It Happened in Lincolnshire E-Book

David Clark

• Herausgeber: Merlin Unwin Books
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

What put Lincolnshire on the map? Author David Clark reveals why locals are proud to be Yellowbellies. In a lively and inviting series of chapters, It Happened in Lincolnshire uncovers the county's myths and legends, its landmarks, battles, its darker side of notorious crime, its curious customs, its entertainers, its wartime experience, its colourful rectors, its great explorers and its ghosts. •    King John's Lost Treasure •    The Devil's Stone •    The  Dutch Drainers •    The Lincolnshire Rising •    The Murder of William Storr •    Stamford Bull Running •    Billy Butlin's Pymgy Princess •    The Dambusters •    The Lincolnshire Thrasher •    The Man Who Ate His Boots •    Marwood the Hangman

Leseprobe

It happened in LINCOLNSHIRE

DAVID CLARK

CONTENTS

Title PageUseful Addresses Map of Lincolnshire Preface 1. Introduction to Lincolnshire 2. Myths & Legends 3. The Lincolnshire Landscape 4. Into Battle 5. Crime & Punishment 6. Curious Customs 7. Entertainers 8. County at War 1914-18 9. Ecclesiastical Lincolnshire 10. Pioneers 11. Bomber County 1939-45 12. Scientific Lincolnshire 13. Literary Lincolnshire 14. Rogues 15. Political Lincolnshire 16. Warriors 17. Engineering Lincolnshire 18. Mysterious Lincolnshire Bibliography Index About the Author Also published by Merlin Unwin BooksCopyright

USEFUL ADDRESSES

Visitor Information Centre 9 Castle Hill, Lincoln LN1 3AA Tel: [phone]www.visitlincoln.com

The Collection Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP Tel: [phone]www.thecollectionmuseum.com

Museum of Lincolnshire Life Burton Road, Lincoln LN1 3LY Tel: [phone]www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/museums

Lincoln Castle Castle Square, Lincoln LN1 3AA Tel: [phone]www.lincolncastle.com

Grantham Museum St. Peters Hill, Grantham NG31 6PY Tel: [phone]www.granthammuseum.org.uk

Louth Museum 4 Broadbank, Louth LN11 6EQ Tel: [phone]

North Lincolnshire Museum Oswald Road, Scunthorpe GN15 7BD Tel: [phone]

Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre Alexandra Dock, Grimsby DN31 1UZ Tel: [phone]www.nelincs.gov.uk/resident/museums

Ayscoughfee Hall Museum Churchgate, Spalding PE11 2RA Tel: [phone]www.ayscoughfee.org

Baldocks Mill Heritage Centre 21 South Street, Bourne PE10 9LY Tel: [phone]www.bournecivicsociety.org.uk

Epworth Rectory 1 Rectory Street, Epworth DN9 1HX Tel: [phone]www.epwortholdrectory.org.uk

Woolsthorpe Manor Water Lane, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Grantham NG33 5PD Tel: [phone]www.nationaltrust.org.uk/woolsthor-pe-manor

Burghley House Stamford PE9 3JY Tel: [phone]www.burghley.co.uk

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dogdyke Road, Coningsby LN4 4SY Tel: [phone]www.raf.mod.uk/bbfm/visitorscentre

Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre Heath Farm, North Rauceby NG34 8QR Tel: [phone]www.cranwellaviation.co.uk

Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre Westmoor Farm, Martin Moor LN4 3BQ Tel: [phone]www.metheringhamairfield.co.uk

Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre Tattershall Thorpe LN4 4PL Tel: [phone]www.thorpecamp.wix.com/visitorscentre

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre East Kirkby, Lincs PE23 4DE Tel: [phone]www.lincsaviation.co.uk

MAP OF LINCOLNSHIRE

The rolling countryside of the Lincolnshire Wolds

PREFACE

On 17th June 2010, the Lincolnshire Echo reviewed a new book entitled The Time Team Guide to the History of Britain, covering ‘everything you need to know about Britain’s past’. Apparently, the authors had managed to compile it without making a single mention of Lincolnshire! Given the prominent role played by the county in the development of politics, exploration, science, literature and every other category of human activity one cares to mention, this, in itself, represents something of an achievement.

To be fair, television’s Time Team have made many forays into Lincolnshire, but there are many other non-fiction texts, covering a wide variety of subjects, in which the word ‘Lincolnshire’ is astonishingly absent. It Happened in Lincolnshire seeks to redress the balance.

You may be unfortunate enough never to have visited Lincolnshire, and know little about it. Alternatively, you may live in the county and think that you know it well. In either case, read on. Inevitably, you will come to the conclusion that this book should have been entitled It All Happened in Lincolnshire.

David Clark

Chapter One

INTRODUCTION TO LINCOLNSHIRE

‘Proud to be a Yellowbelly’

The county of Lincolnshire is the second largest in England (the largest being Yorkshire), measuring 75 miles from north to south, and 45 miles from east to west. The total area was reduced in the years 1974-96 when the highly unpopular county of Humberside was in existence but, with the north of the county back in the fold, the land mass has returned to its original size.

Lincolnshire’s administrative divisions were once closely based on topographical features and comprised just three areas: Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey. Today, the situation is more complex, with a unifying Lincolnshire County Council, within which are several District Councils. In addition, there are two authorities – North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire – created when Humberside was abolished. In 1901, the population of the county stood at 500,000. By 2011, it had increased to only 700,000. However, while population growth used to be focused on the towns, a good many of the larger villages are now themselves the focus of sustained development.

With regard to topographical features, it has been said that there are four words the stranger to Lincolnshire needs to know: Wold, Cliff, Fen and Marsh. The Lincolnshire Wolds, comprising a mix of low hills and steep hollows, reach out to the north-west of the county from Spilsby and Horncastle to Caistor and Barton-Up-on-Humber. To the west, they are bounded by the Ancholme fen, and to the east by the marshes on the coast. A second line of hills, called the Cliff, running from the River Humber to Grantham, provides Lincolnshire with one of its most prominent features. Although only 200 feet (61metres) in height, these hills form a sharp escarpment rising from the west, and afford panoramic views. On a clear day (so they say) it is possible to see York Minster.