One of the most picturesque areas in Lincoln, Bailgate sits at the heart of the Cathedral Quarter. Situated just off Castle Square, the Bailgate area consists of a series of narrow streets, connecting the medieval Cathedral to the Roman-built Newport Arch. Just a stone’s throw away from the city’s…
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History writer and chair of trustees at Lincoln Drill Hall, Phil Hamlyn Williams, shares with us the importance of Magna Carta and its links with Lincoln. It could so easily have been lost. For ten short weeks in the summer of 1215, a charter carrying King John’s seal tied his hands. He hated it…
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The Charter of the Forest, sealed on 6th November 1217, is an incredibly important medieval document with a history woven into the city of Lincoln. The Charter of the Forest, sealed on 6th November 1217, is an incredibly important medieval document with a history woven into the city of Lincoln…
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The Lincolnshire flag is flown with pride across the county. You can see it along the coast, out in the countryside and within the city of Lincoln. The flag was created in 2005, following a competition run by BBC Radio Lincolnshire. Local resident Michelle Andrews designed the winning creation…
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William Marshal has been dubbed “England’s greatest knight” – and probably the most loyal. William Marshal’s remarkable life is the stuff of a blockbuster movie. He served five English kings from Henry II through to his grandson Henry III, and was 70 years old at the time of the 1217 Battle of…
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The remarkable Nichola de la Haye stands out as a Lincolnshire hero. As Constable of Lincoln Castle, she played a vital part in winning the 1217 Battle of Lincoln. In an age when women were little more than the property of their husbands, barred from public life with their lives unrecorded, Nichola…
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The 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester is regarded as hugely influential in ordinary people winning the right to vote. Lincoln has been used as a location for a feature film of the event - but the city has even more links to it. What was the The Peterloo Massacre? The Peterloo Massacre occurred…
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The Norman Conquest lead by William the Conqueror in 1066 lead to great changes to England including the building of Lincoln's Cathedral and Castle, and the writing of the Domesday Book – one of England’s most iconic documents. The Domesday Book is the greatest land survey of medieval Europe and, in…
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20th May 1217 was a major landmark in English history – and it all centred around Lincoln. Find out what happened on that day and why it is so important. What was the 1217 Battle of Lincoln? Within 10 weeks of sealing of Magna Carta in 1215, King John went back on the promises made in it, leading…
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Lincolnshire played a major part in the First World War on land, at sea, and in the air through men serving in the forces and the munitionette women who stayed behind. A substantial proportion of Lincolnshire men enlisted to join the British Army's principal unit in the region, the Lincolnshire…
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