Monuments & Memorials in Lincolnshire
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.
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.
Sir John Franklin Statue, Spilsby
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), born Spilsby, was an English explorer who led several expeditions to the Arctic region. In 1829 he was awarded the Geographic Society Gold Medal and was knighted by King George IV. He lost his life during an expedition to find the Northwest Passage, a northern water ro...
Birth Place of Lord Alfred Tennyson, Somersby
Born in 1809 in what is now The Somersby Manor House, Somersby.
Sir Isaac Newton Statue, Grantham
A wonderful memorial celebrating the life and work of Grantham's most famous son, built in 1858, and cast from bronze.Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) was an English physicist and mathematician, and widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time.