Historic Churches in Lincolnshire

A lovely Norman country church, very simple in plan, consisting of only a nave, chancel, and south porch, with a peculiar little wooden bell turret set off centre of the west gable.
Haltham-on-Bain, Lincolnshire, England, LN9 6JF

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Heritage Highlight: Norman tympanum

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A Victorian Gothic church with a lovely spire built in imitation of that at nearby Louth, looking almost too slender and delicate to be built of stone. All Saints was erected in 1841 at the instigation of then rector, Rev G A Chaplin.
Haugham, Lincolnshire, England, LN11 8PU

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One of the finest medieval parish churches in Lincolnshire. St Andrew's Church in Heckington boasts a superb Easter Sepulchre, one of the best in England. This 14th-century church boasts superb Decorated Gothic carving and the architectural detail makes it one of the most memorable churches from this period.
Church Street, Heckington, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 9RJ

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St Andrew's is a delightful 13th/14th-century church with a late-medieval spire. Highlights include a beautifully carved 14th-century chancel screen, Tudor benches, an early 13th-century font with blind arcading, and an iron-bound 16th-century parish chest.
High Street, Helpringham, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 0RA

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century chancel screen

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St Mary's is a large 13th-century church on the site of a Saxon minster and an earlier Romano-British church. Highlights include a pair of 14th-century wooden screens and the memorial brass of Lionel Dymoke, the hereditary King's Champion, who died in 1519.
Church Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, LN9 5HW

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Heritage Highlight: 1519 Lionel Dymoke memorial brass

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A restored medieval church notable for its association with Katherine Swynford, wife of John of Gaunt. Katherine lived at the manor of Kettlethorpe before 1371, while she was married to Sir Hugh Swynford. A gateway arch (restored) from that manor still stands, and there is a medieval cross in the churchyard.
Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England, LN1 2LE

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A redundant country church worth visiting for its medieval memorials to the Disney family, ancestors of film-maker Walt Disney. There are three 14th-century memorials, two effigies to William Disney, father and son. The elder Disney fought with the Black Prince, the younger died in the terrible Black Death of 1349. The final Disney memorial is a very unusual carved tomb slab with a floriated cross where the body should be.
Kingerby, Lincolnshire, England, LN8 3PF

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Heritage Highlight: Disney memorials

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St Leonard's Church was founded as a chantry chapel for Roger de Tattershall in 1230, just outside the grounds of Kirkstead Abbey. Inside the church is a broken marble effigy thought to represent Roger de Tattershall and parts of an original 13th-century screen that may be the oldest in Britain.
Kirkstead Abbey, Abbey Lane, Kirkstead, Lincolnshire, England, LN10 6UH

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Heritage Highlight: Perhaps the oldest military effigy in Britain and the oldest wooden screen

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If Lincoln Cathedral were merely an empty shell, it would still deserve a visit for the extraordinary exterior. Here is art in stone. The west front, in particular, is magnificent in its use of sculptural detail and the richness of its design. Lincoln was largely rebuilt beginning in 1186 after a fire destroyed the earlier Norman church. Under the direction of Hugh of Avalon (Great Saint Hugh), the choir and eastern transepts were built, followed (1215-55) by the nave and chapter house. The angel choir is a masterpiece of the Decorated style. Look up at the central tower. It rises to 271 feet. Now imagine a spire extending another 284 feet up! That tower fell down in 1548. In the south east porch is the "Judgement Portal", with its marvellous relief carvings of Christ presiding over the Last Day, and in the choir is the "crazy vault" of intertwining ribs crisscrossing the bay. Everywhere you look are incredible carvings in wood and stone. Plan on spending a long time at Lincoln Cathedral.
4 Priory Gate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, LN2 1PL

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Heritage Highlight: Look for the Lincoln Imp carving, and the 'crazy vaulting'

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A charmingly simple Victorian Gothic church, built of colourful brick and stone in 1861. The building consists of only a small nave, even smaller chancel, south porch, and an elegant little wooden spire.
Little Cawthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, LN11 8LZ

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