HODs – Innovative Industries of Lincolnshire
OnlinePart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 The Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology (SLHA) has access to a rich collection of images of Lincolnshire displaying a wide range of…
HODs – The Great Gainsborough Treasure Hunt!
Gainsborough Library Cobden Street, GainsboroughPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 This family friendly Treasure hunt is based on the legend that a casket of gold coins intended for Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite Rebellion…
HODs – “Archway of Tears” – The Trials and Tribulations of Sir Gilbert Scotts Workhouse
Scott House 35 Skirbeck Road, BostonPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Discover this 1936 workhouse, built following the 1934 poor law amendment to help the poor. The workhouse was designed by Sir George Gilbert…
HODs – Brigg’s ‘Beeting’ Heart
Brigg Heritage Centre Above the Library, The Angel, BriggPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 A cloying smell, muddy village lanes and the sugar beet campaign! An exhibition exploring the ‘seed-to-sack’ processes and the impact of Brigg’s sugar…
HODs – Anderby Drainage Museum
Anderby Drainage Museum Anderby Creek, near SkegnessPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Anderby Pumping Station was built during WWII and holds fascinating land drainage history artefacts. If conditions are right, the pumps will be running.…
HODs – The Sleaford Navigation and its Impact on the Town
Navigation House Navigation Wharf, Carre Street, SleafordPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Visit this original canal company office to find displays and interactives telling the story of the Sleaford Navigation and the way it shaped…
HODs – Reach for the Skies With Frank Whittle
Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre Heath Farm, North RaucebyPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum is a vibrant family-friendly site that focusses on the stories to be told about RAF Cranwell. For Heritage Open…
HODs – Industrial Footprints at Far Ings
Far Ings National Nature Reserve - Education and Visitor Centre Far Ings Road, Barton upon HumberPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Far Ings National Nature reserve hasn't always been a haven for wildlife. Explore the history of the site with a self guided trail…
HODs – The Fascinating Fydells – Tours and Tea
Fydell House South Street, BostonPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Explore the fascinating history of this Grade I Listed Queen Anne house. Learn about its owners, tenants and visitors and their place in…
HODs – On the Move
Cleethorpes Town Hall Knoll Street, CleethorpesPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Following rapid invention and innovation with motive power, the population was on the move in trains, trams and buses. Remember the trolley buses!…
HODs – Flying the Flag for Northern Lincolnshire
Grimsby Town Hall Town Hall Square, GrimsbyPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Historic Motor and Sail CIC will highlight celebrated vehicles and vessels with links to the area, including those designed and built in Northern…
HODs – Village Church with Zanzibar links
St Andrew's Church, Little Steeping Mill Lane, Little SteepingPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Visit our historic church, standing proud beside the River Steeping amid rustic pasture land. Discover how it links to the tiny island of…
HODs – Changes to Farming Industry Over the Previous Millennium
St Denis' Parish Church Church Lane, Silk WilloughbyPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 This Grade 1 listed building is probably on the site of an earlier pre-Norman church, Domesday Book (1086/7) having a listed church. William…
HODs – Education spanning 600 years
The Magdalen Community Hub The Magdalen Building, St John Street, WainfleetPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Our School was built in 1484, by William of Wainfleet, known also as the founder of Magdalen College, Oxford. The scholars of yesteryear…
HODs – Discover the Secret Cold War Bunker on Your Doorstep
Holbeach ROC Post Washway Road, HolbeachPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Don your hard hat and discover a military observation post hidden just a stone's throw from the road. Speak with volunteers as they…
HODs – Picture the Past – Lincolnshire’s Landscape of Industry, Design and Innovation
SLHA Headquarters Jews’ Court, 2-3 Steep Hill, LincolnPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Investigate what we can learn about people and places in Lincolnshire from the past to the present day, by investigating images of many…
HODs – Stamford St Martin’s Breweries and Pubs; A Walk and Talk with Chris Hunt
Cattle Market Car Park, Stamford Cattle Market Car Park, StamfordPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 St Martin's Parish had two breweries, also home-brew pubs, maltings and public houses. Join local historian Chris Hunt on this dry pub crawl…
HODs – Welcome to Mill Hill Cottage
Mill Hill Cottage Little Steeping, SpilsbyPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Take a look inside Heritage Lincolnshire's picturesque mud and stud cottage with its traditional thatched roof. A rare survival of Lincolnshire vernacular building…
HODs – Rejoice! The Greatest Hymns of Charles Wesley, the Poet of Methodism
Raithby Chapel Raithby by SpilsbyPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Charles Wesley was a founding member of the Methodist movement but is most widely known for writing the words to over 6,500 hymns.…
HODs – Made in Sleaford – Milling and More
Cogglesford Watermill East Road, SleafordPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 In a picturesque setting by the River Slea, this award winning, fully restored working watermill is thought to be the only Sheriff’s Watermill…
HODs – Dr. Mary Murdoch: Suffragist and Social Reformer
Joseph Wright Hall Queen Street, Barton Upon HumberPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Cecile Oxaal explores the life of Mary Murdoch, a Scottish medical doctor who settled in Hull in 1896 and galvanised the suffrage campaign…
HODs – A Wonderful Water Wheel and the Famous People of Bourne
Baldocks Mill South Street, BournePart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Discover our historic mill complete with water wheels and displays celebrating the famous people of Bourne. See how Bourne is connected to motor…