Heritage Archive
(July 2011)

1 July 2011

Explore passages and alleyways

Drive through this wonderful old market town a little too quickly and you will miss some interesting shops and attractions. Stop and wander at leisure and you are likely to be pleasantly surprised to discover that there is rather more on offer than you imagined and that this is also a centre of employment, which Read more…

In touch with a Tudor Rose

For someone who does not really consider herself to be a writer, Sue Allan is prolific and her latest book is another step in her decade of historical and personal discovery. Only in her fifth decade did Sue Allan find the stimulus to write and get her books published. A keen English and history student Read more…

An inspiring town of the Wolds

If there’s one thing that Louth is justifiably proud of it is its unique sense of identity. And there’s a real determination among members of the local community and long-standing traders to preserve that – whilst acknowledging that it is also vital to move with the times. Now a ‘new’ arrival is helping to champion Read more…

Showtime at Heckington

A grand day out for all the family is promised in Heckington later this month, when the village opens its doors to the rest of the county and beyond for its 144th annual show. Those who have attended past events will know that nothing else quite matches the two-day spectacular for the relaxing way in Read more…

Lincoln Courthouse and Gaol

There had been much criticism of the Lincoln Courthouse and Gaol over the years due to the appalling conditions in which prisoners were held. For many years the Justices had met in the Guildhall over the Stonebow with the City Gaol adjacent, when the great prison reformer, John Howard, in his state of the Prisons Read more…