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Quarrington maps

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

Quarrington map

Historic map of Quarrington

Lincolnshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Lincolnshire

Quarrington map

Historic Map of any Quarrington postcode

Quarrington maps
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Quarrington photos

We have no photos of Quarrington, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Sleaford

Quarrington books

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Lincolnshire Living Memoires
Paperback
rrp £14  £11.20

Grantham Town and City Memories
Paperback
rrp £13  £10.40

Lincoln Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Quarrington books
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Memories of Quarrington

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Lincolnshire memories

fun times

i have fond memories of sleaford staying with my grand parents on st giles avenue , going to the wreck to play going swimming and best of all going to the market to see all the live stock .My dad would tell is all what he got up too as a child where he lived as a boy,jubilee road i think... [more]

Shared on 16 December 2007 by Becky Wilson.

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Shared on 01 June 2008

Williamson Family

My father was John Henry Williamson known as Harry. He lived with his father John William Williamson and mother Ada Florence nee Rylatt. My mother Florence Thorpe Catton was from Yorkshire and met Dad at Metheringham Feast.

The family lived in Burton Pedwardine at the time of my parents marriage in 1933 and Harry and Florence went to live with... [more]

Shared on 24 August 2008 by Gillian Emerton.

My first RAF posting

This was where I started training as an RAF fighter pilot in 1951.
I firstly did my "Square Bashing" then was promoted to Acting Pilot Officer and made my first flight in a Tiger Moth flying over Lincoln. Then it was off to AFTS Ansty to train on Chipmunks.
Happy days!

Shared on 14 October 2008 by Terry Clary.

John and Elizabeth Footit

I visited Carlton Scroop with my grandmother, Elizaberth Footit. Her sister was Rose Helena West, they were all born in Hough on the Hill. Harrold Footit whose memorial is in the church was my great cousin. Elizabeth was born in 1875, John in 1873. The West and Footit families all came from Hough. I have photos of Elizabeth and John in... [more]

Shared on 04 September 2009

My Grandad

My grandad's family came from here, his name was Clarence Magson Hilton, he was born around 1900. I am trying to find anyone related, he married Elizabeth Howard and lived in Hull.

Shared on 22 February 2009 by Eira Waite.

Memories of My Family

I was not born when my family lived in Kirkby Green but I have heard my mother tell a few stories of life there. She had a pet trout who lived in the Beck which ran past the back garden. She called him Peter and would go down to feed him most days. When he failed to turn up for a... [more]

Shared on 06 September 2008 by Gillian Emerton.

No actual memories ...!

Kirkby Green. I was born here in December 1941. My family lived in the house at the side of 'The Beck' which had a water wheel used for driving a mill. My father worked for a local farming family, the Wrights. I have no memories of my life here as we left the area in 1942, but my brothers and sisters... [more]

Shared on 30 August 2008 by Brian Williamson.

Extracts From Quarrington & Lincolnshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Quarrington, 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.

This is an extract from Boston - A History & Celebration.
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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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