Lincolnshire is more than spud and mud. Here are many accounts of people’s lives as they grew up in Lincolnshire, from working out of the greatest fishing port in the world (Out of Grimsby) to the steel works (Scunthorpe – Crimson Skies); from the first person to have been given the title ‘cat-burglar’ (Delaney) to the Spinning Lady’s life (Larks in the Lincolnshire Marshes). Some titles cover powerful stories of overcoming or accepting enormous social and physical barriers such as ‘From Plough to College’, ‘From the Fens to Westminster’ and ‘I Didn’t Have Cancer for Nothing’. There is also a delightful recount of the Everton family history in the ‘Little Will’ trilogy by Peter Gaston. The complete trilogy is now available through this website – or through any good bookshop Vol I ‘Little Will and Clink Carrot’, Vol II ‘For Better For Worse’ and Vol III ‘Old Men’s Dreams, Young Men’s Visions’. Until Valentine’s day there is a special offer on this trilogy to promote the publication of Little Will in paperback – please search for ‘Little Will Trilogy’ in the search bar.
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Lincolnshire has many well-known stories of the supernatural, among the best known is that of the Lincoln Imp. In this book, author Daniel J Codd, explores the supernatural lore of…
Published 18th November 2017 Chapters include the following: – Lincoln’s maltings – The Rudgard family and the Crown Brewery, Waterside South – Dawber’s brewing and public…
Quizzing is at a peak right now and this is a QUIZ OF THE WORLD, with 20 varied and interesting questions on the current 197 countries and sovereign states, giving…
Lincolnshire folk remember the war – some 23 individuals (members of local history groups throughout the county from Stickney, Lincoln, Alford, Whaplode, Willoughby and Anwick to name a few) record…
A thousand years of Faith, hope and rebellion. This is an epic history of the people who laid the foundations of the Christian faith in a Viking-ravaged land, forged a…
This book is primarily designed to provide teachers with support in the fulfilment and achievement of the programmes of study for history. It was published in 2000 when likely to…
Standing alone in empty fields set back from any road is the small but beautiful St Andrew’s church of Sempringham. It once lay at the heart of a thriving medieval…
This edited collection, produced by The Survey of Lincoln places under the spotlight the history of the city’s shops and retailing more generally. The volume ranges across time from an…
Perhaps one of the lesser-known Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, Saint John Almond lived in precarious times, when your religion was not just a matter of choice, but a…
Wandering through summer meadows to swim in the river, mending boots with a hobbin iron, watching the crockery salesman juggle with dinner plates at the weekly market; then later, gas…
Stamford’s eminence as a centre for education in the Middle Ages prompted Edmund Spencer, in his 16th century epic poem the Faerie Queene, to predict that it would one day…
Lincolnshire has a great wealth of stories from the past and a fascinating folklore. These are tales from this rich treasury. Some are ancient legends involving monstrous dragons, witches, giants…
The A-Z of Curious Tales from Lincolnshire is filled with hilarious and surprising examples of folklore, eccentrics, historical and literary events, and popular culture from days gone by. All are…
Lincolnshire Archaeology & Heritage Reports Series: No. 2. This attractive volume presents the results of a detailed and comprehensive archaeological and historical survey of Ropsley and Humby in 1979. …
Transcribed exactly. This day by day diary (1917) for one year of a Ruskington farmer’s daughter on the edge of the Lincolnshire fens during The Great War gives a most…
From momentary teenage bravado followed by an unwillingness to withdraw from his assumed adult status this charming book of reminiscences describes some of the experiences of one man in one…
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