Heritage Archive
(August 2017)

1 August 2017

New era for beautiful Brigg

The north Lincolnshire town has worked hard over the past few years to boost tourism and attract new businesses to the town, but it has also strived to improve its offer for local residents and recreational visitors too. Brigg Town Business Partnership and the Tourist Information Centre continue to work towards promoting the town as Read more…

Vital hub for the business community

Louth has seen sustained growth in the variety and number of businesses which are based on the Fairfield Industrial Estate to the west of the town. From a strong presence of motor dealerships to suppliers to the agricultural sectors, from manufacturing to contractors in commercial and domestic construction the area has become a hub with Read more…

Views from the villages

Panaromic vistas across Lincolnshire and good links to neighbouring towns and cities make the villages that lie on the Lincoln Edge popular places to live. But a closer look at the Cliff villages, as they are known, reveals much more than picturesque scenery and a good road network. Thriving communities, well-established family-run shops and small Read more…

Making Bourne a priority

The historic market town is a hive of activity in all sorts of areas, from business to retail and social groups to community projects. With the main A15 traffic route between Lincoln and Cambridge passing through the middle of the town centre, it makes an ideal base for companies and small businesses as well as Read more…

Solivitur ambulando – It is solved by walking

Walk 5: Friday 16th June 2017 – a gentle breeze, the sun on my back. I’m walking a section of Roman road, part of the way between Skegness and Lincoln. One can follow it on the maps with ease – miles of straight dotted green lines. My wife dropped me off on the A153 on Read more…

Lincoln’s lost buildings

Lincoln has lost a number of interesting and attractive buildings over the last 50 or 60 years, in this issue we take a look at just four. The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, or Big Wesley as it was known throughout the city, stood at the east end of Clasketgate close to the junction with Lindum Road Read more…

Crowds flock to Lincolnshire Show

The 133rd Lincolnshire Show was held at the showground at Grange de Lings. Over 60,000 visitors flocked to the annual event which was blessed with glorious sunshine on the first day and a more temperate heat plus sharp shower on Thursday. FUTURE OF FARMING The future of farming was the focus of this year’s show, Read more…

Alkborough: ancient footprints

If you follow the Lincolnshire Limestone Edge, following the spring-line of villages, you come to the village of Alkborough, tucked away in the last corner of the county. Alkborough nestles on the escarpment overlooking the confluence of the Trent, the Ouse and the Humber; where the Trent Falls flow into the river and the Humber Read more…