Part 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! The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railways expanded accordingly and were instrumental in bringing thousands of visitors to Cleethorpes to experience the delights of the seaside.…

Part 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 Lincolnshire with Spider T., which was key to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee pageant on the River Thames in 2012, and will participate in the Humber…

Part 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 Zanzibar thanks to the Revd Edward Steer. The church also has some lovely architecture, perfect for eclesiastical enthusiasts, including our stained glass windows and ancient…

Part 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 Ermine, who bought the manors of Silkby and Wilgebi (hence the name Silk Willoughby) in 1329/1330, had this church built. The nave and aisles are…

Part 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 learned Latin and Greek here, and were taught in a religious setting, as William was the Bishop of Winchester. An important man, he also became…

Part 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 share memories of times spent in the bunker, monitoring for impending nuclear attacks. Booklet Number: 16a Region: Holbeach Address: Holbeach ROC Post, Washway Road, Holbeach.…

Part 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 kinds. The Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology (SLHA) has access to a rich collection of images of Lincolnshire displaying a wide range of subjects…

Part 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 and discover a lost drinking past of Stamford. Booklet Number: 39a Region: Stamford Address: Supported by the Stamford Local History Society. Meet at Stamford Cattle Market…

Part 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 with many original external and internal features, the cottage was one of the first conservation projects of the Trust and has been sensitively renovated throughout.…

Part 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. Read and hear some of his stirring contributions to the world's musical history. His brother John dedicated this chapel, Lincolnshire's oldest Methodist chapel, in the…

Part 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 still operating in England, and millers have produced flour on this site for over a thousand years. For Heritage Open Days we’ll be displaying a…