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HODs – Local Railway Photographs Before Nationalisation
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Join Local Historian Chris Hunt as you visit local railway stations from the comfort of your seat, using many never before seen photographs…
Read MoreMapping from aerial photographs
To be useful, the information from the aerial photographs (APs) needs to be drawn (plotted) onto maps. We used to do this ourselves, but in the 1990s, English Heritage began…
Read MoreLincolnshire Seaside Trump Cards Photography Volunteers
Where: Lincolnshire Seaside Coast from Donna Nook down to Gibraltar Point. When: January 2024. Approx. 2 days. Why Lincolnshire Seaside Trump Cards Project needs volunteer support: Heritage Lincolnshire have developed…
Read MoreHOD – A church and Village through time – St Andrew’s, Bonby
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 This delightful church set in peaceful, rural surroundings, dates from the 12th Century, with later additions and features from the medieval to the…
Read MoreHOD – A church and Village through time – St Andrew’s, Bonby
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 This delightful church set in peaceful, rural surroundings, dates from the 12th Century, with later additions and features from the medieval to the…
Read MoreHOD – Times Past in Stickney
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 An Exhibition of the History of Stickney has been organised to be held in the Village Hall on the 9th & 10th September…
Read MoreHOD – Keeping Their Stories Alive
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 RAF Scampton was one of the oldest and iconic RAF Stations in the UK. It closed on 31st March this year following 106…
Read MoreHOD – Bygone Lincoln – A Pictorial Tour Presented by Chris Hewis
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Victorian and Edwardian photographers recorded everything from Royal Visits to everyday events in the City. Using photographs from Saxilby History Group’s ‘John Wilson…
Read MoreHOD – Playing the Past – Lifting the Lid on the Caxton Theatre’s Archives, Costumes and Props
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 It’s our birthday! The Caxton Theatre is 80 years old this year. Can you imagine the number of items we’ve accumulated? We have…
Read MoreHOD – Londonthorpe Woods Art Exhibition– Reconnecting Grantham
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 With a number of wildflower meadows, broadleaf woodland, and an array of lush grassland, Londonthorpe Woods is home to a wide range of…
Read MoreHOD – Educating Isaac – visit the old Tudor grammar school in which Isaac Newton and many others were taught.
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Please note that this event has had to be cancelled due to urgent building works. The bookstall and the Latin lesson are still…
Read MoreHOD – A Pier, a Prince and a Castle
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Cleethorpes Pier was constructed 10 years after the railway arrived in Cleethorpes in 1863. Join us as we celebrate the vision of the…
Read MoreSchooldays Memories
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Exhibition of school photographs, reports and memorabilia connected with the town’s two Church Schools, and a chance to share your own schooldays memories…
Read MoreHOD – Schooldays Memories
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2023 Exhibition of school photographs, reports and memorabilia connected with the town’s two Church Schools, and a chance to share your own schooldays memories…
Read MoreHODs – Inside Out – an invitation to walk around ChristChurch premises and see how they have evolved
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Discover the story of how ChristChurch (then a Wesleyan Chapel) has evolved from the day it opened in 1841. Hear our magnificent Foster…
Read MoreHODs – The Old Tudor Grammar School in Which Isaac Newton and Many Others Were Taught
Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Visit the Old Grammar School where Isaac Newton, Lord Burghley and Albert Ball and other VC holders were taught. Displays of school memorabilia…
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 MoreUSB sticks – Layers of History Videos
See your local history come to life!
Read MoreTwentieth Century – What Heritage?
Edited by Paula Judson & Chris Lester, a celebration of Lincolnshire’s Twentieth Century Heritage.
Read MoreLincolnshire’s Heritage
David Start and Collette Hall. A superbly illustrated guide to Lincolnshire’s historic treasures – a splendid gift for someone with an interest in the county.
Read MoreLincolnshire Almshouses: Nine centuries of charitable housing
An illustrated guide to nine centuries of charitable housing by Linda Crust
Read MoreGrantham – The War Years
A pictorial insight by Malcolm G Knapp
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 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 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 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 MoreBoston Hanse Community Excavation
Archaeological Project Services successfully tendered for this community excavation project, which focused on the former Hansatic area of medieval Boston. The aim of the project was to support the Boston…
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 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 MoreHussey Tower in the Rain by Jim Snee
It often puzzles people the things that archaeologists get excited about. They see us talking in an agitated manner and bobbing up and down in excitement and they assume we…
Read More#Thankstoyou – Layers of History
The historic landscape is all around us. In recognition of that the National Lottery Heritage Fund has invested in a project known as Layers of History which uses heritage to…
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 MoreExtracts from a site survey
EXTRACTS from a Lincolnshire Gardens Trust site survey Courtesy researcher/recorder Sue Barlow. Location: Aswarby Park, Aswarby, Lincolnshire, NG34 8SD OS grid reference, TF 064 399 Parish, Historic County and District:…
Read MoreThor Program
Topic 8: Thor Program Although there were delays to the development of Britain’s Rockets as a means of delivering nuclear weapons, Thor rockets were delivered from America starting in 1959, and…
Read MoreDescription and Photography
Topic 1: Description and Photography The first part of studying the landscape is to make notes of what you can see, and take photographs for future reference. The early stages…
Read MoreDocumentary Research
Topic 2: Documentary Research Lincs to the Past in Topic 1 can give you the location of specific records, and they are often a good starting point for documentary research.…
Read MoreOnline research
Topic 1: Online research Online research has the advantage of being available in the comfort of your own home and at any time that suits you. It can provide a…
Read MoreTools for investigating landscapes
In this course, we will be introducing you to some of the methods that can be used to study a site and the landscape around it. For convenience, we have…
Read MoreWhy is Aerial Photography useful for archaeology?
Most of the things that archaeologists look at on aerial photographs (such as humps and bumps and stripes in crops) are visible from the ground – but without the aerial…
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