History & Heritage in Lincolnshire
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead
An impressive, 14th century stone church with a striking 160ft spire that dominates the skyline. A Grade I listed building, the Chancel was rebuilt in the mid 19th century and the south aisle altar slab is presumed to predate the church. Further modernisation include east facing stained windows and...
Situated on the corner of Church Lane and East Road. This 14th Century church replaced an earlier church on the site. You'll see a Tower with battlements, crocketed finials and grotesque gargoyles.
Church of St Michael & Our Lady, Wragby
A Grade II listed building, The Church of St Michael & Our Lady is found in Wragby, a small town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of the county.The building was dismantled in the early 19th century when a new church was established closer to the modern village centre.The brick-built cha...
Medieval Bishops' Palace, Lincoln
The Medieval Bishop's Palace is a visitor's attraction in the city of Lincoln.Built during the late 12th century, it was one of the most opulent residential structures in the country and the administrative centre of the vast Diocese of Lincoln, which stretched from the Humber to the Thames.The palac...
Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
The birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton in 1642. He made many of his most important discoveries about light and gravity here and you can still see the famous apple tree from Newton's bedroom window.
Bourne Castle was a medieval motte and double bailey castle. The enclosed mound, inner and outer moats are all that now survive.A motte was a type of castle which used an artificial mound to hold a defensible structure or keep on it's summit.
The first church on the site was a Saxon one, built in the 11th Century, and was one of forty-nine churches in Lincoln at the time.Badly damaged during the bloody 17th century Civil War conflict it became almost a ruin and, a century later, the church was pulled down.A new one was constructed, thoug...
St Michael's & All Angels Church, Edenham
The church seats 450+ people and the tower is reputed to have been built in the reign of Henry VI. You'll find cedar trees growing in the churchyard and one in particular that hangs over the main road is reputed to be over 150 years old.
St Michael's Church, Coningsby
The one handed clock is 16.5 feet in diameter and is the largest single handed clock in the world. Some portions of the church are of Norman origin.
Birth Place of Margaret Thatcher, Grantham
Born on 13 October 1925. Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first woman to have held either post.
The Angel & Royal Inn, Grantham
One of Britain's oldest Inns. Also an historic hotel having hosted seven Kings over 600 hundred years.
Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society, Scunthorpe
The Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society is based at Scunthorpe in the north of the county.The society owns locomotives and rolling stock but not the railway it runs on. The name comes from the Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company, now simply known as Scunthorpe Works. The railway operates en...
Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe
Grimsthorpe Castle is a country house four miles (6 km) north-west of Bourne on the A151. It lies within a 3,000 acre park of rolling pastures, lakes, and landscaped woodland. While not a castle in the strict sense of the word, its character is massive and martial – the towers and outlying pavilio...
St Andrew's Church, Halton Holegate
Halton Holegate is a lovely village in the East Lindsey district of the county, situated on the outskirts of the Wolds, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Spilsby.St Andrew's Anglican church is a Grade II listed building, heralding from the 14th-15th century and seats nearly 250 parishioners. Chiefly Perpendic...
Pilgrim Fathers Memorial, Fishtoft
Near this place in September 1607 those later known as "The Pilgrim Fathers" made their first attempt to find religious freedom across the seas. Erected 1957 is a small granite obelisk mounted on a granite block to commemorate this.