‘Our Lincolnshire’ Exploring public engagement with heritage Carenza Lewis, Anna Scott, Anna Cruse, Raf Nicholson and Dominic Symonds Access Archaeology aeopr ch es r s A A y c g c e o l s o s e A a r c Ah About Access Archaeology Access Archaeology offers a different publishing model for specialist academic material that might traditionally prove commercially unviable, perhaps due to its sheer extent or volume of colour content, or simply due to its relatively niche field of interest. This could apply, for example, to a PhD dissertation or a catalogue of archaeological data. All Access Archaeology publications are available in open-access e-pdf format and in print format. The open-access model supports dissemination in areas of the world where budgets are more severely limited, and also allows individual academics from all over the world the opportunity to access the material privately, rather than relying solely on their university or public library. 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No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owners. This book is available direct from Archaeopress or from our website www.archaeopress.com Contents Figures ...................................................................................................................................................... II Tables ....................................................................................................................................................... IV Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................... VI Project Team ............................................................................................................................................ VI Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................. 1 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 12 2. Our Lincolnshire Heritage Survey ............................................................................................... 23 3. My Lincolnshire Collection: Creative Digital Web App ............................................................ 85 4. Lincolnshire’s Cricket Heritage ................................................................................................. 103 5. Performing Lincolnshire Heritage ............................................................................................. 113 6. Project Outputs ............................................................................................................................ 119 7. Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 121 References .............................................................................................................................................. 126 Appendices ............................................................................................................................................. 128 APPENDIX 1: LINCOLNSHIRE POSTCODES 128 APPENDIX 2: ‘OUR LINCOLNSHIRE’ HERITAGE SURVEY 130 APPENDIX 3: MY LINCOLNSHIRE COLLECTION 226 APPENDIX 4: CRICKET STRAND 246 APPENDIX 5: PERFORMANCE STRAND 249 i Figures Fig. 1 The county of Lincolnshire 14 Fig. 2 Regional view of Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. 15 Fig. 3 All survey respondents’ home districts 28 Fig. 4 Comparison of all survey respondents’ home districts with proportions of residents 29 Fig. 5 Survey respondents’ current home postcode, by region 30 Fig. 6 Length of time survey respondents have lived in their current home 30 Fig. 7 Survey respondents’ work/school postcode, by region 31 Fig. 8 Survey respondents’ age brackets 32 Fig. 9 Length of time survey respondents have lived in Lincolnshire 33 Fig. 10 Length of time survey respondents have lived or worked in the UK 34 Fig. 11 Survey respondents’ gender 35 Fig. 12 Comparing respondents’ employment status with the wider population of Lincolnshire 36 Fig. 13 Survey respondents’ income band 38 Fig. 14 Survey respondents’ level of agreement with a given definition of heritage 41 Fig. 15 All survey respondents’ answers to the question 'How important is heritage to you?' 42 Fig. 16 Comparing Over 18s’ with Under 18s’ responses to ‘How important is heritage to you?’ 43 Fig. 17 Comparing survey respondents’ answers to ‘How important is heritage to you?’… 44 Fig. 18 Comparing Over 18s’, Under 18s’ and all responses to questions asking about the importance of tangible and intangible heritage 46 Fig. 19 Comparing Over 18s’ with Under 18s’ responses to questions about enjoying, researching and protecting heritage 48 Fig. 20 All survey respondents’ answers to five questions on the importance of tangible and intangible heritage and whether heritage is enjoyed, researched, and protected 48 Fig. 21 Comparing Over 18s' with Under 18s' responses to five questions on the importance of tangible and intangible heritage and whether heritage is enjoyed, researched, and protected 49 Fig. 22 All survey respondents' rankings of different types of heritage 51 Fig. 23 Over 18s’ rankings of different types of heritage 52 Fig. 24 Under 18s’ rankings of different types of heritage 52 Fig. 25 All respondents’ rankings of interest in heritage according to different geographical areas 54 Fig. 26 Over 18s’ rankings of interest in heritage according to geographical areas 55 Fig. 27 Under 18s’ rankings of interest in heritage according to geographical areas 55 Fig. 28 All survey respondents’ rankings of heritage according to historical period 56 Fig. 29 Over 18s' rankings of heritage according to historical period 57 Fig. 30 Under 18s’ rankings of heritage according to historical period 57 Fig. 31 All survey respondents’ rankings of heritage themes 58 Fig. 32 Over 18s’ rankings of heritage themes 59 Fig. 33 Under 18s’ rankings of heritage themes 59 Fig. 34 Respondents’ answers when asked about the importance of learning about good and bad things from the past 60 Fig. 35 All survey respondents’ answers to questions about public heritage activities 61 Fig. 36 Comparing Over 18s’ with Under 18s’ responses to questions about public heritage activities 63 Fig. 37 Comparing Over 18s’, Under 18s’ and all responses to questions about public heritage activities in relation to the economy, skills, and wellbeing 64 Fig. 38 All survey respondents’ rankings of who should decide how Lincolnshire's heritage should be presented and looked after 66 ii Fig. 39 Comparing Over 18s’ with Under 18s’ rankings of who should decide how Lincolnshire’s heritage is presented and looked after 67 Fig. 40 All survey respondents’ heritage visiting patterns 69 Fig. 41 Comparing Over 18s’ with Under 18s’ responses on visiting heritage 70 Fig. 42 All survey respondents’ participation in heritage activities 72 Fig. 43 Comparing Over 18s’ with Under 18s’ participation in heritage activities 72 Fig. 44 Survey respondents’ reasons for taking part in heritage activities 73 Fig. 45 Frequency with which survey respondents took part in heritage activities 74 Fig. 46 Who survey respondents carried out heritage activities with 75 Fig. 47 Where survey respondents went to take part in heritage activities 76 Fig. 48 Other activities survey respondents