Lincoln Local Interest

Friday 19th April 2024  

Local Interest in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

1. Cosmic Elk - Cosmic Elk publisher and distributor of work on science, history and the history of science, with associated products submit 11/04/02
2. County Town Books - Books, videos and CDs about Lincolnshire history, people and places, many are written by Lincolnshire authors and published by small independent publishers in the county. submit 30/08/00
3. Gainsborough Community - Gainsborough Community Online, although on MSN this site has a very active community message board which is well worth a visit maintained by Tanya Shaw submit 14/03/02
4. Gainsborough Girls' Brigade - Web site for the company, with details of how to join. submit 23/01/01
5. Lincoln - This is the official City of Lincoln Web site, with information on the City Council Tourism Service, Economic Development Service, Councillors, Departments and Committees. submit 29/01/00
6. Lincoln Cathedral - Offical web site of the Lincoln Cathedral submit
7. Lincoln Live - A good source of local information and pictures about Lincoln. submit 18/07/01
8. Lincolnshire History Project - History of Lincolnshire, county and villages, compiled by a number of friends interested in local history. submit 18/10/00
9. Lincolnshire Pix - Loads of photographs showing towns in Lincolnshire, by Dave Jagger. submit 03/02/01
10. Lincolnshire Web - The focus of this site is Horncastle, almost the centre of the county geographically, with loads of historical information about Matthew Flinders, Sir John Franklin, John Harrison, Isaac Newton, John Smith, Alfred Lord Tennyson and John Wesley to name but a few. They also have old maps and loads more. submit 03/12/00
11. Lincs Heritage - The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire exists to protect, preserve, promote and present the rich heritage of the county for the benefit of local people and visitors submit
12. Linnet - Lincolnshire County Council on the web, with details and contacts for district ~ parish council, environment, government, doctors, dentists, chemists etc. lcc linnet. submit 02/05/02
13. LVVS - LVVS, Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society. This is the web site for the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum run by the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society on Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln. This is a privately run road transport museum which has over 40 vehicles on display. Our museum is open to the public during the Summer months Monday to Friday 12 Noon until 4pm and on Sundays (times vary according to season). submit 08/08/00
14. Network Lincs - Network Lincs is a web directory for businesses and organisations in and around Lincolnshire, local information on a whole host of subjects is available online. submit 08/07/01
15. RAF Cranwell - Official web site of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell - the oldest military air academy in the world. submit 14/02/02
16. RAF Waddington Airshow - Royal Air Force Waddington, 3 miles south of Lincoln submit 14/02/02
17. Royal Lincolnshire Regiment 10th Foot - The story of the Lincolnshire Regiment from when it was formed as The Earl of Bath's Regiment in 1685 until it was amalgamated with the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1960. They fought under Marlborough (Winston Churchill's ancestor). The first shot fired in the American War of Independence wounded a soldier of the Tenth Foot. They served in many parts of the world including the Sudan and South Africa in the Boer War, and suffered many casualties in the Great War. The regiment had 4 battalions in the Second World War. submit 02/07/02
18. Saturday Night Soldiers - The story of the Territorial Army volunteers from Lincolnshire who were in the 4th battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment during World War II. They took part in the ill-conceived fiasco in Norway in 1940 and were then sent to occupy neutral Iceland. They were there for 2 years. They landed in Normandy on D-Day+4 and fought their way through France, Belgium and Holland. Their last action was in April 1945 when they liberated Arnhem. submit 02/07/02
19. The Lincolnshire Gunners - All the Kings Enemies by Jack Bartlett & John Benson, The 60th Field Regiment Royal Artillery, a definitive book on the subject. submit 19/08/00

Todays thought -
Knowledge become power only when we put it into use.