SLHA Magazine
LINCOLNSHIRE PAST & PRESENT
The Society's magazine has been published four times a year since 1990. It contains short illustrated articles about the county’s history and also reviews of recently published Lincolnshire books.
Issues 66-72: £1.60 each (£2.50 by post UK; second and subsequent copies post free).
Issues 65 and earlier: 50p each (£1.20 by post UK; second and subsequent copies post free).
(SLHA Members receive copies free as part of the membership package.)
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1832: Mixed Fortunes for Colonel Sibthorp: Part 1 : The Reform Act Provokes Electioneering -
Mark Acton
Lincoln's three candidates for the 1832 General Election (Sibthorp, G F Heneage, E L Bulwer) are introduced and the local political turmoil described, supported by contemporary portraits and documents.
Peace Declared! -
Chris Page
An account of the Hagerup family of Pelham Road, Grimsby and their female house servants, including the cook, Pease Leverton. The head of the family, Fred Hagerup, a Norwegian by birth, owned ships and was a Grimsby corn agent in the 1890s. (This responds to a query raised in LP&P 70, Winter 2007/08)
A Leader in its Field -
Bob Wise
Description of Mrs Smith's Cottage in Navenby, a simple dwelling of the 1840s, still furnished as left by the eponymous Mrs Smith who died a few years' ago. It is one of North Kesteven's most popular visitor attractions.
Leonard Cheshire and a Notable Tree at Fleet -
Joan Woolard
Hovenden House at Fleet was built by the Worth family in 1911 and donated to the Leonard Cheshire Foundation in 1957. The magnificent western red cedars along the drive are a striking feature.
Windmill Graffiti in Churches -
Catherine Wilson & David Start
Examples from Aslackby church porch and Thornton Abbey are shown and discussed (medieval post mills). Can these be accurately dated? Are there other examples of similar graffiti elsewhere in Lincolnshire?
Short items:
*Use of stocks in Lincoln, c1840
*Mrs Capp and Mrs Grantham and their school in Lincoln in C19
*Mystery group photograph from Holton le Clay or Laceby area
*Lincoln horse-drawn tramway cars, 1882-1905 - the first and last driver (illustrated)
*Claribel (Charlotte Allington Pye) 1830-1869. Query about location of the archive of her correspondence.
*Blackstone engine at Hereford Waterworks Museum
The Story of a House and Garden -
Richard Lucas
Southcliffe House, Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln was a substantial mid-Victorian house close to the South Common, owned at one time by the writer's grandparents. Alongside the house and garden was a large brick pit, used in the early C20 as a boating lake.
A Tale of Two Farmsteads -
Shirley Brook
The fact that near identical farmsteads at Coleby (near Lincoln) and Bishop Burton (East Yorks) were built in the 1880s/1890s is probably based on the proximity of the men who commissioned their construction, rather than a reference to a pattern book. Other examples are sought by Dr Brook
Poet in the Shadow: Charles (Tennyson) Turner of Grasby -
Diane Impey
The poet in question, the brother of the more famous Alfred, was the vicar of Grasby, near Caistor. This brief article follows his life and relationship to the rest of the family.
Volcanic Eruption in Iceland in 1783 -
Maurice Brown
Dust from the Laki Fissure Eruption severely reduced sunlight and warmth in 1783. The detailed records of yields and income form the memorandum book of Thomas Hardy of Goxhill demonstrate the significant impact this had in a north Lincolnshire parish
Short items
*'Beaumont Court' : The probable location of a school for young ladies
*Caroline Eliza Derecourt Martin : The subject of a book by Lena Wallis
*Stocks : What is the record of their last use in Lincolnshire?
*Langrick Bridge : Two photographs of the ferry which preceded the bridge
*House in Corporation Street, Lincoln : article and photo from 1897 Lincolnshire Notes and Queries
*St Helen's Church, Benington : engraving (solution to mystery picture in LP&P 69)
