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HODs – Cleethorpes and the Growth of the Tourist Industry
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Cleethorpes essentially became a tourist destination during the Victorian era and with the coming of the railways in 1863 its future was assured.…
Read MoreHODs – Homegrown Talent
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Come and learn about Central Hall’s rich 86 year history, the famous people who started their career here and the filming of Three…
Read MoreNEW timetable of GROW courses for this academic year!
We are very excited to announce our NEW timetable of GROW courses for this academic year! These Lifelong Learning courses involve a varied mix of learning styles and all are…
Read More40-42 Michaelgate, Lincoln
Heritage Lincolnshire is working to restore 40-42 Michaelgate, Lincoln, also known as the Wonky House. Elements of the buildings date to the 16th Century and alongside their neighbour ‘The Harlequin’…
Read More40-42 Michaelgate: Works to begin to safeguard iconic Lincoln buildings!
City of Lincoln Council and Heritage Lincolnshire have secured the necessary funding to bring the iconic 40-42 Michaelgate in Lincoln back to life. Works will begin next week. The…
Read MoreHOD – Anthony Salvin’s Grantham – St John the Evangelist, Spitalgate
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Visit Anthony Salvin’s church of St John the Evangelist and decide for yourself whether its early critics of the tower and its pinnacles…
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 MoreHeritage for the Future
Heritage for the Future: East Midlands 2024 BOOK YOUR FREE DELEGATE TICKET HERE We are coming back for 2024! To compliment Build for the Future and to keep in…
Read MoreThe Templars and the wars of the Crusader States
The Templar Talks Join us, online, as we welcome back Dr Nic Morton with his new series of talks. Talk 2: The Templars and the wars of the Crusader States…
Read MoreWakefield District Heritage Framework
Wakefield Council are developing a Heritage Framework document and we need your help. The council have commissioned Heritage Lincolnshire to ask people from around the district what you value from…
Read MoreThe Lincolnshire Buff Chicken Keyring
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreThe Longwool Sheep Keyring
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreThe Lincoln Red Cow Keyring
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreThe Lincoln Red Cow Tea Towel
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreThe Longwool Sheep Tea Towel
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreThe Lincolnshire Buff Chicken Tea Towel
The Longwool Collection
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 MoreRichard, Duke of York: Marcher Lord
Forgotten Histories Join us, online, as we welcome back Matt Lewis with his new series of talks. Richard, Duke of York: Marcher Lord The Wars of the Roses was slow…
Read MoreHeritage Lincolnshire announces departure of CEO
Heritage Lincolnshire will bid a fond farewell to Greg Pickup CEO, as he announces new role at The Churches Conservation Trust in September 2022. His tenure at the trust coincided…
Read MoreMaking waves in Skegness as Heritage Lincolnshire get green light to deliver multi-million Town Centre Transformation
Making waves in Skegness as Heritage Lincolnshire get green light to deliver multi-million Town Centre Transformation Heritage Lincolnshire is celebrating securing approval for a £2.7m funding boost for Skegness town…
Read MoreGardening Volunteers Needed
We’re looking for green-fingered volunteers to assist with the ongoing garden maintenance at Pow Cottage. Pow Cottage is a beautiful mud and stud cottage on Tattershall High Street, with cottage-style…
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 MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MorePin Loom Weaving Workshop
Join us, IN PERSON, with our local tutor, Tracy, at our newly renovated venue, The Old King’s Head. Pin loom weaving is growing in popularity because the looms are small enough…
Read MoreA Week In The Life Of A Historic Environment Advice Assistant Apprentice
– This piece was written by Tim, HES Places Team Technical Assistant at the Historic Places Team in Lincolnshire County Council from September 2018 – 2019 – My name is…
Read MoreTraineeship So Far With Our Heritage Joiner
– This piece was written by Graham, HES Heritage Joinery Trainee at Jericho Joinery from September 2019 – 20 – Graham started his Heritage Joinery placement with us and his…
Read MoreBright Future for Lincolnshire’s past; Boston Town Deal Update
Bright future for Lincolnshire’s past as Heritage Lincolnshire get the green light to deliver a multi-million pound Town Centre Transformation Scheme in Boston Heritage Lincolnshire, the county’s foremost charity dedicated…
Read MoreDigital Engagement Trainee
Opportunity to join Heritage Lincolnshire’s amazing Heritage Team. The Kickstart Scheme is a 6-month paid job and there are four positions available at Heritage Lincolnshire including 2 Heritage Conservation trainee…
Read MoreConservation Trainee
Opportunity to join Heritage Lincolnshire’s amazing Heritage Team. The Kickstart Scheme is a 6-month paid job and there are four positions available at Heritage Lincolnshire including 2 Heritage Conservation trainee…
Read MoreSpring Herbal Workshop
Join us, and Fenland Natural Health, for this fascinating morning. Though spring is here we can sometimes still feel a bit depleted after winter, lacking energy and feeling that we…
Read MoreThe Lincolnshire Buff Chicken Cup
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreTwentieth Century – What Heritage?
Edited by Paula Judson & Chris Lester, a celebration of Lincolnshire’s Twentieth Century Heritage.
Read MoreThe Lincolnshire Buff Chicken Cushion
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreLincolnshire Women at War
A compilation of entries from the ‘Women at War’ competition organised by Heritage Lincolnshire
Read MoreThe Longwool Sheep Cup
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreThe Longwool Sheep Cushion
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreThe Lincoln Red Cow Cup
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreThe Lincoln Red Cow Cushion
The Longwool Collection
Read MoreAnglo-Saxon settlement on the Siltland of Eastern England
Lincolnshire Archaeology and Heritage Report Series No 7
By Andy Crowson, Tom Lane, Kenneth Penn and Dale Trimble
A Basketful
Willow growing and basket making in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire by Rodney Cousins
Read MoreThe Old King’s Head welcomes back Luke Gill, former resident
You have heard a lot about the Duff family who were former residents of The Old King’s Head, but during this project we have also got to know some of…
Read MoreBuild 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 MoreThe Old King’s Head; welcoming back former resident Mary Duff
Mary Duff with her husband Geoffrey purchased The King’s Head in 1972 following a whirlwind decision one morning when walking her three boys to school. For sale at £2,500 Mary…
Read MoreHeritage funding being made available to local organisations in North East Lincolnshire
“Heritage Starter” grants of up to £10,000 are being made available to local organisations to support heritage projects, small and large. At the end of last year, the Council secured…
Read MorePow Cottage, Tattershall
A Lincolnshire Legacy In early 2021, Heritage Lincolnshire were kindly bequeathed a beautiful mud and stud cottage in Tattershall. Owned and lovingly restored over many years, Jane Pow and her…
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 MoreMeet our new trainee – Kate Tyler
In 2021 Kate Tyler joined the Heritage Lincolnshire team as an HES Digital Heritage Trainee. Here Kate tells us about her interest in heritage, and all the exciting things she’s…
Read MoreRethatch Management at Mill Hill Cottage, Spilsby
Thatched roofs may seem completely different from the tiled roofs we are used to seeing in this era, but they still require regular maintenance and upkeep to make sure they…
Read MoreAdditional Heritage Development Trusts awards announced
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has announced three additional awards in its Heritage Development Trust (HDT) programme, to organisations leading heritage-led regeneration projects in towns in England and Heritage Lincolnshire…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreMore Strings to the Bow by Jim Snee
It is very hard in archaeology, particularly in prehistory, to point to an exact date when something started or finished. The best we can do is give a date for…
Read MoreBusiness
Business building The Old King’s Head The Old King’s Head is a Grade II Listed building and is a rare example of a 16th century medieval coaching inn, located in…
Read MoreMonument
Monument Lincoln Castle Lincoln Castle was built almost 1,000 years ago by William the Conqueror. After his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror faced ongoing…
Read MoreRuin
Ruin Bolingbroke Castle Bolingbroke Castle is an Ancient Scheduled Monument and is a Grade I Listed building. Built in the early 13th century by Randulph de Blundevil, Earl of Chester…
Read MoreResidential
Residential building Mill Hill Cottage Mill Hill Cottage is Grade II* Listed building and is built using the local mud and stud building technique, it is estimated to have been…
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 MoreChanges in Technology, Changes in Society by Jim Snee
In 1816, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen was appointed to curate Danish Royal Commission for the Collection and Preservation of Antiquities’ first exhibition. After careful study he displayed the objects by period,…
Read MoreWhat 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…
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 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 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 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 MoreThe Black Dog of Spalding Cemetery by P Franklin
The tan leaves crunching under paw, Ajax decided it was a very pleasant evening for a walk in October. He was enjoying the cooler nights, now that his winter coat…
Read MoreCharging at Giants in Lincolnshire by Jim Snee
There is, and always has been, something quixotic about the heritage profession. Cervantes’ famous knight (Don Quixote) charged at windmills believing them to be giants. In heritage, it sometimes feels…
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 MoreWinter 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”…
Read MoreRemembering Aloud by Jim Snee
I have sat, alone and quiet, on edge of a Neolithic long barrow and thought about the people who built it. It is a kind of remembrance. No one knows…
Read MoreHeritage Lincolnshire welcomes new CEO
The Trustees of Heritage Lincolnshire are delighted to announce that they have appointed Greg Pickup as the charity’s new CEO. Greg’s background is in funding, having worked for the National…
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 MoreIntroducing ‘The Lincs Pass’
Heritage Lincolnshire have partnered up with the creator of the East Anglia Pass on an exciting new concept for the Lincolnshire County. The East Anglia Pass has a huge following…
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 MoreLincolnshire’s dry summer makes its mark
‘Ghost’ outlines appearing in fields across the county
Read MoreGarth
Garth Monastic gardens featured decorative Norman Gothic arches and gates with the same architectural details as in church abbeys, priories. Cloister gardens or garths were peaceful courtyard enclosures of retreat…
Read MoreEarly 18C Decoy
Early 18C Decoy Designed decoys were developed during the 18C. Skellingthorpe Decoy (HE Grade II) and landing pond west of Lincoln. Plan of Skellingthorpe Decoy (Image: Steffie Shields) This pond…
Read MoreChurches
What survives today Topic 1: Churches The most common and obvious medieval building found in villages, towns and cities is the church. This was an important community building and often…
Read MoreState Documents
Topic 4: State Documents State documents such as the poll tax returns of 1377 and the diocesan returns of 1563 may not provide much detail about the layout of the…
Read MoreParliamentary Enclosure Award
Topic 3: Parliamentary Enclosure Award Having looked at the early ordnance survey maps and the google earth image, we can see that there are several layers of landscape that can…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MorePost War Landscape
Topic 6: Post War Landscape As the war progressed, the threat of invasion receded and as the allies pressed the German forces in Europe so did the threat of aerial attack.…
Read MoreImpact 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…
Read MoreGreat opportunity!
Olivia from Spalding High School joined us for a two week work experience placement, where she explored many different aspects of the charity’s work, including a tour of the Old King’s Head at Kirton. Find out what she thought of her time with us in her post on our blog.
Read MoreThe influence of the natural landscape
Topic 2: The influence of the natural landscape When we look at the landscape, we are seeing the effects of natural processes (the natural landscape) and the effects of people…
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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