Lincoln books and maps

Maps and guide books Lincoln

Lincoln books and maps

Lincoln books: Maps
	Lincoln, Sleaford, Metheringham and Navenby (Explorer OL S.) Price: £13.99 Publication: October 1, 2004
	Lincoln: Street Plan and Guide Price: £1.99 Publication: February 2003

Lincoln books: Travel Guides
	Lincoln Local Red Book Price: £2.99 Publication: March 16, 2004

Lincoln books: History & Heritage
	Historic Town Plans of Lincoln, 1610-1920 (Publications of the Lincoln Record Society) This book collects together early maps of Lincoln, and demonstrates their importance in describing the changing geography of this historic city, and also the development of cartography and its increasing application of scientific techniques for improved accuracy and precision. Speed published the earliest surviving map of the area in 1610; his work was followed in 1722 by that of William Stukeley, whose map concentrates on historical features. The nineteenth century saw Lincoln mapped a number of times, by William Marrat (1814-17) and shortly afterwards by James Sandby Padley and the Ordnance Survey. It was the electoral reforms of the 1830s that drove the next map-makers to define ward and parish boundaries, the details of which required a larger scale than previous works. Then in 1842 Padley published his remarkable Large Map of Lincoln. The collection ends with the OS map of 1920, a detailed record of the city scaled at six inches to the mile, where modern Lincoln is clearly visible. Price: £30.00 Publication: December 14, 2004
	Lincoln, History and Guide Price: £12.34 Publication: October 1, 2004
	Francis Frith's Lincoln Pocket Album (Photographic Memories S.) A pocket photographic guide containing finely detailed photographs of the locality from the Francis Frith collection. Suitable for local historians, tourists and general reading or as a gift. Includes a voucher for a free print. Price: £4.99 Publication: February 17, 2005

Lincoln books: Walking and Tours

Lincoln: An Illustrated Walk Down Its Famous Hill The story of Lincoln goes back a long way- at least 2500 years. But why did people settle in Lincoln? Well, the hilltop site offered security as much as anything else, to the earliest settlers because strangers could be observed approaching from the north and protection from the south was offered by the marshes and the River Witham. Prehistoric men and women used a track on top of the limestone that runs from the River Humber to the hill on which Lincoln stands. So a gap in the Jurassic ridge - the Lincoln edge - and a river were the key factors in determining Lincoln's position as a settlement. A safe place then, in which to live and a good trading place to aid prosperity. This book, combining history and an awareness of the buildings, style and place of Lincoln, is the perfect guide to accompany both the visitor and the interested resident in a walk down Lincoln's famous hill. Price: £4.99 Publication: June 1, 2005

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