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Acthorpe maps

Historic maps of Acthorpe and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Acthorpe maps

Acthorpe map

Historic map of Acthorpe

Lincolnshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Lincolnshire

Acthorpe map

Historic Map of any Acthorpe postcode

Acthorpe maps
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Acthorpe photos

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Acthorpe books

Displaying 3 of 6 books about Acthorpe and the local area.   View all Acthorpe books

Lincolnshire Living Memoires
Paperback
£14

Grantham Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Lincoln Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13

Acthorpe books
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Memories of Acthorpe

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Lincolnshire memories

Topliss drapers 1882-1975

I wonder if anyone remembers Topliss, 16 Mercer Row? It was there until 1975 when it was taken over by Boyes. It was probably the last shop in Britain to have a "cash railway" for taking customers' payments to the cashier and returning the change. The money travelled in a hollow wooden ball, like a croquet ball cut... [more]

Shared on 29 June 2006 by Andrew Buxton.

My friend Betty Avis

Many years ago when I was a young girl not long out of school, I started work in Grimsby along with Betty Avis who lived in Binbrook and travelled into work every day on the bus. I remember her very well and still see her with her headscarf on when she came to work.  he and I became goood friends and... [more]

Shared on 02 July 2009 by Jane Tetlow.

Black Horse Inn

The photograph of the High Street with the Black Horse Inn Sign in the foreground reminded me that one of my ancestors, Sims Briggs, was the landlord of the inn according to the 1881 Census. Some of the other members are interned in the churchyard including my 2x Great Grandmother Susannah Briggs, wife of John who also died in Ludford but... [more]

Shared on 05 August 2009 by Roland Briggs.

Henson ancestry

An ancester of mine, Edith Rebecca Henson, lived in Worlaby in the late 1800s/early 1900s in Low Road or Top Road, Worlaby. She lived with the Rusling family as a niece. She married Richard Frank Henson in 1905. They shared the same surname but were they related - maybe cousins? Richard came from Scawby. I would like to hear from anyone... [more]

Shared on 03 August 2009

Extracts From Acthorpe & Lincolnshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Acthorpe, inspired by Frith photos.

Boston - A History & Celebration

Plans are also under way for economic developments that should benefit the privately owned port of Boston and the people and businesses dependent on it. During 2005 Lincolnshire Development, part of Lincolnshire County Council, prepared a bid for European funding under Objective 2 for the Boston Southern Enterprise Zone in the Marsh Lane area south of the dock. This would fund the construction of a dock link road, and the commissioning... [more]

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Boston - A History & Celebration

On a happy day in August 1916 Alice Oldrid, one of four sisters who then owned the famous drapers shop in Boston, married Alan James Derrick of Redcar on Teesside, a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Reserve Batallion of the Northumberland Fusiliers.

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Boston - A History & Celebration

The direct involvement of the civilian population in the horrors of war might be one of the factors contributing to the decline of religious belief and worship during the 20th century. When the Centenary Methodist Chapel was destroyed by fire on 24 June 1909, the congregation responded magnificently and the new chapel on the site was re-opened in 1911, and is still in use. However since then many churches and chapels... [more]

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