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The Boston Heritage Trail
Welcome to the Boston Heritage Tour 2022 Introducing two tours of Boston’s outstanding heritage, new for 2022. Take in the sights and heritage gems around the town, just choose your…
Read MoreThe Life and Times of Sleaford Castle
Join Mark Bamford as he delivers The Life and Times of Sleaford Castle. This is an online talk. Tickets: Members £5 / Non-members £7 Tickets can be bought from our shop…
Read MoreKickstart Conservation Trainee Laura – one month in!
It has been a month since I started working here at Heritage Lincolnshire and it has gone by in a flash. I am loving working in the conservation team and…
Read MoreA Week In The Life Of A Historic Building Conservation Trainee
– This piece was written by Cameron, HES Historic Building Conservation Trainee at Millstone Restoration from September 2019 – 2020 – Our Historic Building Conservation Trainee, Cameron, gets to see…
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 MoreA Week In The Life Of A Building Preservation Trust Management Trainee
– This piece was written by Laabiyah Iqbal, Building Preservation Trust Management Trainee at Archaeological Project Services from September 2018 – 2019 – Hi everyone, my name is Laabiyah and…
Read MoreSLWF Legacy Walk – Boston Town Walk
The South Lincolnshire Walking Festival successfully ran from 2015 to 2019 and in late 2021, Heritage Lincolnshire launched the legacy brochure that covers each of the four districts; Boston, South…
Read MoreSLWF Legacy Walk – Walking in Grundy’s Spalding.
The South Lincolnshire Walking Festival successfully ran from 2015 to 2019 and in late 2021, Heritage Lincolnshire launched the legacy brochure that covers each of the four districts; Boston, South…
Read MoreBuy all four sets of Trump cards!
Have fun whilst learning about your local towns and villages!
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 MoreSleaford Trump Cards
Have fun whilst learning history facts!
Read MoreFull day leathermaking skills workshop
Join us, IN PERSON, with Laurence White of Shedtime, at our newly renovated venue, The Old King’s Head. Over the full day you will get hands on to learn about different…
Read MoreFull day leathermaking skills workshop
Join us, IN PERSON, with Laurence White of Shedtime, at our newly renovated venue, The Old King’s Head. Over the full day you will get hands on to learn about different…
Read MoreThe Iron Age and Roman archaeology of Norton Disney
Join us, online, as we celebrate ‘Local & Community History Month’. A talk by Richard Parker, Secretary of the Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group who has led the investigations…
Read More‘The Victorian Christmas’
‘The Victorian Christmas’ Join us at The Old King’s Head to learn all about The Victorian Christmas. You will discover a brief history of Christmas in England, the early traditions…
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 MoreFarming in Lincolnshire through the Ages
Join us for an interactive talk with music as we celebrate our Lincolnshire customs and traditions in a fun way! Farming in Lincolnshire Through the Ages – This interactive and…
Read MoreWitchbottles
Witch Bottles For this workshop we will have learnt about the history and the meaning behind the witch bottles that we find in ancient buildings buried in the ground, and…
Read MoreWand making
Wand Making The wand is one of the most iconic items related to witchcraft, and with this workshop we are going to make our own. One of the best ways…
Read MoreTea Leaf Reading
Tea Leaf Reading Learn the ancient art of reading tea leaves! Sit with Chris and learn the history, the ritual and the techniques of interpreting tea leaves to divine your…
Read MoreWitchbottles
Join us, and the team at Flange & Prong, as they deliver ‘Lincolnshire Witches’, a series of four online talks. Witchbottles – This talk is particularly special to us as…
Read MoreWhat is Witchcraft?
Join us, and the team at Flange & Prong, as they deliver ‘Lincolnshire Witches’, a series of four online talks. What is Witchcraft? For this talk, the team at Flange…
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 MoreThe 1217 Battle of Lincoln
Join us, and Erik Grigg, as he delivers an interesting online talk: The 1217 Battle of Lincoln is one of the most pivotal battles in English history, but it is…
Read MoreLady horsemen of the road: the story of female highwaymen and footpads.
As part of Women’s History Month, join us and Bob Massey, ONLINE, as he delivers this fascinating talk. Tickets can be bought from our shop (under Women’s History Month in Events…
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 MoreA Virtual Walking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of The Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire have been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Virtual…
Read MoreA Virtual Walking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of The Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire have been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Virtual…
Read MoreA Virtual Walking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of The Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire have been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Virtual…
Read MoreA Virtual Walking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of The Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire have been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Virtual…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreWalking Tour of Kirton and Cake at The Old King’s Head.
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of the Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire has been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking…
Read MoreHalf day session Leathermaking Workshop
Join us, IN PERSON, at our newly brought-back-to-life venue, The Old King’s Head in Kirton. On your taster leathermaking session, you will get hands on to practice decoration including stamping…
Read MoreFull day Leathermaking Skills Workshop
Join us, IN PERSON, at our newly brought-back-to-life venue, The Old King’s Head in Kirton. Over the full day you will get hands on to learn about different types of…
Read MoreLincolnshire Young Archaeologists Club
Lincolnshire Young Archaeologists Club 2024 Update Dear Young Archaeologists + Friends, Thank you for your patience whilst we have been reviewing our programme for YAC over the last few months.…
Read MoreKnights Templar Series
Join us, and Dr Nicholas Morton, for a series of talks. This fourth, and last, talk, The Templar heresy trials, will be held online on 19 May 2022. On 18…
Read MoreThe Old King’s Head welcomes back the Smithbone family
Patricia Smithbone was a child resident at The King’s Head. She lived with her father Fred Smithbone and her mother Annie Smithbone. Fred was the landlord except during the war…
Read MoreNew Walking Brochure released to celebrate popular Walking Festival.
NEW WALKING BROCHURE RELEASED TO CELEBRATE POPULAR WALKING FESTIVAL Read on to find out how to get your copy for free! The legacy of a popular local festival will live…
Read MoreFull day Leathermaking Skills Workshop
Join us, IN PERSON, at our newly brought-back-to-life venue, The Old King’s Head in Kirton. Over the full day you will get hands on to learn about different types of…
Read MoreFull day Leathermaking Skills Workshop
Join us, IN PERSON, at our newly brought-back-to-life venue, The Old King’s Head in Kirton. Over the full day you will get hands on to learn about different types of…
Read MoreHalf day session Leathermaking Workshop
Join us, IN PERSON, at our newly brought-back-to-life venue, The Old King’s Head in Kirton. On your taster leathermaking session, you will get hands on to practice decoration including stamping…
Read MoreHalf day session Leathermaking Workshop
Join us, IN PERSON, at our newly brought-back-to-life venue, The Old King’s Head in Kirton. On your taster leathermaking session, you will get hands on to practice decoration including stamping…
Read MoreTwentieth Century – What Heritage?
Edited by Paula Judson & Chris Lester, a celebration of Lincolnshire’s Twentieth Century Heritage.
Read MoreTime and Tide. The Archaeology of the Witham Valley
Edited by Steve Catney & David Start
This collection of articles details research of a number of leading experts in the history and archaeology of the Witham Valley.
Sempringham:Village to Priory to Mansion
A glossy booklet based on the results of a recent programme of archaeological work at Sempringham
Read MoreStamford Memories
Life in a country town during the 1930s and 1940s
by Betty Clark
Sleaford Family Trail
Aimed at families, this is the first of the Lincolnshire Explorer Trails.
Read MoreThe Old King’s Head and Cake Walking Tour – 29th October 2021
The Old King’s Head and Cake Walking Tour – 29th October 2021
The Old King’s Head and Cake Walking Tour – 28th November 2021
The Old King’s Head and Cake Walking Tour – 28th November 2021
The Old King’s Head and Cake Walking Tour – 2nd November 2021
The Old King’s Head and Cake Walking Tour – 2nd November 2021
The Old King’s Head and Cake Walking Tour – 21st November 2021
The Old King’s Head and Cake Walking Tour – 21st November 2021
The Old King’s Head and Cake Walking Tour – 19th November 2021
The Old King’s Head and Cake Walking Tour – For Duplicating
Join us for a walking tour where you’ll explore and discover Kirton, the Old King’s Head and then afterwards enjoy some cake!
Read MoreMineral from the Marshes:Coastal Salt-making in Lincolnshire
An academic volume, by Tom Lane, on the Mineral from the Marshes – Salt.
180 pages, A4 paperback, £30 including P&P
Read MoreLincolnshire from the Air
100+ Aerial Photos of Lincolnshire
Read MoreLooking at Lincolnshire (standard edition)
Written by David Start, illustrated by Sarah Crome
Read MoreGrantham – The War Years
A pictorial insight by Malcolm G Knapp
Read MoreGrantham Trump Cards.
Have fun whilst learning about Historic Grantham!
Read MoreTrainee Six month Blog by Katherine Briggs
This blog was supposed to mark the end of my six-month trainee placement and should contain all my sombre closing sentiments about how it’s come about too quickly or act…
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 MoreThe Old King’s Head; Supporting Lincolnshire Business Chris Vaughan Photography
Throughout the project we have had several local Lincolnshire businesses supporting us and one of those is photographer Chris Vaughan. Chris has been a part of the project since the…
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 MorePre-Order Your South Lincolnshire Walking Festival Legacy Brochure
Now Available! The South Lincolnshire Walking Festival Legacy Brochure The South Lincolnshire Walking Festival Legacy Brochure features four popular heritage walks from the festival which ran from 2015 to 2019.…
Read MoreGraffiti at Greyfriars Undercroft – and not a sniff of Banksy
Love them or hate them, graffiti is here to stay. Or rather it has been here a long, long time. Thanks to Heritage Lincolnshire, a great opportunity has arisen to…
Read MoreTraineeship Blog – Katherine Briggs
It’s already here! The halfway mark of my traineeship with Heritage Lincolnshire has been, and gone, and it has absolutely flown by. But, not to sound cringey, time does fly…
Read MoreThe Stories of The Old King’s Head
m and the team have created a series of videos about the stories at The Old King’s Head, which were released for the Festival of Archaeology 2021. Why not take…
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 MoreCalling all teachers!
Are you struggling to bring history alive? Looking to refresh or renew how you deliver history sessions in the classroom? Stumped when it comes to finding affordable and relevant school…
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 MoreMeet our new trainee – Katherine Briggs
Historic Environment Skills is a four year long project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. A total of 21 bursaries are being offered across the heritage sector, delivered through project…
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 MoreRoarsome Fun at Bolingbroke Castle
The great dragon of Old Bolingbroke has returned to lay her glittering eggs. Get fired up for Heritage Lincolnshire’s Family Activity Day and Dragon-Egg Hunt at Bolingbroke Castle on 2nd…
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 MoreLincolnshire’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…
Read MoreLincolnshire’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.…
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 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! …
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