The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire or Heritage Lincolnshire in the shortened form of its name, is an independent charitable trust working to preserve, protect, promote and present

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

's heritage for the benefit of local people and visitors. It is based at the Old School in Heckington near

Sleaford Sleaford is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Centred on the former parish of New Sleaford, the modern boundaries and urban area include Quarrington, Lincolnshire, ...

. It was established in the September 1988 on the initiative of Lincolnshire County Council. It became a registered charity on 9 January 1991, at the same time gaining independence from the county council and merging with the established Trust for Lincolnshire Archaeology. Since 1994 the charity's archaeological division has traded as Archaeological Project Services, or APS.

Historic sites

Heritage Lincolnshire cares for six historic sites in the county, as well as its headquarters at the Old School in Heckington, Mill Cottage at Little Steeping and its building preservation projects, such as the Old King's Head. * Bolingbroke Castle near

Spilsby Spilsby is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town is adjacent to the main A16, east of the county town of Lincoln, north-east of Boston and north-west of Skegness. It ...

. The moated ruins of a thirteenth century castle built by Ranulf, Earl of Chester that was the birthplace of the future

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. Heritage Lincolnshire has managed the site on behalf of

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since 1995, through a local management agreement. * Holbeach Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post. An underground post built in 1964 and used by local volunteers from the Royal Observer Corps to monitor in case of nuclear attack. The post was donated to the Trust by the landowner in 2000 after it had been decommissioned in 1991, following the end of the

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. * Hussey Tower, Boston. The ruined shell of a three-story brick tower house that was once part of a larger manorial complex built in the 1460s by Richard Benyngton, who was collector of customs and excise for the wealthy port of Boston. Its name today comes from a later owner, Sir John Hussey, upon whose execution in 1536 following the

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it passed to its present owners Boston Corporation, upon whose behalf Heritage Lincolnshire has managed the site since 1997. *

Tattershall College Tattershall College was a grammar school in Tattershall, Lincolnshire. The college was established in 1439 and the building that still stands today was constructed between 1454 and 1460. This building was built by the 3rd Baron Cromwell for th ...

. The remains of an fifteenth century brick grammar school built by Ralph, Lord Cromwell for the purpose of providing a free education to the sons of his tenants and the choristers of the college, which was centred on the nearby Collegiate Church of Holy Trinity. Heritage Lincolnshire has managed the site on behalf of

since 1995. *

Tupholme Abbey Tupholme Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey close to the River Witham some east of the city of Lincoln, England. The Witham valley in Lincolnshire is notable for its high concentration of monasteries—there were six on the east bank and thr ...

, near Bardney. The site and standing ruins of a

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near the River Witham, founded between 1155 and 1165 by

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and Alan de Neville. The Trust purchased the site in 1988. Heritage Lincolnshire previously managed

Temple Bruer Preceptory Temple Bruer Preceptory is a historic building in the civil parish of Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the few Knights Templar sites left in England where any ruins remain standing. Its ...

which is now in the guardianship of Lincolnshire County Council.

The Old King's Head, Kirton

A project currently being undertaken by Heritage Lincolnshire is the restoration of the

Old King's Head, Kirton The Old King's Head, Kirton in Holland, near Boston in Lincolnshire, England is a former public house. The earlier part of it was built at the end of the sixteenth century and was given major alterations in 1661 in Artisan Mannerist Style. It is ...

near Boston, Lincolnshire a former public house. The earlier part of it was built at the end of the sixteenth century and was given major alterations in 1661 in Artisan Mannerist Style. It is red brick in English Bond with recent tiles over a thatched roof. It became a domestic residence in the 1960s and in 2016 it was purchased by Heritage Lincolnshire for restoration. It opened as a bed and breakfast and cafe on 1st October 2001.

References

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External links

Heritage Lincolnshire web site

Archaeological Project Services (APS) web site
Archaeological organizations Heritage organisations in England Historical societies of the United Kingdom Organisations based in Lincolnshire 1980s establishments in England Organizations established in the 1980s

Historic sites

The Old King's Head, Kirton

See also

References

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