The Lincolnshire Coast (5/8)

These pictures were taken whilst visiting the Lincolnshire coast during June 2004. Some pictures I've deliberately taken to match the angle of an early picture postcard.

 

  

 

 

 

 

The town of Louth is a few miles inland and in the centre is St. James' church, built around the 15th century on profits from the wool trade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The poet Tennyson lodged with his grandmother whilst he attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Louth. Apparently he was unhappy then and spent his time looking at the weeds growing in the wall opposite the school where there is now a plaque next to where I'm standing. Move the cursor onto the picture to see the plaque close up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tennyson's school opposite the plaque where he used to look out of the window.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. James' church is where the Lincolnshire Rising began on the 1st October 1536, marked by a circular plaque next to where Mark is standing. This was a rebellion of Roman Catholics against the establishment of the Church of England by Henry VIII and the dissolution of the monasteries. Place the cursor on the picture for a closeup of the plaque.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back at Mablethorpe enjoying a walk along the beach with my mother.

 

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