Heritage Archive
(September 2015)

1 September 2015

Landmark time for Brigg

Charming and surprising, the North Lincolnshire town is a great place to go exploring – whether you love retail therapy, local history or simply soaking up the streetscene. With its colourful markets, amazing range of independent shops, cafes and pubs, this destination offers something for everyone, including family events which are not to be missed. Read more…

Actor’s change of character

He’s made his name in some of the nation’s favourite shows, now Lincolnshire-born actor Jonathan Kerrigan is relishing the chance to play some darker characters. The forty-two-year-old who grew up in North Hykeham is best known for the role of PC Rob Walker in ITV’s long-running primetime drama Heartbeat which he starred in from 2004 Read more…

Life along the edge

Old and new blend in perfect harmony to create Lincolnshire’s picturesque and thriving cliff villages. Together they form an attractive cluster of destinations, spaced at regular intervals along an escarpment known as the Lincoln Edge. They are also close to the Viking Way and the old Ermine Street. Waddington, Harmston, Coleby, Boothby Graffoe, Navenby, Wellingore, Read more…

The Battle of Britain – A Lincolnshire perspective

This summer Britain has been commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, which will culminate with the traditional Battle of Britain Day on 15th September. We have been celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the great charter of man’s freedom, and that summer of 1940 saw the pilots of Fighter Command Read more…

Busy month for best-loved town

Stamford is preparing for an exciting few weeks when it will welcome visitors from destinations worldwide to the annual Burghley Horse Trials and the town’s second Georgian Festival. The events promise to start and end the month on a high note, by injecting extra buzz and vitality into a part of the UK which is Read more…

Executions in Lincoln

Until the early part of the nineteenth century, executions in Lincoln were carried out in public at the junction of Westgate and Burton Road. The area became known as Hangman’s Ditch. The gallows were a simple construction, easily erected, with two vertical posts supporting a crossbeam. The condemned person was driven up on a horsedrawn Read more…