Lincolnshire Historic Graffiti Survey

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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 - NIL

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 - NIL

BITCHFIELD, St Mary Magdalene – RECORDED, 76

BOLINGBROKE, Sts Peter/Paul - RECORDED, 97

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 - NIL

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 - NIL

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

EAST KIRBY, St Nicholas - RECORDED, 191

EPWORTH, St Andrew - RECORDED, 10

FALDINGWORTH W BUSLINGTHORPE, All Saints - NIL

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 - NIL

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 - NIL

GAINSBOROUGH Cemeteries Chapel - NIL

GAINSBOROUGH Friends Meeting House - NIL

GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL - graffiti and burn mark

GAINSBOROUGH, St Thomas of Canterbury - NIL

GAINSBOROUGH, United Reform - NIL

GAINSBOROUGH X-Church , formerly St John the Divine - NIL

GIBRALTAR POINT, COASTGUARD BOUNDARY WALL - known

GLENTHAM W CAENBY, St Peter - RECORDED, 45

GLENTWORTH, St Michael - RECORDED, 6

GOLTHO, St George - NIL

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, graffiti inside and external

GRAYINGHAM, St Radegunda - NIL

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 - NIL

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 - NIL

HOUGH-ON-THE- HILL, All Saints - NIL

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 - NIL

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 - BEING RECORDED, 7,000+

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 - NIL

LINCOLN, St Peter at Gowts - RECORDED, 25

LINCOLN, St Peter in Eastgate - NIL

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 - NIL

MARTON, St Margaret - RECORDED, 28

MAVIS ENDERBY, St Michael - RECORDED, 58

MESSINGHAM, Holy Trinity - RECORDED, 30

METHERINGHAM, St Wilfrid - RECORDED, 62

MIDDLE RASEN DRAX, St Peter & St Paul - NIL

MIDDLE RASEN,Skinners Lane Dairy Farm - reported

MORTON, St John the Baptist - Porch Scoped, memorials et al

MORTON, St Paul's - NIL

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 - NIL

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 - NIL

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 - NIL

PARTNEY, St Nicholas - RECORDED, 141

PICKWORTH, St Andrew - Scoped, lots in porch and inside

PILHAM, All Saints - NIL

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 - NIL

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 - NIL

SLEAFORD, COGGLESFORD MILL - Recorded locally

SKIDBROOKE, St Botolphs (CCT) - RECORDED, 32

SLEAFORD, St Denys' - HALF RECORDED

SNARFORD, St Lawrence (CCT) - RECORDED, 10

SNELLAND, All Saints - RECORDED, 3

SNITTERBY, St Nicholas - NIL

SOMERSBY, St Margaret - RECORDED, 3

SOUTH CARLTON,  St John the Baptist - Scoped

SOUTH ORMSBY, St Leonard - Scoped, a few

SOUTH THORESBY WOLD MARSH - UNSURE

SOUTH WITHAM, St John the Baptist - RECORDED, 16

SPILSBY, St James - Scoped, Lots!

SPRINGTHORPE, St George & St Lawrence - NIL

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 - NIL

STAMFORD, St Paul - NIL

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 - mass dial reported

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 - NIL

TETNEY, St Peter & St Paul - Scoped

THEDDLETHORPE, All Saints - To Be Repeated, contact BP

THORNTON ABBEY - Lots to be recorded

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, etC

TORKSEY St Peter - known to have graffiti

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 - NIL

USSELBY, St Margaret - NIL

UTTERBY, St Andrew - Scoped , some under whitewash in porch     

WADDINGHAM, St Mary & St Peter - a few to be recorded

WALCOT, St Nicholas - Locked, circles & crosses in porch

WALESBY, All Saints Old Church - RECORDED, 5

WALESBY, St Mary & All Saints - NIL

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 - NIL

WEST ASHBY, All Saints - RECORDED, 72

WEST RASEN, All Saints - NIL

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