Heritage Archive
(March 2025)

14 March 2025

Looking over The Edge

Andrew Vaux discovers the delights of the villages huddled on Lincoln’s picturesque Cliff. The Lincoln Edge is a prominent stretch of high ground that runs north-south through Lindsey and Kesteven. It offers a blend of heritage, stunning landscapes and vibrant community life, making it an attractive destination for both tourists and locals. Built on an impressive limestone escarpment of 60 Read more…

Lincs Table – local food delivered with passion

Dave and Davina Symonds, the team behind Lincs Table, saw an opportunity to bring the finest, locally produced food to businesses in the county. Four years since opening in spring 2021, they are now based in new premises in Sleaford. “Our love of local food stems back to Dave’s childhood, with his mother as head Read more…

Rising from the rubble

Andrew Vaux discovers how High Toyton’s community spirit helped rebuild their historic local church tower after disaster struck. When residents in the quiet rural village of High Toynton near Horncastle woke up one cold January morning in 2020, they could scarcely believe their eyes. Overnight, the church tower of St John the Baptist Church, which Read more…

Memories of a racing nanny

As nanny and personal assistant to motor racing world champion Graham Hill, Andrea Thorlby found herself in the jet set world of Formula One. Interview by Roger Belton. Growing up in the tiny Lincolnshire village of Horbling, Andrea Thorlby (née Wesley) would regularly hear the raucous roar of a V12 BRM engine echoing through the Read more…

Keep

By Maxim Griffin. The keep looks fabulous in the spring sun – red, bigger than you recall, redder even – a little head bobs and waves from the crenellations – everyone waves back – crossing the threshold of the property involves a sequence of transactions – Hello, hello, right there’s five of you, here’s a Read more…

Green-winged orchid

Bill Meek charts the story behind the beautiful and rare meadow flower, which was once commonly found in Lincolnshire’s hay meadows. Britain’s success in World War II was dependent upon increasing food production – “dig for victory” was the cry. In Lincolnshire as elsewhere, heaths, ancient flowery grasslands and marsh were ploughed and converted for Read more…

13 March 2025

Vinyl revolution

Our region is home to some of the finest independent record shops, whose passion for music and building a community around vinyl and other physical formats will be highlighted nationally during this month’s Record Store Day. By Yusef Sayed. Now in its 18th year, Record Store Day aims to support independent businesses through the promotion Read more…

Diverse town close to countryside treasures

Glynis Fox takes a fresh look at what’s happening in the popular market town of Market Rasen. If you love exploring market towns which boast the countryside and interesting villages on their doorstep, it’s time to take a closer look at Market Rasen. Situated on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, today’s town may Read more…

Time travel

A unique exhibition featuring 100 railway posters from bygone days is currently on display at the Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre. Railway enthusiast Mike Fowler, who contributed many of the artworks, shares their remarkable journey. People often ask me, how has a 1933 poster survived in such good condition? There can be a variety of reasons, Read more…