Local History Morning

Saturday, 29th September 10:00am Lincoln Museum FREE

Join this celebration of Lincolnshire’s past at the festival’s free-to-attend Local History Morning. Topics include…

Book Tickets

What to expect at this event

Join this celebration of Lincolnshire’s past at the festival’s free-to-attend Local History Morning. Topics include Charles Darwin’s Lincolnshire connections and an exploration of Lincoln’s Roman origins.

The event takes place at The Collection from 10am. There will be book stalls in the atrium by Lincoln Record Society, Survey of Lincoln, Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology and Lindum Books. Book signings are at 12noon.

Speakers are:

10.05am – Peter Worsley – The Darwin Farms: the Lincolnshire Estates of Charles and Erasmus Darwin and their Family

10.30am – Richard Olney – Farming & Society in N. Lincs: the Dixons of Holton-le-Moor, 1741–1906

11.05am – Antony Lee – Pursuing the Pomerium: the Sacred Boundary of Roman Lincoln (Roman Lincoln article, SLHA Journal 49)

11.30am – Emma Lingard – Grimsby Streets.

 

Location

The Collection,
Danes Terrace,
Lincoln,
LN2 1LP