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Reproduction of 48 maps from Lincolnshire's past sheds new light on the county's history.

The 532 letters that are published in this volume come from the extensive correspondence that was received from people in Lincolnshire parishes by John Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln between 1827 and 1853. They are important because they express the opinions and reflect the attitudes of lay people as well as clergymen: Kaye's correspondents ranged from members of the landed gentry to people who would usually have little direct contact with the bishop...

Diaries and account books provide rich evidence for daily life at the time - and the early years of Matthew Flinders, credited with naming Australia.

Burghersh revealed as conscientious diocesan, new light on his involvement in invasion of Isabella and Mortimer in 1326.

The diocese of Lincoln was the largest in medieval England, extending over nine counties, and the early thirteenth century saw considerable development in episcopal government and evident concern over Church reform in the aftermath of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215. Hugh of Wells brought to his diocese his experience as a royal official in the chancery of King John, and his tenure of the see was marked by transition and innovation, with pa...

Annotated edition of erudite letters from the eighteenth-century sheds light on intellectual life at the time.

The growth and development of the Lincoln Record Society in its first hundred years highlights the contribution of such organisations to historical life.