Medieval Jews House

Arguably the oldest vernacular architecture in Lincoln, Jews House dates from the late 12th century. The house has traditionally been associated with the thriving Jewish community in medieval Lincoln. Anti-Semitic hysteria was stoked up by the case of Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln in 1255 and 1290 the entire Jewish community was expelled from England. The Jews House supposedly being seized from a Jewish owner. Part of the facade survives - the elaborately carved doorway, the remains of two Romanesque double-arch windows and much of the stonework on the upper storey. A chimney breast rises over the arch above the front door, serving the fireplace on the upper floor. There were once two columns supporting the arch, but these have gone.

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Drury Lane

Drury Lane buildings from the left to the right - Leigh-Pemberton House (Visitor Information Centre), St Mary Magdalene Church and Lincoln Cathedral with the Exchequer Gate. The 14th century gate is located at the Cathedral end of Castle Hill,where tenants who rented property from the church came to pay their rents. The origin of the Exchequer Gate is uncertain, but tradition holds that it was constructed during the reign of Edward I. Leigh-Pemberton House is a large timber framed merchant’s house of 1543, possibly the Ironmongers Arms in 1666 and extensively restored in the 20th century. It was a bank from c.1899-1979. Sir Robert Leigh-Pemberton was chairman of the NatWest Bank and Governor of the Bank of England 1983-93.

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Guildhall

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High Street

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Housing in Corporation Street

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Lincoln Castle

Lincoln Castle was constructed during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress.

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Lincoln Castle wall and Lucy Tower

Lucy Tower - the original motte of the Castle and surmounted by the medieval 15-sided keep. It was named after the mother of a 12th century owner, Lucy, Countess of Chester. Inside the Tower are anonymous gravestones (only the initials and year of death), which mark the burial of prisoners who were executed in the Castle in Victorian times.

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River Witham and Thorngate

The view looking East from the medieval High Bridge in the High Street. The River Witham flows almost entirely in the county of Lincolnshire. It rises south of Grantham close to South Witham, passes Lincoln and at Boston, flows into the Haven, a tidal arm of the Wash, near RSPB Frampton Marsh. The Witham is navigable from Lincoln to Boston.

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Waterside

The 'Empowerment' sculpture over the River Witham at Waterside was designed by Stephen Broadbent and erected in 2002. The sculpture is intended to echo the shape of turbine blades in recognition of Lincoln's industrial heritage.

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The Strait

Looking up the Strait with the central tower of the Cathedral.

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Newport Arch

Said to be the only Roman gateway in Britain still used by traffic, the archwayis astride Ermine Street and marked the nothern edge of the Roman walled town.

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Central Railway Station

This station was opened in 1848 serving the Great Nothern Railway, but two years earlier St Mark's Station had opened for the rival Midland Railway. Central Station is the only one remaining operational today.

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The Cathedral view from Lincoln Castle

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Bailgate Methodist Church

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21-22 Steep Hill

Once an inn by the name of the Harlequin, this is another timber-framed 16th century building, standing on the corner of Michaelgate.

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