The History of Lincolnshire
A Series of 12 Volumes
These flagship publications of the Society are scholarly accounts of the history and archaeology of the County. Each book has been written by an expert and, at the time of writing, took account of the latest research on the particular period or topic under discussion.
Each book has been prepared under the direction of the SLHA History of Lincolnshire Committee, of which Professor John V Beckett, University of Nottingham, is the current chairman. (Further details of the Committee, its operation and plans for the future may be obtained directly from Professor Beckett, e-mail john.beckett@nottingham.ac.uk, or via SLHA. (A brief history of the publishing project is attached.)
The original task undertaken by the Society to prepare 12 volumes covering the main historical periods of the County's development was completed in 2000. A new series entitled Studies in the History of Lincolnshire was then launched to deal in detail with particular aspects of Lincolnshire's past.
Copies of all books in print are available from The Postal Sales Manager, SLHA, Jews’ Court, Steep Hill, Lincoln, LN1 2LS (01522 521337) or by using the Order Form. Second-hand copies of all volumes, including those currently out of print, are occasionally available at the Bookshop.
Trade enquiries are welcomed. Standard terms apply.
History of Lincolnshire Series
Prehistoric Lincolnshire (Volume I)
Jeffrey May (1976)
OUT OF PRINT
Roman Lincolnshire (Volume II)
J B Whitwell, 1970, 2nd edition 1992, 147pp
ISBN 0 902668 16 1 Paperback £4.95 (£7.45 by post in UK)
Deals with the Roman invasion of Lincolnshire and the effects of the occupation - the distribution of towns and rural settlements, roads and canals, industries, trade and religion. Special attention is given to Lincoln, one of the few Roman coloniae in Britain. The study concludes with an account of the collapse of Roman rule and its effects on the region.
Ben Whitwell, an expert in the archaeology of Roman Britain, is a former Keeper of the City and County Museum in Lincoln.
Anglo-Saxon Lincolnshire (Volume III)
Peter Sawyer, 1998
ISBN 0 902668 02 1 Hardback : £12.95 (£15.95 by post UK)
ISBN 0 902668 11 0 Paperback : £6.95 (£9.45 by post UK)
Presents an interpretation of Lincolnshire's history from the collapse of Roman power to the Norman Conquest. Apart from Domesday Book, very few contemporary texts say much about this part of England, but a great deal can be gleaned from the study of coins, place- and personal names, the remains of Anglo-Saxon churches and stone monuments.
Peter Sawyer was Professor of Medieval History in the University of Leeds from 1970 to 1982. He has written several notable books on this period.
Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (Volume IV)
Graham Platt, 1985
OUT OF PRINT
Church and Society in Medieval Lincolnshire (Volume V)
Dorothy M Owen, 1971, 2nd edition 1990, ISBN 0 902668 13 7
Paperback £10.95 (£12.75 by post UK)
The first general survey of Lincolnshire's medieval religious history. The main theme of the book is the role of the church in medieval Lincolnshire society. It describes the parochial setting of the county and discusses the origins of churches and chapels. It examines the effect of the Bishop's government, and of monks, nuns and friars on the life of the people of Lincolnshire.
Dorothy Owen was well known as an ecclesiastical historian and author of works on medieval religious history. At one time she worked as assistant Archivist in the Lincolnshire Archives Office and thus acquired detailed local knowledge.
OUT OF PRINT
Tudor Lincolnshire (Volume VI)
Gerald A J Hodgett, 1980
OUT OF PRINT
Seventeenth-Century Lincolnshire (Volume VII)
Clive Holmes, 1980
OUT OF PRINT
Agricultural Revolution in Lincolnshire (Volume VIII)
T W Beastall, 1978
OUT OF PRINT
Churches, Chapels and Parish Communities in Lincolnshire : 1660- 1900 (Volume IX)
R W Ambler, 2000
ISBN 0 902668 17 X Hardback £14.95 (£17.95 by post UK)
ISBN 0 902668 18 8 Paperback £7.95 (£10.45 by post UK)
Seeks to understand developments in religious life between 1660 and 1900 through an exploration of its place in the lives of local communities of the County. This is an account of how the development of Protestant dissent, the Evangelical Revival, the rise of Methodism, the transformation of the Church of England, and the changes in the Roman Catholic Church affected and were shaped by the people of Lincolnshire.
Rod Ambler is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Hull. He has written a number of papers on the social and religious history of local communities, especially in north Lincolnshire, where for many years he has worked as adult education tutor.
Rural Society and County Government in Nineteenth-Century Lincolnshire (Volume X)
R J Olney, 1979
OUT OF PRINT
Lincolnshire Towns and Industry : 1770-1914 (Volume XI)
Neil Wright, 1982
OUT OF PRINT
Twentieth Century Lincolnshire (Volume XII)
Dennis Mills (Editor), 1989, 372pp, ISBN 0 902668 14 5
Hardback £9.95 (£13.95 by post UK)
Reviews many aspects of the County's history from about 1900 to the 1970s: population change and urban growth, farming, industry, transport, the social impact of the RAF, holidaying and the conservation of the coast, the early days of planning, local and constituency politics, education, religion and spiritual life. Includes an important collection of old photographs which illustrate a wide range of Lincolnshire events and scenes.
Local authors with specialist knowledge write on 12 distinct themes.
Studies in the History of Lincolnshire
1: The Lincolnshire Wolds in the Nineteenth Century
Charles K Rawding, 2001, 229pp
ISBN 0 902668 20 X Hardback £19.95 (£22.95 by post UK)
ISBN 0 902668 21 8 Paperback £9.95 (£12.45 by post UK)
Traces the development of the landscape and people of the Wolds in a period of momentous change, assessing the contribution of the great landowners, the tenant farmers, and the labourers of the region. It looks at the market towns and the role of their trades people and provides a clear overview of how society developed in this fascinating and neglected part of the county.
Charles Rawding is Geography PGCE Course Leader at Edge Hill College, Ormskirk. For 20 years he lived on the Lincolnshire Wolds or on the edge of them. He has published a number of village histories and articles.
2: Farming in Lincolnshire 1850-1945
Jonathan Brown, 2005
ISBN 0 902668 22 X Hardback £29.95 (£32.95 by post UK)
ISBN 0 902668 23 8 Paperback £14.95 (£17.45 by post UK)
The late 19th and early 20th centuries were one of the major times of transformation in the county's farming, despite some difficult economic conditions. Mechanisation and scientific techniques were applied to farming. In this book the course of these developments in Lincolnshire's farming history is traced along with the rise of those particular features of the county's agricultural landscape, the potato and bulbs.
Jonathan Brown, born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, has been employed at the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading for the past twenty years. He is the author of several books on farm machinery, farm horses and other aspects of rural life.
