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Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days 8th- 11th September 2016 Natural Lincolnshire Over 180 FREE events! H ERITAGE L INCOLNSHIRE years celebrating 25 celebrate lincolnshire’s rich h eritage web print design photography tech training Discover Lincolnshire’s rich and varied Heritage for free between Thursday 8th and Sunday 11th September. Welcome to Heritage Lincolnshire’s 2016 Heritage Open Days brochure. Like our Each year the Heritage Open Days festival celebrates the county’s architecture and culture by allowing visitors free access to interesting properties that are either not usually open, or would normally charge an website? entrance fee. It also includes tours, events and activities that focus on and celebrate the local heritage of the area. Heritage Open Days is England’s biggest voluntary cultural event and is also held across Europe. Last year’s heritagelincolnshire.org is events in Lincolnshire alone attracted over 20,000 visitors and involved 600 just one of the local websites volunteers! we look after. Designed, built, hosted and cared for by us. This year our brochure features 180 free events, making this our biggest festival since the first one in 1994! We’ve worked with volunteers and With over a decade in Lincolnshire historic site staff across the county of Lincolnshire to create a programme under our belts, we have clients of events that celebrates not only cultural, built and buried heritage but across the county, several of natural heritage too. These ‘natural Lincolnshire’ events are highlighted by a whom feature in this guide. lapwing throughout this booklet. So whether you’re flicking through this or clicking through that, we’ll On behalf of everyone involved in the organisation be keeping an eye to make sure of Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days 2016 we wish everything runs smoothly. you an enjoyable and exciting few days! Key to symbols You can also find details of the Natural Enquiries Lincolnshire Craven events on our website www.heritagelincolnshire. org, including any alterations to the programme. Special activities DIGITAL If you have any questions please call Heritage for children cravendigital.com Lincolnshire on 01529 461499. Our offices will Refreshments be closed on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September. Properties/events “Extremely professional, very friendly and highly accommodating” Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum which offer their own Booking Please note that some visits, tours, parking facilities 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE talks and walks must be booked in advance and WC Toilets not all events and properties are open on all four Whether you’re looking to take your first steps online or revamp an days. Additional existing site, see what we can do for you at cravendigital.com cost Places are limited, so to avoid disappointment you’re advised to book as soon as possible. Please do not attend a booked Generally suitable for wheelchair users event if you have not pre-booked. Heritage Lincolnshire will “Quite honestly a breath of fresh air in a world full of “Google rating” and other ‘SEO’ related accept bookings during office hours until 5pm on Thursday empty promises. Craven Digital not only create bespoke websites from scratch, but they Partially or 1st September when we will pass the details to the event conditionally suitable have the technical know-how to get the website seen by the audiences you’re trying to organiser. If the booking is made directly with the event for wheelchair users capture! Craven Digital have single handedly transformed my website and business over organiser you may be able to book right up until the day of the the last 18 months, and quite simply is one of the main reasons we’re heading into another profitable year! Keep up the great work!” Andy Holly, Holly Dental event – but remember, the organiser will appreciate prior notice and if you leave it too late all the places may be taken. FREE CONSULTATION AND 10% OFF WITH THIS ADVERT contact [email protected] ay 8 to Sunday 11 September e Open Days 2016 - Thursd 2 www.heritagelincolnshire.org Heritag 3 celebrate lincolnshire’s rich h eritage 1 ALFORD 3 ALVINGHAM 3a St Adelwold's Church & 6 BARTON UPON HUMBER St Mary's Church, North Cockerington, Church Lane, Alvingham, Louth. WC LN11 0QD A Tale of Two Churches - The Gilbertine 6c Wilderspin National School Museum, Monastery and Two Churches in One Queen Street, Barton upon Humber. Church Yard DN18 5QP © All Rights Reserved © by geograph 919746 Lindsey Coates Sunday 11.00-16.00 Lessons from Nature 1a Alford WC Join local historian and author Stuart Sizer as Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday Manor House, he outlines the history of the two churches in West Street, 10.00-16.00 Alford. LN13 9HT one church yard which were once part of the The playground in Wilderspin's school was Centre of Alford on A1104 at LN13 9EP Gilbertine Priory. Guided tour at 14.00 and designed as a space for exercise and play but 15.00 Power to the Farmer’s Elbow and More also to stimulate children's senses. Our garden Saturday 08.00-16.30 and Sunday 11.00- playground is open on each Heritage Open 16.00 4 ANDERBY CREEK All Rights Reserved by David Wright © Day. Check website for programme details Saturday vintage tractor rally 08.00-1630, static 4a Anderby Drainage www.wilderspinschool.org.uk 6a Baysgarth WC engine display. Sunday threshing day 11.00- Museum, Anderby House 6d St Peter's Church, 16.00. Manor House Saturday 10.00-16.30 Creek, near Skegness. Museum, WC Pasture Road, Barton and Sunday 12.00-16.00 , Hackett Barn Rural PE24 5XW Baysgarth Park, Caistor Road, Barton Upon Upon Humber. DN18 5EX Museum Saturday 09.30-16.30 and Sunday Humber. DN18 6AH Engines and Exhibits at Anderby St Peter's Church 12.00-16.00, garden, Tea Room and WWI Living History: Bringing the Past to Life Drainage Museum Follow the brown sign. centenary exhibition open see website for at Baysgarth House Museum Saturday 13.00-16.00 Sunday 10.00-15.00 details [email protected] Come and see the museum's two Ruston twin Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12.00-16.00 Tours and Trails last This famous Anglo Saxon and medieval church cylinder engines running plus other interesting is an archaeological as well as an architectural 2 ALGARKIRK approximately 45 minutes exhibits and displays in this Drainage Board treasure. Last admission 14.30. Admission pumping station built in 1945. Join us at Baysgarth House museum for trails 2a Church of WC Thursday - Sunday, costumed interpretation free by kind permission of English Heritage. St Peter & St Saturday, guided tours Saturday and Sunday Check website for full 'behind closed doors' Paul, Church 5 BARDNEY programme www.bartoncivicsociety.co.uk Lane, Algarkirk. PE20 2HH and more! For a limited time only, catch a 5a St Lawrence's glimpse of the varied history of the house Medieval Mirth, Medicine & Magic Church, 6e Joseph Sunday 12.00-16.00 brought to life. Refreshments available. WC Church Lane, Bardney. Wright Hall, Step back in time at St Peter and St Paul's LN3 5TZ Queen Street, church where you will be surrounded by the 6b The Old Barton Upon Humber. DN18 5QP The 45th Kitching Lecture - "The Tile Works, sights, smells and excitement of medieval times Remarkable Story of Lincolnshire's Far Ings Road, Behind Closed Doors including performances of 15th century dances Winifred Dallas Yorke" Barton Upon Humber. WC Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday by the magnificent Grantham Danserye. DN18 5AZ 10.00-16.00 Thursday 19.30-21.00 A rare opportunity to look inside some of This lecture by Jean Howard outlines the Discover the Old Tile Works 2b Church of Barton's interesting buildings. Behind Closed WC remarkable life of Lincolnshire's beautiful Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10.00- St Peter & Doors exhibition by the Wilderspin Art Winifred Dallas Yorke who as Duchess of 16.00 St Paul, Group, and display of children's maps in the Church Lane, Algarkirk. PE20 2HH Portland gave life long support to charities from Come and discover our tile works, dating back to the early 1800s, operating using traditional Joseph Wright Hall. Check website for full Lincoln Heritage Music Festival - the Red Cross, RSPB, RSPCA to war refugees. methods and techniques. Visit the shop and programme www.bartoncivicsociety.co.uk Grantham Danserye restaurant for gifts and refreshments. Sunday 12.00-16.00 Members of Grantham Danserye will perform historic dances from the 16th century in costume. ay 8 to Sunday 11 September e Open Days 2016 - Thursd 4 www.heritagelincolnshire.org Heritag 5 celebrate lincolnshire’s rich h eritage 6f 7b Meet at Lincolnshire WC Explore, discover, experience... Stourton Blow Wells, Estates. Beckhill, LN9 5NL Barton Upon WC Access off A158, 1 mile Lincoln side of Humber. DN18 5EY Baumber ( LN9 5NL) TF 206748. Look out for North on the A15 take last exit before Humber signs on the roadside 'Clays Lane'. Bridge at roundabout take 3rd exit A1077 Barton Upon Humber. Right at Holydyke, Stourton Estate - History Safari turn left at crossroads with Whitecross Street, Saturday 10.00 & 15.00 Barton Blow Well is on the left between the two Guide:Antony Strawson Churches. O/S TA034220 Booking Essential Contact: 01507 578236 Lincolnshire Blow Wells: A chance to Stourton Estates Office In the heart of rural Lincolnshire, North Kesteven hear about a unique natural feature in Climb aboard the 'Time Tractor' and explore the an area of endless countryside and charming villages... the United Kingdom. historic landscape of the Stourton Estate. See Fascinating places to visit in the Aviation Heritage Saturday and Sunday 15.00-16.00 our lost medieval village, Victorian water tower, who knows Guide:Jonathan Gahan WWII bomb craters, Tudor ruins and so much District..