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Written by no fewer than 32 experts and with more than seventy drawn maps, the book explains the county's landscape, archaeology, architecture and historical events, from its geological structure through to the Middle Ages, the Civil War, the industrial revolution, and beyond. "... something to fascinate everyone ... a must for any keen local historians, but will also find readers among an audience with a general interest." +M351
Britons and Anglo-Saxons offers an interdisciplinary approach to the history of the Lincoln region in the post-Roman period, drawing together a wide range of sources. In particular, it indicates that a British polity named *Lindēs was based at Lincoln into the sixth century, and that the seventh-century Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey (Lindissi) had an intimate connection to this British political unit. The picture that emerges is also of importance nationally, helping to answer key questions regarding the nature and extent of Anglian-British interaction and the origins of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
For genealogists, historians and anyone interested in Lincolnshire and its people, Jean Collins gives a fascinating insight into the events and people who created this lovely rural North Lincolnshire village. Families, who have lived in South Kelsey for generations, share their memories and photos showing how this and similar villages developed.
This expanded 1896 second edition gives a detailed history of the reclamation and drainage of the Fens of South Lincolnshire.
Lincolnshire - forever bomber county due to the many RAF bomber command bases dotted about its flat landscape - has a history which goes back to World War I and so is one of England's premier counties in military aviation. This book includes maps of the bases and features all the units based at over 150 airfields over 90 years of aviation history.
Written by Louise J. Wilkinson, this book offers a regional study of women in 13th-century England, making pioneering use of charters, chronicles, government records & some of the earliest manorial court rolls to examine the interaction of gender, status & life-cycle in shaping women's experiences in Lincolnshire.