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While at Lincolnshire, Pamela meets the chaplain Mr. Williams, who, despite depending on Mr. B to make a living, is nevertheless willing to do what he can to help Pamela escape. They exchange letters in secret using a hiding place in the garden that Mrs. Jewkes doesn’t know about.
Pamela is now determined to go home to her parents; however, Mr. B arranges a plan to have Pamela taken to his estate in Lincolnshire without her knowledge or consent. In Lincolnshire, Pamela is isolated and at the mercy of Mrs. Jewkes , the housekeeper, who is cruel and unsympathetic to Pamela.
Book Summary. Sir Leicester Dedlock, an idle, fashionable aristocrat, maintains his ancestral home in rural Lincolnshire and also a place in London. Lady Dedlock, his wife, "has beauty still" at or near fifty but is proud and vain. She keeps a secret unknown even to Sir Leicester. When she was young, she bore an illegitimate child, a girl, to ...
- The Black Dog
- Grantham Disaster Mystery
- The Phantom Hiker
- The Long Drop Man
- The Greestone Stairs
The image of the Black Dog has haunted our nightmares for centuries; in his book Wade demonstrates that Lincolnshire itself is a notorious hot spot for the famous canine spectre. He dates one of the earliest sightings back to 1577 and explains that most experiences seem to gravitate towards Brigg and Fens area. One witness describes the animal as “...
In 1906, a train bound for Grantham Station mysteriously derailed. The engine went hurtling past the station at full speed headlong into disaster, sending its carriages smashing into the embankment ahead. According to Wade, there is extensive speculation surrounding what happened that night, however, although the eerie weather may have played its p...
On the long lonely road from Kirton to Scunthorpe, many people have reported phantom figures stalking the stretch of road. One reoccurring report is that of a young woman who apparently flags down drivers asking for a lift to Kirton. Wade explains “many have helped her and asked her to take a seat in the back of their car, only to find that after t...
Among Lincolnshire’s unusual claims to fame, Wade tells the morbid tale of William Marwood, the public executioner from Horncastle, who revolutionised the hangman’s noose. Marwood offered convicts a sure swift death instead of being slowly suffocated and strangled. He developed a technique which involved measuring the subject’s height and weight an...
According to many, the epicentre of paranormal activity in Lincolnshire is at the Greestone Stairs in Lincoln. Running alongside the Usher Gallery, the infamous stairs also sit next to a University of Lincoln Building that was once a hospital. Wade demonstrates that “local folk will tell you of a hand that darts out to grasp your ankles as you inno...
May 2, 2021 · If you have a favourite Lincolnshire-based fiction book you can't put down, but don't see it in our list, let us know in the comments. ‘The Fleethaven Trilogy’ by Margaret Dickinson - A sweeping Lincolnshire family saga spanning two world wars and three generations of women, this popular trilogy includes three novels in one - Plough the Furrow, Sow the Seed and Reap the Harvest.
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Known as the Cliff Villages, they are ideally situated for panoramic views across Lincolnshire, good links to neighbouring towns and cities and all have a very unique and distinct place in the county’s history, particularly military.
