Tennyson

Lincolnshire holds the most significant collection on Alfred Tennyson in the world. The Lincs to the Past team have gathered together some of the jewels of the collection for your enjoyment.

Alfred Tennyson Background
Alfred Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, on August 6th 1809.
Tennyson, Blake and the Book of Job
Dr Sibylle Erle, Grace Timmins
Charge of the Light Brigade
One of Tennyson’s most famous poems. Bugle courtesy of the Queen’ Royal Lancers Museum
In Memoriam
In Memoriam A.H.H. is Alfred Tennyson’s greatest poem.
Tennyson in Art
The Moxon Illustrated Edition of Tennyson’s Poems
Tennyson in Photography
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) was a pioneer photographer in the 19th century
How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear!
Tennyson Family Friend

Look Out For

Masterstrokes: Great Paintings from York Art Gallery

25 May 2013 - 26 Aug 2013

Masterstrokes: Great Paintings from York Art Gallery is an exhibition of 33 paintings from York Art Gallery’s fantastic collection on tour to six regional venues while the Gallery is closed for a major refurbishment programme. This exhibition provides a unique snapshot of the collection, bringing together a selection of some of York’s most significant and popular oil paintings from 600 years of art.

Follow us on...

Browse by Subject

Library catalogue Convicts database Burials Maps Marriages Tennyson WWII Airfields For schools Baptisms Scheduled monuments Listed buildings Parish registers Buy Image Probate Inventories Regimental Rolls

Support Lincs to the Past

Lincolnshire's heritage is a rich, diverse and precious legacy. Your donations will be used to improve your visit through better exhibitions, increased digitisation and conservation work. Your generosity will help to preserve and keep vibrant our heritage for future generations. Thank you for your support.

I want to donate...

Last updated: 2 March 2011

Bookmark with:

What are these?

About Us

Lincs to the Past is a site that contains hundreds of thousands of records covering items held in Lincolnshire’s Historic Environment Record, Archives, Libraries, Museums and Tennyson Research Centre.

Its search engine provides a single place from which to search through the catalogues of the cultural heritage collections held across Lincolnshire.

This is an ongoing project, and additional entries and images will be added regularly.

Find out more

Heritage Sites and Resources

What We Can Do For You

By creating an account with Lincs to the Past you can create you own personal archive by saving your searches, images and records into a private area.

Those people who create an account will also be able to buy copies of images online.

You can also participate in the site by adding comments and tags to records.