Archaeology and Ancient Sites Archives - South Holland Life Heritage and Crafts including Chain Bridge Forge

Tysdale House, Common Way, Tydd St Mary.

Photo dated as from 1973. This is a Grade II listed hall house, dating from the early 16th century and altered in the 17th and 18th centuries and in about 1980. It has colour washed render over red b…

Anglo-Saxon Surfleet

The River Glen The Fenlands around The Wash were inhospitable areas of wetland, and the only sure and (relatively) safe way to navigate them was by its waterways. One of the key waterways was the Riv…

THE HISTORY OF LITTLE SUTTON PARISH

For most of history, the area covered by Little Sutton parish lay in a shallow sea, but by Anglo Saxon times the sea had receded somewhat and the area found itself in an intertidal zone, and so the la…

Mathew Flinders letter – 1801

This letter was written by Matthew Flinders on this day in 1801. In the long letter to his father, carefully drafted on 10 July 1801, Flinders raised the subject of his marriage to Ann Chappelle. He…

How old is St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Gosberton?

Even the briefest of looks at the outside of the church will confirm to you that it is a medieval structure; and that’s without any great understanding or study of architectural history. It simply, an…

Moulton Castle

This is an extract from “About Moulton” by Nancy Snowdon The site of Thomas's castle, a natural looking mound, is some three kilometree out of the village of Moulton, on a road called Hallgate. The e…

Whaplode Broads?

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Thornholm Grange Vetchery Farm

Double St postcard- 1906

1906 postcard of Double Street currently for sale on eBay. The view is looking towards the Westlode Street, Albion Street junction and you can see the Angel Inn pub sign in the distance on the left. …

Chain Bridge

Les Prudden’s photos of the old Chain Bridge dated June 1963 showing the old gas works on the left. Significant comment from Facebook Il lived just across the way from chain bridge next to t…

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