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Remember the Tower in Tower Lane being demolished? The year was 1963 and it was demolished for safety reasons, but another old Spalding landmark gone! I remember 4 of us getting the j ...
A History of Sutton Bridge - 1745 to the Present Day Peter Clery
1745 - 1814
The South Sea bubble was a financial scandal in 1720-21 which outweighed anything before or since. What has that got ...
What Are Listed Buildings?
A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building which has been placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. There ...
The Grade II listed Pulvertoft Hall at Gedney Broadgate, near Spalding
Built in 1720, the hall is a fine example of early Georgian architecture set in over two acres of land with fenland views. Arr ...
Until the 1940s, the site of the concrete factory was occupied by a two- storey house, a replacement for a building once owned by Edward III’s fourth son, John of Gaunt, who became Lord of the Manor ...
GEMS FROM THE ARCHIVE: A monthly column by DR MARTIN BLAKE, of the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society, looking at interesting artefacts from its museum
In 1731 John Grundy Sr, a notable surveyor ...
An unusual view looking down New Rd. in Spalding. The date is 1956. The image below was taken from Google St view.
