Many visitors come to the castle to see the original Lincoln Magna Carta. This 780‐year‐old document is one of only four surviving originals sealed by King John after his meeting with the Barons at Runnymede in 1215. Relocated from its old home in the Cathedral, the…
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8.1 miles
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Doddington Hall is a much loved family home and has never been sold since it was built in 1595 by Robert Smythson, one of Englands foremost Elizabethan architects. The mellow brick exterior with its walled courtyards has barely changed while the interior was redecorated in Georgian times in…
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8.1 miles
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Gainsborough Old Hall is a unique medieval manor house right in the centre of Gainsborough. Sir Thomas Burgh built it between 1460 and 1480 and it remains much as he left it, to the delight of thousands of visitors each year. OPENING TIMES: 10:00 am ‐…
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7.4 miles
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In this house John and Charles Wesley grew up as boys. Samuel Wesley built this house in 1709 after fire had destroyed the earlier building from which John was rescued as 'a brand plucked from the burning. '.…
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14.8 miles
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