Lincoln history

Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum – Transport Festival 2018

By Liam Robinson, Level 1 Conservation Undergraduate Founded in 1959, The Lincolnshire Transport Museum is an independent museum, run by volunteers from the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society.  Their...

Lincolnshire’s Hobby Horses: A Mid-Winter Custom

By Liam Robinson, Level One Undergraduate Customs and rituals are important.  We mark days, seasons and special occasions in part to celebrate the passing of time. In rural...

The Superfluous Woman: Lincolnshire’s Lost Suffragist

By Samantha Ann Rose Brinded – Level 3 History Undergraduate 2018 marks 100 years since the first woman legally held the right to vote in Britain. This occasion...

How Typhoid Altered Lincoln’s Skyline

by Samantha Ann Rose Brinded – Level 3 History Undergraduate The city of Lincoln is famous for its magnificent 11th century cathedral which stands proudly atop the aptly named...

Lincoln’s RAF 100 & 1940’s Weekend

By Samantha Ann Rose Brinded Level 3 History student Lincoln’s annual 1940s weekend returned and once again, the streets of this historic city were filled with music, bunting...

Lincoln’s Scandalous Mistress

By Samantha Ann Rose Brinded Level 3 History student What first drew me to Anya Seton’s 1954 historical fiction, Katherine, was the front cover. Edmund Blair Leighton’s painting,...

The Battle of Lincoln 1217: The Greatest Knight Saves England?

By Joe Broderick Level 3 History student The Second Battle of Lincoln (the first occurring in 1141) took place outside Lincoln Castle on 20 May 1217 during the...

A Curious Find: The Tomb of Remigius in Lincoln Cathedral

by Timothy R. Jones L3 undergraduate On the 8th May 1092, The body of Remigius De Fecamp was interred in the yet un-consecrated cathedral of Lincoln. The first...

Lincoln's Chinese Missionary

by Amber Clark and Jess Haddock L3 undergraduates The Lincoln University library, in collaboration with the history department and a handful of history students, is in the process...