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This book, the first to cover this subject, is nearly 300 pages of text and includes over 100 illustrations (photographs, drawings and plans). It gives a comprehensive history of the…
Tupholme Abbey was founded around 1160 by an abbot and twelve canons who came from Newsham in North Lincolnshire. They were from the Premonstratensian Order which had been established in…
This book reviews many aspects of the county’s history from about 1900 to the early 1970s: population change and urban growth, farming, industry, the social impact of the RAF, holidaying…
This is the fifth booklet in the series and in common with three others in the series examines one specific part of the city of Lincoln. The collection of brief…
This, the sixth booklet in the series, focuses upon the buildings and structures which have featured from the middle Iron Age to the early 21stcentury. The area explored includes Eastgate,…
At the start of his exile, Hugo set himself a grand project – to study the sea. He befriended sailors and fishermen, learned about the creatures of the seas, inspected…
Written in both French and English this book studies the informal yet true-to-life representation of Victor Hugo. Praised by contemporaries, Jean Boucher’s statue in Candie Gardens depicts Victor Hugo on…
Victor Hugo is often portrayed as a lonely figure, isolated on his balcony. But far from being an introverted recluse, he regularly went to town and enjoyed the company of…
Waltham Memories is the unique and fascinating result of many conversations and interview with local people, together with written contributions, recalling life in the village over the past century. Mentioned…
A true account of almost the first twenty years of the author’s life, the adventures of childhood, excitements of growing up and her teenage years (1944 to 1963). Although this…
The tiny Channel Island of Herm measures one and a half miles long by half a mile wide. This book comprises twelve short stories drawing on the island’s history, myths…
How did Lincoln develop? What were its medieval houses like? Why was the river Witham so important to the city? Where did its workers live and when were the houses…
From climbing trees and making dams to building sandcastles and pond-dipping, many of the activities we associate with a happy childhood take place outdoors and yet, the reality for many…
A most extensively researched account of the Pilgrim Fathers, from Scrooby and Gainsborough, who managed to escape from the repressive religious and political climate of England in 1608, eventually leaving…
Follow the life of William Brewster, the leader of the Pilgrim Fathers, from his home in Scrooby, England, through his time at Cambridge University, his service with the English diplomat,…
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