Learn about Lincs Through the Ages

The Lincs to the Past Team bring the Lincs of the past to life. Pre-history, Roman, Saxon, Viking, Medieval - it’s all here.

Victorian KS2
This teaching package uses photographic images from a collection found in the attic of a house in Lincoln.
The Tudors in Lincolnshire
During the Tudor period Lincolnshire was one of the most isolated counties in England.
Timeline Tour of The Collection KS2
Follow the timeline around the gallery to learn about Lincolnshire’s past and people.

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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.

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