Lincoln's West End - A History (2008)

For size reasons, the text has been divided into four files (below).  Click on each to open. 

Part 1 : (click image above)

Contents Page

Title Page

Introduction                                                  Andrew Walker         p3

The West End’s early history and archaeology Michael J Jones         p4

The West End in the Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods    Alan Vince    p5

Part 2: (click image above)

Between Paradise and a rubbish dump            Chris Johnson          p8

Plotting the nineteenth- and twentieth-century residential development of Lincoln’s West End                 Andrew Walker         p11

Animal Houses in the West End                     Shirley Brook            p15

The West End Depot                                    Maurice Hodson             p19

Dawber’s Brewery                                         Maurice Hodson             p21

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Brickmaking in the West End of Lincoln      Ken Redmore           p24

West End high tech industry                          Colin Smith               p28

Map of the West End                                    Dave Watt                 p32

Churches and chapels of the West End          Arthur Ward             p34

The racecourse                                              Rob Wheeler             p37

The Royal Show at Lincoln, 1907        Andrew Walker         p40

Golf on the West Common                           Colin Reiners            p45

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The West Common at War: Number Four Acceptance Park   Ann Yeates-Langley  p50

The contemporary West End: continuity, change and challenges   Nigel Horner p53