Boston 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…

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HOD – Stories of the Beonna

Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Explore, create & learn about The Beonna & The East Lincolnshire Fens: Find secret stories on a Beonna Explorer Tour; Get creative, make…

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HOD – Stories of the Beonna

Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Explore, create & learn about The Beonna & The East Lincolnshire Fens: Find secret stories on a Beonna Explorer Tour; Get creative, make…

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GrimFalfest

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…

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The Boston Heritage Trail: Red Route

The Red Trail : Shorter Route Starting Point: War Memorial A gentle ramble through the historic sites of the town centre, with a Spotters Guide for children to “Get a…

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The Boston Heritage Trail: Blue Route

The Blue Trail : Longer Route Starting Point: Boston Railway Station Stretch your legs as you circle round a wider area, taking in heritage gems like Hussey Tower and the…

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Grimsby 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…

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The 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…

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Medieval Meals and Manners

The third, and last, in ‘The Medieval Kitchen’ series of talks: Medieval Meals and Manners Join us for a variety of talks on the Medieval Kitchen with Forgotten Fare as…

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The Medieval Christmas

‘The Medieval Christmas’ Join us at The Old King’s Head to learn all about celebrations,  customs  and traditions of the Medieval Christmas; from fasting to carolling, to banquets and dancing…

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Build 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…

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The Neolithic Package by Jim Snee

The beginning of the Neolithic represents one of the most significant changes in human economy and lifestyle in history, and yet there is no real certainty about how it came…

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Lincolnshire’s First Windmill by Jim Snee

Lincolnshire is known for its windmills, they form an important part of the county’s unique historic landscape. The painter Karl Wood made many sketches and paintings of Lincolnshire’s windmills and…

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Lincolnshire’s First MPs

There is a saying; the only certainties in life are death and taxes. To this, I invariably add the following rider; where there are death and taxes, there are politicians.…

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Repair 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…

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The Old King’s Head, Kirton

The Old King’s Head The 16th Century Tudor Coaching inn is a rare example of the Fenland Artisan Mannerist style, a building technique which reveals a unique history of the…

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What are Hunter Gatherers? By Jim Snee

One thing that persistently, and understandably, annoys people is the use of jargon. In this archaeology is as guilty of that as the next discipline, and it is sometimes useful…

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Homes 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…

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New 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). …

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Courses & talks

Courses & Talks Talks The following speakers are current members of staff and a minimum donation of £75 is requested upon booking which helps us to continue our working across…

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Lost Villages and Legends by Jim Snee

In the north of the county of Lincolnshire is a deserted medieval village called Gainsthorpe. It is one of the best examples in Lincolnshire, if not the country. While monitoring…

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Winter is Coming by Jim Snee

When I was growing up in a village in Lincolnshire, proverbs and sayings of various sorts were never out of the conversation for long. Obviously, the phrase “Winter is Coming”…

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The Old King’s Head Free Courses

Join us for some free courses as part of our Old King’s Head project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Booking is essential for all courses. To book please…

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Pigeoncote / Dovecote

Pigeoncote / Dovecote In the grounds of both monastery and manor house, a pigeoncote was built to ensure a regular food supply. The law allowed only the Lord of the…

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The Great Famine

Lost and Shrunken Villages Topic 1: The Great Famine The period of relative climatic warmth experienced by the northern hemisphere, known as the medieval warm period, came to an end…

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Impact On Agriculture

Topic 5: Impact On Agriculture The Second World War also had an impact on agriculture in Lincolnshire. In 1941 the government undertook the National Farm survey, effectively assuming control of agricultural…

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Conscription

Topic 14: Conscription As the war progressed, further demands were made of the British people and of the county of Lincolnshire. With the war continuing on multiple fronts and casualties mounting,…

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Women’s Land Army

Topic 9: Women’s Land Army Farming saw a slight reduction in its workforce with many young men volunteering for military service. However, as the majority of the workforce was composed of…

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