There has been a palace on this site for not much short of 1,000 years. From here the medieval bishops ran the huge Diocese of Lincoln, which at that time stretched from the Humber to the Thames and from Cambridgeshire to the edge of the West Midlands. Medieval buildings and romantic ruins are still in evidence [...]
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The Old Palace Hotel
2 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2015
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 5:24
10 Comments CherryPie on May 3rd 2015
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Lincoln Cathedral – The Chapter House
The early 13th century, ten-sided Chapter House has hosted Parliament three times, and the College of Canons still meets here. Built as a meeting room to transact the business of the canons, the Dean’s throne is thought to date from the 1330s. The stained glass windows of the late nineteenth century give snapshots of the [...]
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Lincoln Cathedral by Day
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Lincoln Cathedral by Night
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 30th 2015
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Saint Peter’s Church
Just outside the grounds of Doddington Hall and Gardens lies St Peter’s Church.
St Peter’s Church dates back to the medieval period, and is visible in the Kipp print of 1707. In 1775, after completing the work in the Hall, John Delaval rebuilt the church in the flamboyant Gothick style, which he copied from the surviving [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 29th 2015
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Doddington Hall – Gardens
Remaining faithful to the original Elizabethan layout, mellow walls provide the framework for the formal East Front and West Gardens. Beyond the West Gardens begin the lovingly restored Wild Gardens. Over the generations, most recently by Antony and Victoria Jarvis and Claire and James Birch, the gardens at Doddington have been restored, cared for, nurtured [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 28th 2015
