild for the Future: East Midlands Exhibition 2024
BOOK YOUR FREE DELEGATE PLACE HERE Build for the Future: East Midlands Connecting the Construction, Heritage, Property & Sustainability Industries The annual event is returning for its fifth year on…
Read MoreThe Old Town Hall: Arts in the Heart of Bourne
Bourne Town Hall Trust in Partnership with Heritage Lincolnshire secures Support from The National Heritage Lottery Fund. Bourne Town Hall Trust has received initial support* from The National Lottery Heritage…
Read MoreLincolnshire Young Archaeologist’s Club April Session
Come along to Lincolnshire YAC for a one-off session where we will explore The Collection, Lincoln! The Collection is Lincolnshire’s archaeology museum and the Usher Gallery. Our YAC Leaders will…
Read More£250k awarded for new Spalding Town and River partnership scheme
A new project celebrating and promoting the unique heritage of Spalding’s town and riverside has been awarded just under £250,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible thanks to…
Read MoreAnnual Report 2022
It is that time of year again when we look back at what Heritage Lincolnshire and Archaeological Project Services Team have been doing throughout the past year, with our 2022…
Read MoreHeritage Lincolnshire welcomes new CEO
The Trustees of Heritage Lincolnshire are delighted to announce that they have appointed Tracy Stringfellow as the charity’s new CEO. Tracy’s background is in the heritage sector, having worked for…
Read MoreHODs – Explore our Church and Community
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 This is your invitation to explore our Grade II* Listed church and the stories of how our church and community has evolved. Holy…
Read MoreHODS – Louth Navigation Recreation
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Join us for a two day weekend event with live music and on the water activities at thee restored Navigation Warehouse with heritage…
Read MoreHODs – The South Common, a Walk Through 2000 Years of Lincoln’s History.
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 This substantial walk covers the historical shaping of the present South Common. Crossed by Roman Ermine Street with its roadside cemetery, the area…
Read MoreHODs – Picture the Past – Lincolnshire’s Landscape of Industry, Design and Innovation
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Investigate what we can learn about people and places in Lincolnshire from the past to the present day, by investigating images of many…
Read MoreHODs – Astounding Inventions Down Dock in Grimsby
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Join us on the historic port of Grimsby to celebrate the amazing innovations which have propelled us into the future. Book a fascinating…
Read MoreHODs – Flying the Flag for Northern Lincolnshire
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Historic Motor and Sail CIC will highlight celebrated vehicles and vessels with links to the area, including those designed and built in Northern…
Read MoreHODs – Flying the Flag for Northern Lincolnshire
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Historic Motor and Sail CIC will highlight celebrated vehicles and vessels with links to the area, including those designed and built in Northern…
Read MoreGrimFalfest
THE VIKINGS ARE COMING TO GRIMSBY THIS SEPTEMBER! A brand new festival launches this September when over 100 Vikings complete with long ships will descend on Grimsby over the weekend…
Read MoreBuild for the Future: East Midlands Exhibition 2023
BOOK YOUR FREE DELEGATE TICKET HERE FOR 2023’S EVENT Build for the Future: East Midlands Connecting the Construction, Heritage, Property & Sustainability Industries The annual event is returning for its…
Read MoreSummer Fete at the Old King’s Head
Join us for a summer weekend at The Old King’s Head, Kirton on 27th August 10am-4pm There will be stalls for you to browse, children’s activities, face painting and so…
Read MoreKirton History Weekend
Join us for a weekend (10am- 4pm each day) of exploring the history of Kirton and The Old King’s Head. Discover archaeological finds from the Kirton dig, historic documents from…
Read MoreMillions in Government Funding Confirmed for Lincolnshire
Transformational multi-million-pound projects for Boston, Mablethorpe, and Skegness have been given the go-ahead by the government. The confirmations mean that Boston is set to get a bespoke learning centre for…
Read MoreHeritage Lincolnshire is granted Young Archaeologists Club Status!
The Community Heritage Team at Heritage Lincolnshire are excited to announce that they have restarted Lincolnshire’s only Young Archaeologists Club (YAC) group and will be running it for the benefit…
Read MoreSleaford Explorer Trail as part of Sleaford Trump Card Launch event
Join us and take part in the Sleaford Explorer Trail as part of Sleaford Trump Card Launch event… Join Heritage Lincolnshire on a short family walk around Sleaford to see…
Read MoreMushroom Foraging at Tupholme Abbey
Mushroom Foraging at Tupholme Abbey Join us and Dan, from Dan’s Mushroom Foraging Lincolnshire, as we go searching our historic site Tupholme Abbey. Tupholme Abbey is one of only a…
Read MoreGrantham House Feasibility Study
This study was commissioned by InvestSK on behalf of the St Wulfram’s partnership. The aim was to assess the feasibility of the partnership expanding heritage and community activities from St…
Read MoreGrimsby Viking Festival
The Vikings visited Grimsby on 23-25th September 2022 in a fantastic three day festival which spectacularly launched the project. VESR (Visitor Economy Services and Retail Group) CIC partnered with Heritage…
Read MoreThe Vikings are coming!
VESR (Visitor Economy Services and Retail Group) CIC are partnering with Heritage Lincolnshire to develop an exciting new project with National Lottery Heritage Fund Heritage Starter Fund investment. The project…
Read MoreAnnual Report 2021
It is that time of year again when we look back at what Heritage Lincolnshire and Archaeological Project Services Team have been doing throughout the past year, with our 2021…
Read MoreKatherine’s End of Traineeship Blog
Well, that’s it, we’ve come to the end, the curtain has fallen on my HES traineeship. Nine months down the line and you could say I’m a little punch-drunk in…
Read MoreWriting Family Friendly Heritage Trails Workshop
Writing Family Friendly Heritage Trails Workshop, a day of creative exercises and group writing activities. The Lincoln Downhill Trail Wants You! Would you like to share your knowledge and memories…
Read MoreDeveloping Family Friendly Heritage Trails Workshop
A day of fact finding in the High Street area combined with creative group activities to create ideas for family friendly heritage trails. The Lincoln Downhill Trail Wants You! Would…
Read MoreEaster Egg Hunt and Fun Day
Join us on Saturday 16th April for an Easter egg hunt and fun day at The Old King’s Head in Kirton. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt around The…
Read MoreHerbal Walk in Tattershall
Join the Fenland Natural Health team, walking through meadow land and along the riverside, identifying and discussing the health benefits of our native flora. As Medical Herbalists Emma, Ghislaine and…
Read MoreFenland Management Project Excavations 1991-1995
Lincolnshire Archaeology and Heritage Reports Series: No. 3
Edited by A Crowson, T Lane & J Reeve
Published by Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire
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Build for the Future: East Midlands Exhibition 2022
Build for the Future: East Midlands Exhibition 2022 We returned for our third event on Tuesday 17th May 2022, hosted by Heritage Lincolnshire and Archaeological Project Services, and working in…
Read MoreYoung Archaeology Club Volunteers
We have identified that there is currently a lack of Young Archaeologist Clubs (YAC) in Lincolnshire, which does not reflect the rich archaeological background we have in the county. We…
Read MoreTrainee Blog – Kate Tyler
In 2021 Kate Tyler joined the Heritage Lincolnshire team as an HES Digital Heritage Trainee. Here Kate tells us about her time with us so far, and all the exciting…
Read MoreVisit Boston
Visit Boston Boston was once a centre of trade, and second only to London in the United Kingdom. Much of the rich history of the town is still evident today…
Read MoreThe Greyfriars – the Franciscans in Lincolnshire
The Greyfriars building off Freeschool Lane in Lincoln is one of the very few friary remains in Britain and one of the best preserved. The Orders of Friars first appeared…
Read MoreBuild for the Future: East Midlands Exhibition 2021
Build for the Future: East Midlands Exhibition 2021 Professional Photos from Build for the Future 2021’s event Archaeological Project Services apsarchaeology.co.uk Archaeological Project Services (APS) are a long established commercial…
Read MoreLast Chace to Register Your Event for Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days
Heritage Open Days are your once-a-year chance to discover some of Lincolnshire’s rarely seen historic treasures, with exciting experiences that bring local history and culture to life, for free! …
Read MoreBone Needles in a Giant Haystack by Jim Snee
So far we have talked about the Mesolithic in quite general terms and not discussed any Lincolnshire sites in detail. This is because our knowledge of the Mesolithic tends to…
Read MoreReligious
Religious building Lincoln Cathedral The Cathedral was founded by Bishop Remigius and was constructed between 1072-1092 in the Norman style. Much rebuilding and restoration has taken place over the Cathedral’s…
Read MoreA New World by Jim Snee
The millennia that followed the last period of glaciation over northern England was a time of significant environmental change. As temperatures rose, the ice retreated further to the north and…
Read MoreLearn about Tupholme Abbey
Between about 1160 and 1536 Tupholme Abbey was home to a community of Premonstratensian canons. After being closed by Henry VIII at the Reformation it was gradually demolished until only…
Read MoreRepair of Hussey Tower
Built by Richard Bennyngton in the mid 15th century, Hussey Tower in Boston is the remains of a once great manor house. After Bennygton’s death in about 1475 the house…
Read MoreThe Tudors in Lincolnshire
During the Tudor period Lincolnshire was one of the most isolated counties in England. Henry VIII famously referred to its inhabitants as “the commons of one shire and that one…
Read MoreHeritage Open Days
Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days 2024 Heritage Open Days is your once-a-year chance to discover some of Lincolnshire’s rarely seen historic treasures, with exciting experiences that bring local history and culture…
Read MoreRestoring Bolingbroke Castle moat
In 2009 Heritage Lincolnshire and the Friends of Bolingbroke Castle began an exciting project to restore parts of the moat at Bolingbroke castle funded by a WREN (Waste Recycling Environmental…
Read MoreMember’s Annual Report 2020
Heritage Lincolnshire’s Annual Report for 2020 is available now for you to download and as members of Heritage Lincolnshire you have a BRAND NEW LOOK to your newsletter as part…
Read MoreAnnual Report 2020
Heritage Lincolnshire’s Annual Report for 2020 is available now for you to download. Find out what the different teams within Heritage Lincolnshire and Archaeological Project Services were involved in throughout…
Read MoreGreyfriars in Lincoln
Our Current Heritage Buildings Preservation Trust Project Greyfriars is a site of exceptional importance in telling the story of Lincoln – through this project, that story will be newly accessible…
Read MoreHomes for Nomads by Jim Snee
It is considered hard for people who have only experienced a sedentary lifestyle to understand what a nomadic lifestyle truly means. Yet the circumstances in which I am writing, a…
Read MoreNew Arrivals by Jim Snee
When I was young, I was fascinated by an old book called “Beyond the Bounds of History” which contained thirty-one (rather naïve) colour illustrations of the old stone age (Palaeolithic). …
Read MoreMembership
2022 Calendar Photo ‘Rainbow over Hussey Tower’ Credit: Fenny Johnson Membership is a way of showing that you care about your local heritage By joining Heritage Lincolnshire you’ll be directly…
Read MoreTestimonials
Testimonials ”Heritage Lincolnshire (HTL) were initially engaged by Worksop Priory and Gatehouse Community Trust to provide a programme of activities to increase community engagement in our long term aims of…
Read MoreAbout Us
About us Heritage Lincolnshire are a local charity working to conserve the rich history of the county for the benefit of people who live and work in the area. “Heritage…
Read MoreSupport
As a charity, Heritage Lincolnshire relies on the support of our partners, volunteers, members and donors to successfully achieve our objectives for heritage and for people in Lincolnshire. Your support…
Read MoreOur Work
Work with us Operating as a charity, we offer very competitive rates and welcome enquiries from individuals, groups and organisations looking for paid support for the following: Heritage Consultancy Archaeological…
Read MoreHome
Heritage Lincolnshire a local charity working to conserve the rich history of the County for the benefit of people who live and work in the area. We work to advance…
Read MorePrivacy
Privacy Our policy Heritage Lincolnshire respects the privacy of our supporters and visitors to our website. This policy sets out how we collect information about those with an interest in…
Read MoreFunding for new heritage venue at Greyfriars in Lincoln
City of Lincoln Council in partnership with Heritage Lincolnshire secures National Lottery support City of Lincoln Council, in partnership with Heritage Lincolnshire, has received initial support from The National Lottery…
Read MoreGift Memberships
Are You Ready to Give the Gift of Heritage? We know that the art of gift-giving is difficult to master. Well we think a membership to Heritage Lincolnshire is…
Read MoreJoin Us As A Family
Is Your Family Ready for a Year’s Worth of Adventure? When you join Heritage Lincolnshire, we’ll help you and your children really get connected with the unique heritage of our…
Read MoreLincolnshire’s First Halloween by Jim Snee
It is that time of year when people begin to remark about how Halloween has become commercialised and Americanised. But, as usual, I find myself wondering if that is entirely…
Read MoreLincolnshire’s towns – the meaning of place
Lincolnshire County Council has within its Planning Services the Historic Places Team. This team provides advice on development and its likely impact upon heritage assets. This advice is based upon…
Read MoreWelcome to Mrs Smith’s Cottage
Step into a different era and make yourself at home. You are surrounded by what is familiar and yet unfamiliar; ordinary and yet extraordinary. This is Mrs Smith’s home where…
Read MoreLincolnshire’s First Flight by Jim Snee
Lincolnshire has often been referred to as bomber county, in reference to the large number of airfields and airbases that have been built on its green and largely flat land.…
Read More#Thankstoyou – Landscape Partnerships
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is a pool of money derived from a portion of your lottery ticket. It funnels this money into projects which use heritage to connect with,…
Read More#Thankstoyou – Volunteers
In additional to helping landscape and townscapes, money from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, funded through every National Lottery ticket you buy, is also channelled directly into volunteer groups. Anyone…
Read MoreLatest Heritage Lincolnshire Project Takes Shape!
We’re delighted to announce that the first major renovation on our latest project – The Old King’s Head in Kirton near Boston – roof is now complete! As part of…
Read MoreHeritage Lincolnshire bids a fond farewell to CEO Liz Bates
After 6 years in post as the charity’s Chief Executive Officer and 17 years with the organisation, Liz Bates will leave her post on the 7th June 2019. Liz said…
Read MoreLayers of History Volunteer Taster Day in Harlaxton
Over the last two years, our Layers of History volunteers have been attending workshops and training days on subjects such as medieval settlements, the geology of Lincolnshire, palaeography, illuminated manuscripts,…
Read More1.8 million town centre enhancement scheme in Boston
A four-year £1.8 million scheme to enhance an area of Boston’s historic town centre is to be launched this spring
Read MoreAward Winning Education
It has been an exciting week here at the Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire! We have heard that the Winterton All Saints Educational Resources – which we designed – have won…
Read MoreThanks to You from Layers of History Volunteers
Layers of History is offering everyone a chance to get involved, and improve their health and wellbeing along the way! [gallery type=”slider” ids=”13417,13410,13411,13418,13412,13413,13419,13414,13415,13420,13416,13421 Layers of History is a ground-breaking, volunteer-led…
Read MoreOur Week at Heritage Lincolnshire – Work Experience Blog
Our week has been great and filled with so many different activities. This work experience hasn’t just been your bog standard shadowing but has been interactive and engaging with activities…
Read MoreHeritage Lincolnshire to put the Old King’s Head in Kirton back on the map thanks to National Lottery Players
The Heritage Lottery Fund has offered a grant of £1,987,300
Read MoreFootpaths and Field boundaries
What survives today Topic 6: Footpaths and Field boundaries While looking around for early settlement remains, it is worth looking at footpaths and field boundaries. Enclosed fields Early enclosed fields…
Read MoreExciting Research to Take Place at Bolingbroke Castle Thanks to Funding from the Castle Studies Trust:
Heritage Lincolnshire and Archaeological Project Services are delighted to announce a new research opportunity at Bolingbroke Castle, having secured funding from the Castle Studies Trust. The archaeological activities will further…
Read MoreLandlords
Monasteries, manors & economic powerhouses Topic 4: Landlords Whilst the lands held by secular (non-religious) landlords were administrated by the manorial system, the lands held by the church and the…
Read MoreMonasteries, Manors and the economic powerhouses of the medieval landscape
So far, we have looked at medieval settlement mainly in terms of hamlets, villages and towns. However, there are features of the landscape which are not directly related to these…
Read MoreAnnual report 2017
Our staff and volunteers have worked together to achieve some fantastic projects, events and activities during 2017
Read MoreThe influence of people on the landscape
Topic 3: The influence of people on the landscape As people live in a place, they change it. In this section we will look at the clues left behind as people…
Read MoreSecondary Schools & Colleges
As part of our services to schools our experienced education staff can provide free advice on any aspect of local history and archaeology. With site studies back at Key Stage 3…
Read MoreHave fun and get stuck in!
14 year-old Eve from St George’s Academy has written a blog post on getting stuck in at Heritage Lincolnshire. Eve spent a week experiencing all that we had to offer, from an archaeological dig at Holbeach to site management at Tupholme Abbey.
Read MoreHeritage Lincolnshire awarded Investing in Volunteers standard
Heritage Lincolnshire has recently achieved the Investing in Volunteers Quality Standard, recognising the excellent work they do with volunteers.
Read MoreLooking at the landscape
For thousands of years the Lincolnshire landscape has been shaped by nature and people. When archaeologists look at the landscape, they try to work out what is created by nature…
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Read MoreHussey Tower
Hussey Tower Built in around 1450 by Richard Benyngton, collector of customs and excise in Boston, which was at the time, the wealthiest port in England outside London. Once the…
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