Heritage Archive
(September 2011)

1 September 2011

Listening to local voices

History and antiques, education and shopping are amongst the attractions of Horncastle, but it is the residents and businesses that are shaping the future. Businesses in Horncastle have breathed a sigh of relief after plans for a new supermarket on the edge of town were turned down. East Lindsey District Council’s planning committee refused the Read more…

The making of Frampton Marsh

When I first saw the new facilities at the Frampton Marsh RSPB site one sunny weekend in June 2009 I was impressed. That such a wonderfully spacious, diverse environment for so many species of fauna and flora had been created within a few miles of my home seemed almost too good to be true. Yet Read more…

Step back in time to Victorian Lincolnshire

Heritage Open Days activities will take place all over England from 8th-11th September 2011 as part of European Heritage Days. In Lincolnshire we have the chance to celebrate the county’s rich Victorian heritage. Heritage Lincolnshire has been the champion of this annual programme in our county since 1994 and this year’s promises to be the Read more…

Feeding the birds

When Nicholas Watts decided that Vine House Farm at Deeping St Peter, near Spalding, should be a place where steps could be taken to try to halt the decline in numbers of wild birds, it was a decision that was to benefit the wildlife of a much wider area than just this part of Lincolnshire. Read more…

Sails set to return

The restoration of Moulton Mill has been nothing short of a labour of love for the volunteers who set out with the dream of returning it to full working wind power eleven years ago. The group is now busy creating its own little piece of history as it presses on with the third stage of Read more…

Raising Lincoln’s game

Anyone returning ‘home’ to Lincoln after spending a few years away, or tourists who haven’t visited for a some time, have been known to gasp when they spot the countless changes to the city’s skyline. But even as they are taking stock of the changes their eyes are inevitably drawn further, to the multi-million pound Read more…

Between the Humber and Ermine Street

Winterton, astride the coast road to the Humber Bridge, lies off the highway, with its main street running parallel to that route, and it is easy for travellers to avoid turning off to visit the village. But if they do stop and consider the place, then the history will be full of interest, packed with Read more…

A handsome town house… in the country

Gunby Hall has new residents who already feel the house has become their home. Caroline Bingham went to meet them to hear about their exciting plans for one of the county’s finest country houses. Colin Shenton and Gareth Harold are both successful businessmen but they knew that their commitment to become the new residents at Read more…