Heritage Archive
(April 2012)

1 April 2012

Top of the towns for independents

The small North Lincolnshire market town of Brigg will be buzzing with community spirit this summer, ahead of the Olympic Games and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. With the news that Brigg is home to the highest number of independent retailers in the East Midlands and the fact that it has put in a bid to Read more…

One step at a time to join Olympic Eight

“There’s so much hype at the moment it’s amazing. But I’m just pretending that it’s not happening, because I don’t want to get too excited about it.” In typically ebullient fashion, Heighington rower Emily Taylor succinctly captures the dilemma faced by every aspiring Olympian. As the countdown to London 2012 continues apace around them, the Read more…

Plaza will set the scene

There is an air of excited anticipation in the Lincolnshire port town of Boston at the moment – and it isn’t just to do with the major national events taking place this year. Though the town is preparing to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and mark the passing through of the Olympic Torch, top of Read more…

Grade One status for historic hall

If you love historic properties, are intrigued by tales of the past or just simply want to be impressed, there’s a Lincolnshire landmark that delivers! Set your car’s sat nav on course for Spalding and seek out Ayscoughfee Hall, which lies a stone’s throw from the town centre and gazes out over the River Welland. Read more…

A majestic calling…

Such is the magnificence of Burghley House that even those close to it never cease to be enthralled. Miranda Rock, the present châtelaine of Burghley, who grew up in this majestic Elizabethan house of golden stone, is one. “Even now, each time I drive into the park, I am always amazed that we live here Read more…

Mrs Smith’s cottage

A wonderful piece of history frozen in time. Hilda Craven was born in Navenby on 28th October 1892. She was orphaned at an early age and brought up in Navenby by her adoptive mother, Mary Barrand. Hilda attended the village school where she recalled that the rooms were heated by big coal stoves and the Read more…

‘A big red-roofed neighbour’of Lincoln

Genuine charm and rural appeal define Nettleham It was over sixty years ago that Arthur Mee referred to Nettleham as Lincoln’s ‘red-roofed neighbour’ and he was impressed by the same aspect of this beautiful spot as most visitors are today – the brook and the little bridges, which establish a special kind of attractiveness and Read more…