Heritage Archive
(August 2015)

1 August 2015

Gainsborough blossoms

New arrivals and expanding businesses are injecting extra life into a bustling market town – so if you haven’t visited for a while, it could be time to catch up! Gainsborough offers a mix of shopping, colourful markets, historic attractions and events. The town and its surroundings are also home to major employers, including golfing Read more…

White Helleborines come to Lincolnshire

Grimsby ornithologist and orchid lover for more than ten years, Chris Heaton travels far and wide to see orchids but he could not believe his eyes when recently he came across some rare White Helleborines growing right in the middle of his own home town. Among orchid aficionados this is something quite sensational. In July Read more…

A town with top marques

The small historic market town of Bourne has plenty up its sleeve for the discerning visitor to this charming community on the A15. Look beyond the busy crossroads in the middle of the town centre and you will find an abundance of green open spaces, woodland and waterways and a plethora of places to escape Read more…

Rapid rise to international competition

Representing their country is undoubtedly a career pinnacle for many athletes and for Lincolnshire woman Tori Jones pulling on the GB kit has been a dream come true. The thirty-six-year-old who hails from Spalding has recently returned from Bosnia, where she competed in the rafting European Championships as part of the GBR2 ladies team. The Read more…

A community with heart and soul

The picturesque Lincolnshire market town of Alford lies at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in its own right. The town has a wealth of fascinating history, a fine array of historic buildings and events to suit all ages and interests. Named after the ‘alder trees growing Read more…

Notable Lincolnshire women

WINIFRED HEATH Born in the Lickey Hills in Worcestershire on Christmas Eve 1892, Winifred Heath was orphaned at a very early age leaving her to be brought up by a strict spinster aunt. She became a student nurse at one of the London teaching hospitals. She described her life in the early part of the Read more…