Lincoln, Lincolnshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Lincoln. You may be able to find further references to Lincoln in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Castle Dykings parish Bartholomew
CASTLE-DYKINGS an extra-parochial tract Imperial
Holmes Common parish Bartholomew
Lincoln liberty Bartholomew
Lincoln parliamentary and municipal borough Bartholomew
LINCOLN a city and a district Imperial
Monks Liberty parish Bartholomew
South Common parish Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Lincoln within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
William Camden Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincoln 25
Daniel Defoe Letter 7, Part 2: East Midlands 6
Celia Fiennes 1697 Tour: London to Yorkshire 4
Thomas Pennant June 26-July 3: Cheshire to the East Riding 4
Gerald of Wales Introduction 3
John Wesley 1785-90: Collects Money for the Poor; Visits House of Lords; Reasons for his Long Life 3
Thomas Pennant Appendix VIII: Itinerary 3
William Camden Yorkshire: East and North Ridings 2
William Camden Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex 1
William Camden Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire 1
William Camden Nottinghamshire, Derby and Warwick 1
William Camden Shropshire and Cheshire 1
William Cobbett Sept. 12th to 27th, 1826: Malmsbury to Worcestershire 1
Daniel Defoe Letter 6, Part 2: Oxford, Bristol and Gloucester 1
Daniel Defoe Letter 8, Part 1: The Trent Valley 1
Daniel Defoe Letter 10: Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland 1
John Wesley 1777-80: On the Isle of Man; City Road Chapel; Wesley Visits Lord George Gordon 1
Thomas Pennant August 14-18: Inverness and the Black Isle 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Boultham 0 2
Canwick 0 2
Bracebridge 0 2
Skellingthorpe 0 2
Burton 0 2
Greetwell 0 2
Riseholme 0 2
South Carlton 0 2
North Hykeham 0 4
Nettleham 0 2
Cherry Willingham 0 2
Lawres 0 2
Waddington 0 2
Doddington 0 2
Grange de Lings 0 1
Whisby 0 2
North Carlton 0 2
Mere 0 1
Washingborough 4 2
Broadholme 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Lincoln. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CASTLE DYKINGS John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
HOLMES COMMON John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
LINCOLN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
LINCOLN CITY William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
LINCOLNE William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
LINCOLNIA William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
LIND COIT William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
LIND CYLLAN CEASTER William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
LINDECOLLINA CIVITAS William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
LINDE COLLINUM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
LINDO COLLYNE William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
LINDUM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
Thomas Pennant A Tour in Scotland 1769 (London: Benjamin White, 1776).
LUIT COIT William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
MONKS LIBERTY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
NICHOL William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
SOUTH COMMON John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.