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Caption: Lincoln City through the Ages
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Caption: Lincoln has a colourful story. From its Iron Age roots it grew to Lindum Colonia, a Roman military town, before being an important trading hub in the Viking Era. It boasts an impressive Norman castle, huge cathedral and one of only 4 original Magna Carta scripts.
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Caption: Lincoln is also famed for Steep Hill, a cobbler street full of independent retailers.
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Caption: Pottergate Arch reminds the traveller of the city’s medieval past.
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Caption: As does Exchequergate, the ‘tax office’ where residents in the 1300’s would pay tax to the church
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Caption: Stokes is a famous coffee house, a Tudor era timbered house built in 1540...
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Caption: ...and is located on High Bridge, the only medieval bridge in the UK that still has houses upon it.
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Caption: At the bottom of Steep Hill is the city’s Guildhall, which has been hosting council meetings for 498 years!
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Caption: Built by Bishop Regimus, the cathedral was consecrated in 1092. The central tower was replaced in 1311 and, standing at 160m, it became the world’s tallest structure for the next 238 years.
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Caption: The Leigh-Pemberton House, now the Visitor’s Centre, is a listed merchant’s house at Castle Hill.
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