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During the late mediaeval period England witnessed the innovative introduction of brick as a high-status building material. Used almost exclusively by elite patrons, much inspiration was gathered from brick buildings in mainland Europe. These architectural ideas were driven by widespread networks connected to itinerant brickmakers, the Teutonic Order and, especially, the Hanseatic League. On encountering these radical new ideas in building from the German, Dutch and Baltic states, English architecture was never quite the same again …… This talk will include some examples of brick buildings in Lincolnshire.
- Discovery of New Hall at Lincoln Castle, Chris Casswell
- Lincolnshire Watermills, Jon Sass
- Flora Murray Presentation
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Presented by Dr Michael J Jones *** SOLD OUT *** Mick Jones will discuss why he decided to write this memoir, how he went about it and which sources he relied on. Digging Lincoln is his own personal account of how a record of the City of Lincoln's rich archaeology was recovered from the time of the early antiquaries through to the commercially funded professional teams of today. Drawing on his new publication, Digging Lincoln the author will recount his background and initiation into archaeology and describe how the archaeological team for the city of Lincoln operated over the next few decades. He will describe this exhilarating time, full of important archaeological discoveries, and demonstrate how appreciation of the importance of Lincoln’s archaeological story and its public presentation have grown remarkably, such that it has now become a major heritage destination. Admission £4.00 (SLHA Members £3.00) |
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Craft activities inspired by imagery and artefacts from the Roman period including examples from Lincolnshire. Activities will include painting a mini fresco, modelling a brooch design and papercraft activities inspired by Roman designs. Please note: the room where this event is held is on the first floor accessible only by stairs. Admission £8.50 SLHA & LRS members £7.50. Admission includes materials, and tea and coffee. |
Drawing of a Roman mosaic from Horkstow, Lincolnshire Courtesy of the British Library. MAPS.K.Top.19.44a |
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Sara Basquill, Collections Development Officer, will introduce the Museum collections and offer the opportunity to investigate a selection of rarely seen and intriguing objects in the Museum Store . Your visit will include the opportunity to explore the Museum independently and enjoy the variety of local history treasures on display. | ![]() |
- Robeys of Lincoln, Adam Cartwright
- Haw Hill, Dr Martin Huggon
- Lincoln Timeshifts, John Bennett
This presentation explores the story of preserving the engines at the Dogdyke Pumping Station, south of Tattershall Bridge. The speaker will show how the unique 1856 steam engine managed to survive the scrap man and explain the efforts of the landowner, John Porter, to bring together an enthusiastic team of volunteers who brought it back to life. Also, we will look at the Ruston oil engine and how that is maintained. The presentation ends by looking at the current work taking place and the challenges that lie ahead | ![]() |
Presented by Kate Witney *** SOLD OUT *** The images of the Luttrell Psalter are some of the most lively and best known depictions of mediaeval rural life. In amongst them are pictures of music-making and instruments. Kate will look at these in detail and sing songs of the period. In addition, she will look at the plainchant of the final section of the Psalter, The Office of the Dead. The talk will end with a showing of Crow's Eye Production's short film The Luttrell Psalter. Admission £4.00 SLHA and LRS members £3.00 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-in-the-luttrell-psalter-tickets-1120202207959 |
Image from the Luttrell Psalter. Courtesy of the British Library. 42130. |
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Welcome Louth Navigation, by Stephen Betteridge, Louth Navigation Trust William Brown’s Louth Panorama By Richard Lance Keeble, Louth Museum Guided Visit to St James’ Church The History of the Railway in Louth and new developments By members of the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Streets of Louth Details TBC Tennyson and Louth by Kate Witney | ![]() |
Admission £32.00 including lunch. £25.00 for SLHA members
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Led by Glyn Alexander and Paul Johnson
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Presented by Dr Peter Chowne, MBA FSA
Lincolnshire barely features in accounts of the prehistory of the British Isles or, if it does, only well-known sites excavated and published many years ago are mentioned. A variety of factors might explain this omission. There is, perhaps, less of a legacy of intensive antiquarian and earlier 20th-century activity, and the perception that any prehistoric remains in the fenland are inaccessible beneath metres of sediments.
Lincolnshire has seen less development than many other parts of England, and thus the opportunity for archaeological research has been more limited. Nonetheless, in the 50 years since Jeffrey May completed his book Prehistoric Lincolnshire, several important prehistoric sites have been excavated, and extensive field surveys have been carried out.
However, no overview of Lincolnshire prehistory has been published. In my book which is nearing completion, I have reviewed the evidence from excavations and surveys, much of it unpublished, to form an overview of the landscape and environment in which prehistoric communities lived. For this presentation I have selected the most significant developments in our understanding of Lincolnshire prehistory which demonstrate that the landscape between the Humber and the Welland was not a cultural backwater and is full of research opportunities for future generations of archaeologists.
Admission £4.00 SLHA members £3.00
This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore the diversity of Lincolnshire’s landscape and to examine the changing ways over time in which it carries the imprint of its human inhabitants.
Partly inspired by W.G. Hoskins’ ground-breaking The Making of the English Landscape, published 70 years ago, in 1955, the conference allows aspects of the SLHA’s interests across a variety of subject areas to be showcased – including archaeology, local history, industrial archaeology, and the recording of vernacular buildings.
We look forward to welcoming you
9.30-10.00: Registration and coffee
Talks will include:
Lincolnshire’s watery landscapes
The lost creeks of the coastal marshes and their ports. By Caitlin Green
Losers may speak, and this is Truth without Scandalum Magnatum: the struggle against noble power and privilege to drain the Lindsey Level By Thomas Brown-Warr
Fenland, drainage and enclosure in the Boston district’ By Neil Wright
Improving’ Lincolnshire’s rural landscapes
Aristocratic landscapes in Lincolnshire By Charles Rawding
Loan capital for landlord improvements on Lincolnshire estates in the second half of the nineteenth century By Shirley Brook,
The tools that make the English landscape By Kate Genever with Paul Genever
The medieval Lincolnshire townscape
The Lincolnshire township – the building block for the high medieval landscape By Mark Gardiner,
Dwelling in Lincolnshire landscapes – buildings and their dwellingscapes By Jenne Pape
Recording and planning evolving Lincolnshire townscapes
The towns of Lincolnshire: a recent survey By Ian George
Exploring an evolving streetscape: the case of Gainsborough By Abigail Buckland,
Town planning and the creation of suburbia By Rob Wheeler
4.30pm: Closing comments
Booking form attached. Otherwise if you wish to pay by card, please use the Eventbrite link.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-of-the-lincolnshire-landscape-tickets-1300388951359
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