Lincolnshire History Timeline

  1. to c. AD 43
    Prehistoric Lincolnshire

    Landscape, settlement and the Corieltauvi

  2. c. AD 43–410
    Roman Lincolnshire

    Roads, towns and an imperial landscape

  3. c. 410–865
    Anglo-Saxon Lincolnshire

    Settlement, Lindsey and Mercian rule

  4. 865–1066
    Viking Lincolnshire

    Danelaw, settlement, trade and Anglo-Scandinavian society

  5. 1066–1154
    Norman Lincolnshire

    Cathedral, castle and Domesday

  6. 1154–1485
    Medieval Lincolnshire

    Wool, power and the high medieval economy

  7. 1485–1603
    Tudor Lincolnshire

    Reformation, rebellion, and economic change

  8. 1603–1714
    Stuart Lincolnshire

    Civil war, drainage, and migration to the New World.

  9. c. 1714–c. 1850
    Agricultural and early industrial Lincolnshire

    Drainage, enclosure, and the roots of modern industry

  10. c. 1850–1914
    Industrial Lincolnshire

    Engineering, iron, and the global manufacturing industry

  11. 1914–1945
    Modern Lincolnshire Part I

    War, military industry, and innovation

  12. 1945–present
    Modern Lincolnshire Part II

    Food technology, education, and reinvention