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Burton Coggles maps

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

Burton Coggles map

Historic map of Burton Coggles

Lincolnshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Lincolnshire

Burton Coggles map

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Burton Coggles photos

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Burton Coggles books

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Lincolnshire Living Memoires
Paperback
£14

Grantham Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Lincoln Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13

Burton Coggles books
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Memories of Burton Coggles

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Lincolnshire memories

Wedding at Belton

My Grandparents Percy Clarke and Dorothy Flowers were married in this church in 1923.  My Great Grandfather Henry Clarke was bailiff to Lord Brownlow for 48 years and my other Great Grandfather Thomas Flowers had been Coachman to his lordship since 1876, retiring in 1922.  Lord Brownlow attended the wedding and provided the bouquets and other flowers from Belton's nursery.  Over... [more]

Shared on 05 February 2009 by Yvonne Parker.

School Swimming Lessons

It was here that I and many of my school friends learned to swim, around about the time this photograph was taken. The water was always cold and the shape of the pool made length swimming impossible. Summer holidays were spent here too, sometimes it was so crowded little piles of clothes could be found all over the grass... [more]

Shared on 05 February 2009 by Yvonne Parker.

Gatehouse.

As a child I spent many happy holidays in Denton. My Grandparents lived in the right-hand side of the gatehouse; their names were James and Jane Howell. He was a gardener at the Hall. I remember at the age of about five years old, rushing out to open the big gates for horses or vehicles to come through on their way... [more]

Shared on 01 March 2008 by Anne Greaves.

Evacuee During World War 2

I was privately evacuated to Croxton Kerrial with my sister in 1940, we were billeted in a cottage named Woodbine Cottage, this was next to the Bakery. We attended the village school, I still remember some of the children's names that attended the school, my sister and I had quite a happy time in Croxton Kerrial. I have been told by... [more]

Shared on 04 February 2008 by Keneth Harris.

Extracts From Burton Coggles & Lincolnshire books

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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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