Other Books Published by SLHA
Since 1974 the Society has published a variety of books on the history and archaeology of the county. Over the same period the former FLARE (now joined with SLHA) published or promoted an impressive series of monographs on the archaeology of Lincoln. Publications from both organisations are listed below.
It is planned to bring out at least two new publications each year. Authors are invited to submit completed manuscripts or outlines of appropriate books for consideration by the Society.
Books currently 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
Trade enquiries are invited. Standard terms apply.
BOOKS PUBLISHED BY SLHA SINCE 1974 (and currently in print)
WINNER OF NATIONAL AWARD
Association for Industrial Archaeology: Best Occasional Publication 2009
Building a Railway: Bourne to Saxby
Stewart Squires and Ken Hollamby, Lincoln Record Society & SLHA 2009, 151pp, 978 0 9015038 62, large format hardback. £30.00 (£34.00 by post UK)
High quality photographs taken by the engineer working on this railway line's construction in the 1890s are juxtaposed with colour photographs from the same viewpoints today. Expert text and other material related to the construction of the line contribute to an exceptionally vivid and informative book.
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Lincolnshire's Industrial Past: 12 Tours for the 2009 AIA Conference
Members of the SLHA IA Team, SLHA 2009, 58pp, 978 0 903582 38 4, A4 spiral-wire-bound paperback. £7.50 (£9.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £6.00 (£8.00 by post UK)
Produced for delegates to the 2009 conference of the Association for Industrial Archaeology held in Lincoln. Tours include Gainsborough; Dogdyke & Woodhall Spa; Grimsby & Immingham; Sleaford & Sutton Bridge; New Bolingbroke & Boston; Louth & East Lindsey; RAF Stations, Pinchbeck, Moulton, Spalding & Deeping Fen; New Holland & Barton; Scunthorpe & Owston Ferry. The tour notes provide background information on sites and industrial features and are illustrated by 139 colour photographs. An extensive bibliography is also included.
A generous grant from Lincoln Record Society assisted the production of this book.
Sutton Bridge - An Industrial History
Neil Wright and Beryl Jackson, SLHA 2009, 49pp, 978 0 903582 37 7, paperback. £9.95 (£11.95 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £7.95 (£9.95 by post UK)
About the bridge that gave the village its name and also about the settlement and port that grew up next to the bridge, the main road and railway that linked Norfolk to the lands to the west, the surprisingly short-lived dock, and the long-vanished RAF base in Wingland.
An enlarged and revised edition - now extensively illustrated - of the earlier publication
Tennyson Poems in Lincolnshire Dialect
Read by Edward Campion and Edith Burgess, SLHA and Cantoris Records 2009, 5051078 915227, CD (61m 41s), £8.00 (£9.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £6.40 (£7.40 by post UK)
A re-issue of recordings, originally on 3 LPs, produced by the Lincolnshire Association in collaboration with the Tennyson Society in 1969. The sound had been remastered digitally. A FULL TRANSCRIPT of the poems is included.
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Papermaking in Lincolnshire 1600-1900
Hugh Nott, SLHA 2008, 63pp, 978 0 903582 33 9, paperback.
NOW REDUCED TO £10.00 (£12.00 by post)
Price to SLHA members: £8.00 (£10.00 by post)
Examines all known papermaking sites in Lincolnshire and comments in detail on the families of papermakers. Includes site plans, photographs, watermarks and other documents not previously published.
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Ration Books and Rabbit Pie: Lincolnshire Folk Remember the War
Linda Crust (Editor), SLHA 2008, 72pp, ISBN 978 0 903582 31 5, paperback. £8.50 (£10.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £6.80 (£8.80 by post UK)
The distillation of a countywide oral history recording project which contains lively personal accounts of daily life among rural families in Lincolnshire under the extraordinary circumstances of rationing, blackout and compulsory war service.
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Lost Lincolnshire Country Houses: Volume 1
Terence R Leach and Robert Pacey, SLHA 2008 (reprint of 1990 edition), 36pp, ISBN 978 0 903582 24 7, paperback £6.00 (£7.25 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £4.80 (£6.05 by post UK)
Brief histories of the house (and families) of Blankney Hall, Caenby Hall, Cockerington Hall, Denton Manor, Easton Hall, Hagnaby Priory, Haverholme Priory, Kenwick Hall, Langton Hall, Riby Grove, South Elkington Hall, Stourton Hall, Sudbrooke Holme, Syston Hall, Temple Bellwood, Thonock Hall, Uffington House, Walmsgate Hall and Willingham House - with photographs.
Lost Lincolnshire Country Houses: Volume 2
Terence R Leach and Robert Pacey, SLHA 2007 (reprint of 1992 edition), 80pp,
ISBN 978 0 903582 28 5, paperback £6.95 (£8.20 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £5.55 (£6.80 by post UK)
Devoted mainly to houses belonging to Anderson, Cracroft-Amcotts and Grantham families. Includes Scremby Hall, St Katherine's Hall (Lincoln), Dunholme Manor, Goltho Hall, Manby Hall (Broughton), Lea Hall, Kettlethorpe Hall, Somerby near Brigg, Hackthorn Old Hall, West Willoughby.
Lost Lincolnshire Country Houses: Volume 3
Terence R Leach and Robert Pacey, SLHA 2008 (reprint of 1992 edition), 56pp, ISBN 978 0 903582 35 3, paperback £6.75 (£8.75 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £5.40 (£7.40 by post UK)
Detailed examination of Bayons Manor, Tealby, home of the Tennyson D'Eyncourts. Over 50 illustrations, including photographs, drawings and plans, together with an historical survey and contemporary correspondence.
Lincolnshire Country Houses and their Families: Part One
Terence R Leach, SLHA, 2009 (reprint of 1990), 84pp, ISBN 978 0 903582 36 0, Paperback £11.95 (£14.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £9.56 (£12.00 by post UK)
Houses include Dunton Hall (Tydd St Mary), Edlington Hall, Lobthorpe Hall, Kettleby House, Kyme Tower, Eresby, Cranwell Hall, Sapperton, Scrivelsby Court, Langton Hall, Aswardby Park, Harpswell, Aisthorpe Hall, South Thoresby, Boothby Pagnell, Halstead Hall, Irnham Hall, Sempringham, Knaith, Stainfield Hall, Cammeringham Manor, Reasby Hall, Torksey Castle, South Kelsey Hall, Glentworth Hall, Snarford, Thorpe Hall, Fenton Hall, Bassingthorpe Manor, Ashby Hall (Ashby de la Launde), Marston Hall, Osgodby Hall. With many illustrations.
Lincolnshire Country Houses and their Families: Part Two
Terence R Leach, SLHA, 2008 (reprint of 1991), 118pp, ISBN 978 0 903582 34 6, Paperback £12.00 (£14.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £9.60 (£12.10 by post UK)
Houses include Hougham Manor, Doddington Hall, Aubourn Hall, Horkstow Hall, Red Hall (Bourne), Dowsby Hall, Billingborough Hall, Scawby Hall, Brumby Hall, Thorganby Hall, Brocklesby Hall (and the Pelhams), Grimblethorpe Hall, Coleby Hall, Bloxholm Hall, Hagworthingham Old Hall, Hainton Hall (and the Heneages), Kelstern Hall, Folkingham Manor and Nocton Hall. With many pedigrees and over 100 illustrations.
WINNER OF NATIONAL AWARD
Association for Industrial Archaeology: Best Occasional Publication 2007
Ploughs, Chaff Cutters and Steam Engines:
Lincolnshire’s Agricultural Implement Makers
Ken Redmore (Editor), SLHA, 2007, 160pp, ISBN 978 0 903582 30 8, Paperback
NOW REDUCED TO £12.50 (£15.50 by post)
Price to SLHA members: £10.00 (£13.00 by post)
The stories of 13 Lincolnshire agricultural engineers and machine makers: their families, workmen and amazing range of products. With over 200 illustrations. Firms include Blackstone (Stamford), Cooke (Lincoln), Coultas (Grantham), Duckering (Lincoln), Edlington (Gainsborough), Fletcher (Winterton), Hart (Brigg), Hett (Brigg), Howden (Boston), The Malleable (North Hykeham), Peacock & Binnington (Brigg), Rundle (New Bolingbroke) and Tuxford (Boston); plus a comprehensive list of the county's major agricultural engineers and machine makers (over 200).
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All Things Lincolnshire: An Anthology in Honour of David Robinson, OBE
Jean Howard & David Start (Editors,) SLHA, 2007, 267 pp, ISBN 978 0 903582 27 8
Paperback £15.00 (£18.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £12.00 (£15.00 by post UK)
A wide range of essays and articles on historical, geographical and wildlife themes, most with a particular Lincolnshire connotation, reflecting the breadth of David Robinson's interests.
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The Shadow of the Workhouse
J N Clarke, SLHA, 2006, ISBN
Paperback £7.95 (£9.95 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £6.35 (£8.35 by post UK)
The story of Horncastle’s workhouse, the men responsible for its management and the scores of suffering inmates.
Lincolnshire on the Move
Jean Howard and Chris Lester (Eds), SLHA 2005, 72pp, ISBN 0 903582 22 8, Paperback
NOW REDUCED TO £2.95 (£4.20 by post)
Price to SLHA members: £2.35 (£3.60 by post)
Contains chapters on the history and development of Lincolnshire roads, canals, railways, bridges, ports and vehicle manufacture.
The Early History of Lincoln Castle
Philip Lindley (Editor), 2004; 86pp; ISBN 0 903582 21 X, Paperback
NOW REDUCED TO £5.00 (£7.00 by post)
Price to SLHA members: £4.00 (£6.00 by post)
A detailed study of the Castle, with contributions on the early castle, early topography, archaeology, architecture, medieval defences, the Castle's occupants. Many photographs and drawings.
WINNER OF NATIONAL AWARD
Association for Industrial Archaeology: Best Occasional Publication 2004
Lincolnshire's Industrial Heritage - A Guide
Neil Wright (Editor), SLHA, 2004. A5, 105pp, c200 photographs
ISBN 0 903582 20 1. Paperback £4.50 (£5.75 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £3.60 (£4.85 by post UK)
A comprehensive guide to the county's mills, railways, canals, bridges, factories and other important industrial remains. Over 400 entries - descriptive and historical information plus scores of photographs - arranged in a pocket-sized book.
Aircraft Made in Lincoln
J Walls & C Parker, 2000; 76pp, 139 figs & Illustrations;ISBN 0 903582 16 3
Paperback £3.00. (£4.25 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £2.40 (£3.65 by post UK)
During WWI Lincoln became one of the largest aircraft production centres in the world. This book, with the aid of many previously unpublished photographs, describes the work of four city engineering firms.
Stamford: An Industrial History
N C Birch, re-print 1999; 42pp, 13 illustrations; ISBN 0 903582 14 7
Card covers £2.50 (£3.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £2.00 (£3.00 by post UK)
Deals with engineering (including Blackstone), bricks, terra cotta, stone, brewing, water supply, gas, electricity, newspapers, entertainment & transport.
Lincolnshire's Archaeology From the Air
R H Bewley (Ed.), SLHA, 1998; 106pp + maps & photos; ISBN 0903582 11 2
A4, card covers, £4.95 (£7.45 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £3.95 (£6.45 by post UK)
A collection of articles illustrating the variety of air photo information already available about Lincolnshire - and how this relates to other archaeological techniques.
The Logic of Open Field Systems
R C Russell, revised 1995; (first published by NCXVO, 1974); 24pp, 20 maps
ISBN 0 903582 04 X
A4, Card covers £ 1.00 (£2.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: 80p (£2.30 by post UK)
Describes the open field system at the time of enclosure in 47 Lincolnshire parishes.
Excavations at the Romano-British Settlement at Pasture Lodge Farm, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire 1975-77
H Wheeler & R Leary, SLHA, 1994; 62pp, 30 figs, 10 plates)
ISBN 0 903582 03 1; A4, card covers £2.00 (£3.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £1.60 (£3.10 by post UK)
An account of a ditch complex containing coarse pottery, a brooch and clay sling shots; also a C4 Romanised stone building and an enigmatic timber structure.
Some Historians of Lincolnshire
C Sturman (Ed.), SLHA, 1989; 92pp, 25 figs or plates; ISBN 0 904680 96 3
Paperback £2.00 (£4.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: £1.60 (£4.10 by post UK)
Essays based on lectures about the lives and works of Edward Trollope, A R Maddison, T Langley, W O Massingberd, R W Golding, C W Foster, Sir F Stenton, Sir F Hill, E Peacock, A Stark, Sir A Welby.
The Brackenburys of Lincolnshire
C E Brackenbury, 1983; 25pp; ISBN 0 904680 21 5
Paperback 50p (£1.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members: 40p (£1.40 by post UK)
Pre-eminent in this local family was Robert Carr Brackenbury, leading 18th Century Methodist who built the oldest surviving Lincolnshire chapel over his stable at Raithby by Spilsby.
BOOKS ABOUT THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LINCOLN
(Published or formerly marketed by FLARE)
Medieval and Post-Medieval Glass Finewares from Lincoln
Julian Henderson et al
77 pages, £3.00, (£4.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £2.40 (£3.40 by post UK)
Reprinted from The Archaeological Journal, vol 162
Pre-Viking Lindsey
Alan Vince (editor)
1993, 156 pages, ISBN 0951498770
£10.00 (£12.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £8.00 (£10.50 by post UK)
Of Butchers And Breeds
Keith Dobney, Deborah Jacques and Brian Irving
1996, 215pp, ISBN 1899641009
£10.00 (£13.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £8.00 (£11.00 by post UK)
Report on vertebrate remains from various sites in the City of Lincoln
The Defences of the Upper Roman Enclosure
M J Jones
1980, 62pp, A4, paperback, ISBN 090678004
£2.00 (£3.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £1.60 (£2.60 by post UK)
Early Medieval Finds from Flaxengate I
Objects of antler, bone, stone, horn, ivory, amber and jet
J E Mann
1982, 68pp, A4, paperback, £2.00 (£3.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £1.60 (2.60 by post UK)
Clay Tobacco Pipes from Excavations in Lincoln
J E Mann
1977, 60pp, A4, paperback, No ISBN, £2.00 (£3.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £1.60 (£2.60 by post UK)
A Group of Late Roman Pottery from Lincoln
M J Darling
1977, 42pp, A4, paperback, No ISBN, £2.00 (£3.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £1.60 (£2.60 by post UK)
Roman Pottery from the Upper Defences
M J Darling
1984, 57pp, A4, paperback, ISBN 090678381
£2.00 (£3.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £1.60 (£2.60 by post UK)
Medieval Pottery from Broadgate East
Lauren Adams Gilmour
1977, 54pp, A4, paperback, No ISBN, £2.00 (£3.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £1.60 (£2.60 by post UK)
Early Medieval Pottery from Flaxengate
Lauren Adams Gilmour & Jane Young
1988, 127pp, A4, paperback, ISBN 090678578
£2.00 (£3.50 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £1.60 (£3.10 by post UK)
A Late Saxon Kiln Site at Silver Street, Lincoln
Paul Miles, Jane Young & John Wacher
1989, 53pp, A4, paperback, ISBN 090678853
£2.00 (£3.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £1.60 (£2.60 by post UK
Animal Bones from Flaxengate, Lincoln
Terry O'Connor
1981, A4, paperback, ISBN 090678136
£2.00 (£3.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £1.60 (£2.60 by post UK)
Lincoln: A Place In Time
David Vale
FLARE 1997, 72pp, ISBN 090678853
Paperback £5.00 (£6.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £4.00 (£5.00 by post UK)
About 60 reconstruction drawings of the City of Lincoln based on archaeological and architectural evidence (some in colour), with accompanying text.
Romans, Anglo-Saxons And Vikings: History and Archaeology for the School Curriculum
Stewart Bennett and Karen Charlesworth with illustrations by Tig Sutton, David Vale and David Watt
£5.00 (£7.00 by post UK).
Price to SLHA members £4.00 (£6.00 by post UK)
An educational introduction to the City’s history and archaeology, with suggestions for activities designed to help children grasp essential concepts. Published 2000. 92 pages.
Interpretation of Stratigraphy: A Review of the Art
Kate Steane (editor)
1992, 42 pp, £2.00 (£3.00 by post UK)
Price to SLHA members £1.60 (£2.60 by post UK)
Proceedings of a conference held in June 1992 at Lincoln.
FORTHCOMING TITLES
(Provisional titles)
Windmills of Pinchbeck - Hilary Healey
Lincolnshire Gravestones - Hilary Healey
Farm Buildings of Christopher Turnor - Shirley Brook, Catherine Wilson, Ken Redmore,
Pinfolds of Lincolnshire - Marjorie Miller
War Memorials of Lincolnshire - Mike Credland
Lincoln's Victorian Sewers - Dennis Mills
Potatoes : a History - Stewart Squires & Catherine Wilson
An Industrial History of Sleaford - Chris Page
Lincolnshire's Georgian Theatres - Neil Wright
Navvies in Lincolnshire - Stewart Squires
Lincolnshire Gunmakers
Boston and the Reform Act - Neil Wright
BOOKS PUBLISHED BY SLHA BUT CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
Excavations at the Bishop’s Palace, Lincoln, 1968-72
Hugh Chapman, Glyn Coppack and Peter Drewett, SLHA, 1975, pp, ISBN, A4, paperback
OUT OF PRINT
Labouring Life in the Lincolnshire Wolds: A study of Binbrook in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
R J Olney, SLHA, 1975, 39pp, ISBN 0 904680 03 7, A4, card covers
An analysis of the people, occupations and daily life of a large open village in 1851
OUT OF PRINT
An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Baston, Lincolnshire
P Mayes and M J Dean, SLHA, 1976, pp, ISBN, A4, card covers
OUT OF PRINT
Sheep Farming in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Lincolnshire
J A Perkins, SLHA, 1977, 58pp, ISBN 0 904680 06 1, A4, card covers
A detailed study of breeding, managing and marketing sheep.
OUT OF PRINT
Dunham Bridge: A Memorial History
M J T Lewis, SLHA, 1978, 59pp, ISBN 0 904680 10 X, A4, card covers
A detailed account with architect/engineering drawings of the bridge 1830-1977.
OUT OF PRINT
The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Fonaby
A Cook & S Hawkes, SLHA, 1981; 62pp, 20 figs, 8 plates; ISBN 0 904680 01 0
A4, Card covers £0.50 (£2.50 by post UK)
An account of the 1956 finds which included both inhumation and cremation burials. Also numerous artefacts among which are outstanding preserved textiles.
OUT OF PRINT
The Engineering Works of John Grundy
A W Skempton, 1984; 82pp, 18 figs; ISBN 0 904680 27 4
A4, Card covers, £0.50 (£1.50 by post UK)
A brief biography and detailed examination of his work on the River Witham, Grimsthorpe Dam, Deeping Fen, Louth Navigation, Holderness drainage & Weighton drainage.
OUT OF PRINT
Nellie: The History of Churchill’s Lincoln-Built Trenching Machine
John T Turner, SLHA, 1988, 82pp, ISBN 0 904680 68 1
A4, paperback
How one of Churchill's pet WWII schemes came to fruition (but not field application). Ruston Bucyrus of Lincoln undertook the detailed design, construction and trials of this massive machine.
OUT OF PRINT
Gainsborough Old Hall
Phillip Lindley, SLHA, 1991, 88pp, ISBN 0 904680 96 7, A4, card covers
A collection of essays dealing with the architecture, furnishings, conservation, history and ownership of this outstanding but under-rated, late-medieval, timber-framed, brick manor house.
OUT OF PRINT
Lincolnshire People and Places
C Sturman (Ed.), 1996; 212 pp, 90 figs & plates; ISBN 0 903582 05 8, paperback
A collection of 35 essays dealing with buildings, Lincolnshire families, Methodism, Tennyson, country houses, landscape, Lincolnshire personalities.
OUT OF PRINT
Steam-Engine Builders of Lincolnshire
R H Clark, 1998, reprint of 1955; 133pp, 141 plates & figures
ISBN 0 903582 12 0; Paperback
An illustrated account of the many engineering firms that have made Lincolnshire a leading county in the development of machinery powered by steam.
OUT OF PRINT
Grantham: An Industrial Heritage Trail
Peter Stevenson and Ken Redmore, SLHA, 2007, A5, 28pp
ISBN 978 0903582 29 2, A5 Paperback
A pocket-sized guide to Grantham’s industrial past, from malting and brewing to machine making and engineering. With 11 annotated route maps and many illustrations.
OUT OF PRINT
The Defences of the Lower City
M J Jones (editor)
1999, A4, paperback, c.300pp, ISBN 1872414885
A substantial report on excavations at The Park and West Parade, including a synthesis of other sites up to 1994, medieval occupation in the SW quarter of the Lower City, and detailed reports on finds, pottery and animal bones.
OUT OF PRINT
