Lincolnshire Historic Graffiti Survey
The following churches and buildings have been investigated for presence of graffiti. The KEY, below, explains the terms used.
Churches are listed below in black or grey font in the format :
CHURCH, dedication - status, photos taken
OTHER BUILDINGS in RED
ALFORD, St Wilfrid - Recorded, 50
ALGARKIRK, St Peter & St Paul – RECORDED, 2
ALLINGTON Holy Trinity - Scoped
ALVINGHAM, St Adelwold – RECORDED, 4
ANCASTER, St Martin – RECORDED, 37
ANWICK, St Edith – RECORDED, 88
ASHBY, St Peter – RECORDED, 61
ASHBY PUERORUM, St Andrew - Recorded 13
ASLACKBY, St James - A Lot! - Special Team Required contact BP
ASWARBY, St Denys - O
AUNSBY, St Thomas of Canterbury - Scoped
AYLESBY, St Lawrence – RECORDED, 27
BAG ENDERBY, St Margaret - Scoped, a few
BARDNEY, St Lawrence – RECORDED, 195
BARKSTONE, St Nicholas - Scoped, a few
BARROWBY All Saints - Known to have graffiti
BASSINGHAM, St Michael & All Angels – RECORDED, 48
BASSINGTHORPE, St Thomas a Becket – RECORDED, 133
BAUMBER, St Swithin - RECORDED, 9
BELTON HOUSE - Lots recorded here by MC&vols via National Trust
BENINGTON, 'The Beonna Project' – RECORDED, 163
BENNIWORTH, St Julian - West Door RECORDED, 20
BIGBY, Pingley Camp 9 (disused Military) - Known via Lincs HER
BILLINGBOROUGH, St Andrew – RECORDED, 117
BISHOP NORTON, St Peter's - O
BITCHFIELD, St Mary Magdalene – RECORDED, 76
BOLINGBROKE, Sts Peter/Paul - Known to have graffiti (Not recorded)
BOOTHBY PAGNELL, St Andrew - Scoped
BOSTON, St Botolph - Scoped
BOURNE ABBEY - Scoped (Hexfoils et al)
BRACEBRIDGE, All Saints – RECORDED, 38
BRACEBY, St Margaret – RECORDED, 65
BRADLEY, St George – RECORDED, 3
BRANSTON, All Saints - RECORDED, 52
BRANT BROUGHTON, St Helen - Scoped
BRATTLEBY, St Cuthbert - O
BURTON LE COGGLES, St Thomas of Canterbury - RECORDED, 43
BURTON-BY- LINCOLN, St Vincent – RECORDED, 16
BURWELL, St Michael - RECORDED, 54
BUSLINGTHORPE St Michaels (CCT) – RECORDED, 8
CAISTOR Methodist - O
CAISTOR, St Peter & St Paul - Scoped (on tomb, door, pillar et al)
CARLBY St Stephen Scoped 'very little'
CARLTON SCROOP, St Nicholas - Scoped 'not a lot'
CARLTON-LE-MOORLAND, St Mary - Scoped a few, and in bell tower
CAYTHORPE, St Vincent - Scoped, Lots inc 6 mass dials
CAYTHORPE, High Street houses - several with a few graffiti external
CLAXBY, St Mary – RECORDED, 2
CLAYPOLE, St Peter – RECORDED, 139
COATES, St Edith - RECORDED, 6
COLEBY, All Saints – RECORDED, 67
COLSTERWORTH, St John the Baptist - RECORDED, 33
CORBY GLEN, St John the Evangelist - Scoped, mostly in porch
CORRINGHAM, St Laurence - RECORDED, 4
CRANWELL, St Andrew - RECORDED, 83
CROFT All Saints - Known to have ship graffito
CROWLAND ABBEY - RECORDED, 128+
CROWLAND, Martins FARM - known (on lintel first floor)
DENTON, St Andrew - RECORDED, 111
DIGBY, St Thomas of Canterbury - RECORDED, 22
DODDINGTON, St Peter - RECORDED, 43
DOWSBY, St Andrew - scoped, in S porch
DUNHOLME, St Chad - RECORDED, 6
EAGLE, All Saints - RECORDED, 4
EAST HALTON, St Peter - RECORDED, 20
EPWORTH, St Andrew - RECORDED, 10
FALDINGWORTH W BUSLINGTHORPE, All Saints - O
FILLINGHAM, St Andrew - RECORDED, 14
FIRSBY, St Andrew - scoped, a few
FISKERTON - Scoped, 20?
FOLKINGHAM, St Andrew - scoped, ship lightning, birds etc
FOLKINGHAM, 8 MARKET PLACE - Known (on doorway)
FOSTON, St Peter - Scoped, 2 mass dials
FOTHERBY, St Mary - O
FRIESTHORPE with SNARFORD, St Peter - RECORDED, 3
FRIESTON, former camp, PILLBOX - Known (on roof)
FRIESTON, ROOS HALL - reported but unsure where
FULBECK, St Nicholas - Scoped, 'not a lot'
GAINSBOROUGH, All Saints - O
GAINSBOROUGH Cemeteries Chapel - O
GAINSBOROUGH Friends Meeting House - O
GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL - a few graffiti and burn mark
GAINSBOROUGH, St Thomas of Canterbury - O
GAINSBOROUGH, United Reform - O
GAINSBOROUGH X-Church , formerly St John the Divine - O
GIBRALTAR POINT, COASTGUARD BOUNDARY WALL - known
GLENTHAM W CAENBY, St Peter - RECORDED, 45
GLENTWORTH, St Michael - RECORDED, 6
GOLTHO, St George - O
GOSBERTON, St Peter & St Paul - scratch dial ?et al
GOSBERTON, CHESSPOOL HOUSE - Known date below ground level
GOXHILL, All Saints - RECORDED, 59
GRAINTHORPE, St Clement - RECORDED BY COMMUNITY
GRANTHAM, Kings School - I Newton and others
GRANTHAM, St Wulfram - Scoped, inside and external
GRAYINGHAM, St Radegunda - O
GREAT COATES, St Nicolas - RECORDED, 44
GREAT GONERBY, St Sebastian – RECORDED, 492
GREAT GRIMSBY, St James’ Minster - RECORDED, 90
GREAT HALE & LITTLE HALE, St John the Baptist - Scoped
GREAT PONTON, Holy Cross – Scoped, 'very little'
GREETWELL, All Saints - RECORDED, 29
GRIMSBY TOWN HALL - Boer war prisoner graffiti
HACEBY St Barbara's (CCT) - RECORDED, 120
HAGWORTHINGHAM, Holy Trinity - RECORDED, 20
HAINTON St Mary - O
HALTON HOLGATE, St Andrew - RECORDED, 195
HARLAXTON, St Mary & St Peter - Scoped, LOTS!
HARMSTON, All Saints - RECORDED, 5
HARPSWELL, St Chad - RECORDED, 6
HARRINGTON,ST Mary - scoped
HAUGH, St Leonard - RECORDED, 2
HAWERBY CUM BEESBY, St Margaret - revealed under falling plaster
HEAPHAM, All Saints - RECORDED, 21
HECKINGTON, St Andrew - Scoped, 'not a lot'
HEMINGSBY St Margaret - RECORDED, 3
HEMSWELL, All Saints - RECORDED, 26
HEYDOUR & CULVERTHOPE, St Michael - RECORDED, 163
HOLBEACH, All Saints - Scoped, 'very few'
HOLTON-CUM-BECKERING, All Saints - RECORDED, 21
HONINGTON, St Wilfred - RECORDED, 92
HORNCASTLE, St Mary - RECORDED, 13
HOUGHAM, All Saints - O
HOUGH-ON-THE- HILL, All Saints - O
HOWELL, St Oswald - RECORDED, 78
HUNDLEBY, St Mary - Scoped
INGHAM All Saints - RECORDED, 7 (modern)
INGOLDSBY, St Bartholomew - Scoped
KEELBY, St Bartholomew - To Be Repeated, contact BP
KEELBY - Roman Samian vessel fragment with graffito
KELBY, St Andrew - Scoped, mason marks et al
KIRKBY LA THORPE, St Denys - scoped
KIRKSTEAD, St Leonard - Known to have graffiti
KIRTON LINDSEY, St Andrew's - RECORDED, 81
KIRTON-IN-HOLLAND, St Peter & St Paul – RECORDED, 41
KNAITH, St Mary - O
LACEBY, St Margaret - RECORDED, 68
LAUGHTON, All Saints - RECORDED, 25
LEA, St Helen - RECORDED, 5
LEADENHAM, St Swithun - Known to have graffiti
LEASINGHAM, St Andrew - RECORDED, 53
LEGBOURNE, All Saints - Known to have graffiti
LENTON, St Peter - scoped, merels in porch
LINCOLN, 27 EASTGATE (domestic) - on stone block, front of house
LINCOLN BISHOP'S PALACE - Special Survey required contact BP
LINCOLN CASTLE - known to have graffiti (Cobb Hall)
LINCOLN CATHEDRAL, St Mary’s - HALF RECORDED, 5,000+
LINCOLN, DRILL HALL - WW2 lookout on roof with graffiti
LINCOLN GUILDHALL / STONEBOW- Known to have graffiti
LINCOLN, Greetwell Roman Villa - pot sherd
LINCOLN GREYFRIARS - RECORDED, 382
LINCOLN, HAW HILL (Swanpool) - medieval tile with verse
LINCOLN Jews Court (SLHA HQ) - known to have at least 1
LINCOLN, POTTERGATE ARCH - mostly modern graffiti
LINCOLN, St Mary le Wigford - RECORDED, 13
LINCOLN St Mary Magdalene with Saint Paul in the Bail - O
LINCOLN, St Peter at Gowts - RECORDED, 25
LINCOLN, St Peter in Eastgate - O
LINCOLN, WINNOWSTY LANE, Cathedral boundary tower - Mason marks et al
LITTLE BYTHAM, St Medardus - Scoped
LITTLE COATES, St Michael - RECORDED, 22
LONDONTHORPE, St John the Baptist - RECORDED, 95
LONG SUTTON, St Mary - To be repeated, contact BP
LOUTH MUSEUM, Roman Bronze Pan - 2 graffiti
LOUTH, St James - Lots - Recorded by Clergy, but no photos!
LUSBY, St Peter - RECORDED, 7
MARSTON, St Mary - O
MARTON, St Margaret - RECORDED, 28
MAVIS ENDERBY, St Michael - porch only scoped
MESSINGHAM, Holy Trinity - RECORDED, 30
METHERINGHAM, St Wilfrid - RECORDED, 62
MIDDLE RASEN DRAX, St Peter & St Paul - O
MIDDLE RASEN,Skinners Lane Dairy Farm - reported
MORTON, St John the Baptist - Porch Scoped, memorials et al
MORTON, St Paul's - O
MOULTON, All Saints - Scoped, 'a few'
MOULTON, MILL - one reported inside
NAVENBY, Lead PLAQUE - PAS entry NLM-4AB277
NAVENBY, St Peter - RECORDED, 78
NETTLEHAM, All Saints - RECORDED, 63
NETTLETON, St John the Baptist - O
NEWTON, St Botolph - scoped, 'very little'
NEWTON-ON-TRENT, St Peter - RECORDED, 1
NEWTON-ON-TRENT, Farmhouse - ist floor, name and date
NORMANBY-BY-SPITAL, Sts Peter and Paul - O
NORMANTON on Cliffe, St Nicholas (CCT) - RECORDED, 140
NORTH COCKERINGTON, St Mary - RECORDED, 12
NORTH & Sth KILLINGHOLME, St Denys - RECORDED, 80
NORTH SCARLE, All Saints - RECORDED, 56
NORTHORPE, St John the Baptist - RECORDED, 24
NORTON DISNEY, St Peter - RECORDED, 20
OLD CLEE, Holy Trinity & St Mary the Virgin - RECORDED, 48
OLD SOMERBY, St Mary Magdalene - RECORDED, 26
OSBOURNBY, St Peter & St Paul - Scoped, several
OWMBY, St Peter & St Paul - RECORDED, 3
OXCOMBE All Saints - O
PARTNEY, St Nicholas - RECORDED, 141
PICKWORTH, St Andrew - Scoped, lots in porch and inside
PILHAM, All Saints - O
PINCHBECK, St Mary - Scoped, 'not a lot'
PINCHBECK VICARAGE - CT 1772 over the door
QUADRING Eaudyke Farm - graffiti inc. farm tools, names, WAR 1914
QUARRINGTON, SLEAFORD, St Botolph - RECORDED, 20
RANBY, St German - RECORDED, 1
RAND, St Oswald - RECORDED, 3
REEPHAM, St Peter & St Paul - RECORDED, 1
ROPSLEY, St Peter - RECORDED, 305
ROWSTON, St Clement - RECORDED, 34
SALTFLEETBY, All Saints (CCT) - RECORDED, 8
SAPPERTON, St Nicholas - Scoped, 'a few'
SAXILBY, St Botolph - RECORDED, 76
SCAMPTON, St John the Baptist - RECORDED, 81
SCOTHERN, St Germain's - O
SCOTHERN Carriers Cottage - workshop, mid19thC graffiti
SCOTTER, St Peter - RECORDED, 1
SCOTTON, St Genewys - RECORDED, 9
SCREDINGTON, St Andrew - Scoped, over a dozen found
SEDGEBROOK, St Lawrence - Scoped, porch
SIBSEY High Ferry Farm - graffiti figure horse bicycles names etc
SILK WILLOUGHBY, St Denis – RECORDED, 373
SKEGNESS Croft Rd Windmill - 'ELVIN JESSOP MILLER aged 18 1836'
SKELLINGTHORPE, St Lawrence - O
SLEAFORD, COGGLESFORD MILL - windmill and names reported
SKIDBROOKE, St Botolphs (CCT) - RECORDED, 32
SLEAFORD, St Denys' - BEING RECORDED (late 2019)
SNARFORD, St Lawrence (CCT) - RECORDED, 10
SNELLAND, All Saints - RECORDED, 3
SNITTERBY, St Nicholas - O
SOMERBY, St Margaret - RECORDED, 3
SOUTH CARLTON, St John the Baptist - Scoped
SOUTH ORMSBY, St Leonard - Scoped, a few
SOUTH WITHAM, St John the Baptist - RECORDED, 16
SPILSBY, St James - Scoped, Lots!
SPRINGTHORPE, St George & St Lawrence - O
STAMFORD, 31 St Pauls Street - 'GS1747' on cellar pillar
STAMFORD, BROWNES HOSPITAL - alleged graffiti found here
STAMFORD BARON, St Martin - Scoped, 'not a lot'
STAMFORD, ST JOHNS - Scoped, 'not a lot'
STAMFORD, All Saints' Parish Church – Scoped, 'not a lot'
STAMFORD, Christ Church - Scoped, 'not a lot'
STAMFORD Hudd's Mill House - names & dates 1641 to 18thC
STAMFORD, St George's - Scoped, 'not a lot'
STAMFORD, St Mary - Scoped
STAMFORD, St Michael - O
STAMFORD, St Paul - O
STAPLEFORD, All Saints - Scoped, 'not a lot'
STEWTON St Andrew - scoped
STICKFORD, St Helen - RECORDED, 115
STOW, St Mary - Scoped - Viking Ship and a few initials only
STROXTON, All Saints - RECORDED, 4
SURFLEET, St Laurence - ??
SUTTERBY, St John the Baptist - RECORDED, 22
SUTTERTON, St Mary - RECORDED, 4
SWAYFIELD, St Nicholas - locked, a few in porch
SWINSTEAD, St Mary - locked, a few in porch
SYSTON, St Mary - RECORDED, 15
TALLINGTON, St Lawrence - Scoped, 'not a lot'
TATTERSHALL CASTLE - RECORDED through National Trust
TATTERSHALL, Holy Trinity - RECORDED through National Trust
TEALBY, All Saints - RECORDED, 35
TEMPLE BRUER Tower - Partially done, half ground floor
TETFORD, St Mary - 0
TETNEY, St Peter & St Paul - Scoped
THEDDLETHORPE, All Saints - To Be Repeated, contact BP
THORNTON ABBEY - Special Team Required
THORPE-ON-THE-HILL, St Michael & All Angels - RECORDED, 6
THURLBY, St Firmin's Church - Scoped
THURLBY, St Germain - Scoped
THREEKINGHAM, St Peter - scoped, shoes, compass-drawn, et al
TORKSEY, St Peter - Scoped, less than 10
TOYNTON All Saints - RECORDED, 5
TOYNTON St Peter - RECORDED, 16
UFFINGTON, St Michael - Scoped, 'not a lot'
ULCEBY, St Nicholas - RECORDED, 36
UPTON, All Saints - O
USSELBY, St Margaret - O
UTTERBY, St Andrew - Scoped , some under whitewash in porch
WADDINGHAM, St Mary & St Peter - O
WALCOT, St Nicholas - Locked, circles & crosses in porch
WALESBY, All Saints Old Church - RECORDED, 5
WALESBY, St Mary & All Saints - O
WELBOURN, St Chad - RECORDED, 102
WELBY Chestnuts Farm House - "1698 June HPB" & hand graffito
WELBY, St Bartholomew - Scoped, mason marks and scratches
WELLINGORE, All Saints - RECORDED, 54
WELTON, Welton: St Mary - O
WEST ASHBY, All Saints - RECORDED, 72
WEST RASEN, All Saints - O
WHAPLODE, St Mary Whaplode - RECORDED, 5
WICKENBY, St Peter & St Lawrence - RECORDED, 9
WIGTOFT, St Peter & St Paul - Scoped
WILLOUGHBY, St Helen - Scoped, quite a few but faint
WILSFORD, St Mary - RECORDED, 93
WINTERINGHAM Anti-aircraft gun site - WW2 gfti in one shelter
WOOLSTHORPE MANOR - Known to have graffiti
YARBURGH St John the Baptist - Scoped
KEY to 'status' terms:
‘RECORDED, 4’ (e.g.) = what it says! Graffiti has been recorded and the number of photos taken (in this example 4). Visit these and enjoy the graffiti here! Recorded churches are shown in BOLD type.
‘Scoped’ = someone has found graffiti here, but it is yet to be recorded.
‘O’ = Sadly no graffiti has been found here - at present!
‘Special Team Required’ = to be recorded as a special project managed centrally. Please refer to coordinator before intervention
‘Being Recorded’ = someone has started recording here and will aim to complete it as soon as possible. Please refer to coordinator before intervention
'To Be Repeated' = recorded but requires significant repeating e.g. no datasheets, too many out of focus or without scale, etc. Please refer to coordinator before intervention
*NOTE* - Churches and other buildings not listed here have not been recorded