This Lawn is NOT for Cutting

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Please sign petition at the end of this blogpost, thank you The City of Lincoln Council have put The Lawn back up for sale.  The asking price is £1,000,000, admittedly it has suffered from lack of maintenance and needs another … Continue reading →

The Tallest Stucture in the World – or was it?

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Back in May 2012 I wrote The Tallest Structure in the World blogpost, in which I wrote about  Lincoln Cathedral. This week I received an email from someone who described himself as a sceptic and, although he made no claims about which was … Continue reading →

How to Confuse the Visitor to Lincoln

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The wise Elders of earlier centuries of the City of Lincoln chose a unique way to name the streets of the city. Take, for instance, Castle Hill: Castle Hill is between Lincoln’s castle and cathedral but try as I might … Continue reading →

“Lincoln? Where’s That?

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Way back in the 1960’s the company I worked for took all its employees to London for a night out.  I think I must be going senile, I don’t remember much about the night, but one thing that still stands … Continue reading →

Murder in the Cathedral

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Lincoln and its Cathedral has been the background for many strange and bloody events, but the one described here is probably one of the most tragic. William de Bramfield was a subdean at Lincoln Cathedral, he would carry out the … Continue reading →

When the Spires were Removed

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I was going to write a blog about the removal of the spires of the West towers of Lincoln Cathedral but I thought this account from Lockyer’s Guide through Lincoln (published in 1856 so the writing style is a little … Continue reading →