SOCIETY FOR LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY ( ARCHAEOLOGY 2024 liiii Il ANNUAL REPORT Charity Number 1182569 www.slha.org.uk Patron President Chair.. Vice Chairs U rsula Lidbetter Naomi Field Andrewwalker Mike Daly & Heather Hughes Treasurer Secretary . Charity Number: Total Membership - Chris Hewis Kathy Holland 1182569 609 Chair's Report Property As you will see Irom thè rèports of th8 variou5 Separate Cyclieal maintenance continues to be carried out at Jews. sections of the Society, it has been another busy year. Court including, boiler maintenance, annual asbèstos theck, For much of 2024 lsince Marchl we have been celebrating PATTe5ting, intruder and fire alarm servicing.The Fiveyearlv our golden jubilee anniversary- and we will continue io do Fixed WiringTest was carried out in Jews. Court in Jtjly and so into the early months of 2025.Thanks to all who attended rernedial repairs carried out. Weeklyl monthly checks and and contributed to OUT special conference marking our firsi monitoring are carried out at approved intèrva15 to the fire 50 years as SLHA in April at Bishop Grosseteste University. alarm, emergency lighting, the Intruder Alarm System, smoke It was a really stimulating event in whith I think many and heat detection and fire extinguisher5.Training of new pani¢ipants learrit much about all aspects of the Society, volunteers in Fire Safety Awareness has been completed and rèflècting upon what has already been achieved and giving will continue to be carried out in-house as required. some consideration as well to the future. Following structural inve￿Igation at Jews, Court by Alan The Society seeks to cover all parts of th8 historic County Wright Consulting It has become clear that some remedial and, with that in mind, our Golden Jubilee Exhibition, which work needs to b8 carried out.The front wall of the building has been assembled by representatives of the vartous now needs to be stabilised by 'tying' it into the structure groups within the Society, has been touring Lincolnshire. on the first Iloor.The ceilings to the bookshop require After a period at Lincoln Museum, where it was officially replacemeni and these works will require parts of the building launched, the exhibition has moved on to Caistor Arts and to be closed for several weeks. Listed Building Consent Heritage Cenire, where several associated aotivities were also will have to be obtained for these works. It is aniicipatad organised.The exhibition is now based at Boston Guildhall, that the work will be Carried out in 2025. Members of the vvhere, again, a range of related events have been organised. PropertyTeam have participated in meetings and site visits 11 you haven't already seen this, pleas& do visit the exhibition regarding the future of the Bardney Abbey site which is il you can.Thanks are due to the Lincoln Record Society for in the care of th8 Society.Following the fall of a section a generous grant to help with the financing of this important of the ceiling in the Asbestos clad external bookstore in element of the golden jubilee activities. the garden. the future ol this building is now in question Another aspect of the eelebiation$ was the publication in the A firm decision on this structure has yet to be made, however summer of a bumper edition of Lincolnshire Past & Present, Ihe City CoLJncil has given approval for the strueture to be with several articles focus5ing upon the past work of the demolished without the need for Planning Permission or Society.Thanks io Ros Beevers for her editing work on this. Listed Building Consent. Maintenance of the gardens at J8WS' One noteworthy part of ihe 50ih anniversary celebrations is Court h35 Continued with grateful thanks to Dave Mellows. the number of still-aetive members of the Society who have vivid memories of thèir involvement with the SLHA at its Colin Holland for the Propertyream launch, or soon afteTwards. Having joined the Society at thè Industrial Archaeology time of its silver jubilee. l still feel like a newcomer. Work on the Bardnèy Abbey sile continues. During the The annual Industrial Archaeology Conference. Lincoln s Engin8ering Heritage was held at Lincoln College.The six year, attention ha$ be$n paid to some aspects of signage, vegetation management and the wooden monk, who greets presentations covered notable elements of this heritag8 wilh visitors to the site, has been given a much-deserved smart the final speaker emphasising the importance and pressing need to èstablish an archive lor Lincolnshire's Industrial new coat of wood preservative. Still much Work remains to be done here. Heritage The talk From Elsham with Love, held in person on 15th Fèbruary 2023 described the construction and The major projeth for the So¢i8ty in the months ahead, though, concerns our headquarters, Jews. Court. where major commissioning processes of Anglian Water s n8W Strategic new pipeline, Currently threading its way from Elsham to stiuctural work is required at the front of the building, and Colchester. the shed, which has given such sterling service as the storé Team members contributed to the SLHA Golden Jubilee for the sècond-h8nd books, has finally come to the end ol its Conference. life. Over th8 year ahead, we need to be developing a new strategic plan, involving as many members as possible. We'll An in-person talk on Chemical Production at Flixborough covered the history of the site and the important chemicals be saying more about this in the months ah8ad.Thi5 is indeed produced there and particularly for Nylon Production. It is an appropriate task to undertake as we end our lir5t fifty years 50 years since the devastating explosion al the site.The talk and look forward to the beginning of the Socievs next half included FKsignant moments as our speaker recalled working Century. on the site immediately before this disaster. I'd like to finish by thanking all of the Society s volunteers who ontribute so much to the succèssful operation ol the Society. Fieldwork again included visits to ihe surviving buildings and other structure5 assooiated with the East Lincolnshire My thanks as well to Kathy Holland for her tremendous work on the Society's behalf. If you vwould like to become more Line and "New Line" together with other nearby locations of industrial archaeological interest. Other field work included a involved with any of the Society's work, please don't hesitate visit to the Austen Fen Warehouse on the Louth Canal.This is io contact Kathy in the first instance, using the address al the end of thi5 Annual Report. a line Georgian style building, probably dating from early in Queen Victoria's reign. AndrewWJlker, Chair of the Society The project to celebrate Lincolnshire'$ Bricks and Brid(makefs in conjunction with Alford Manor House eontinues to make progress.Team member5 have visited sites throughout the county recording the variety of local bricks they en¢ounier. Last year's report recorded the team's sadness at the death of Eric Newton.The first of Eric's booklets, A History olwater Supply in Lincolnshire has recently been published This fitting tribut8 to Eric covers Grantham's water supply. Stsphen Betteridge. Chair ol the IndustiialArchaeology Te8m We started day two at Penmon Priory and spent the rest of the morning at BeaLJmaris. In the afternoon we visited Plas Newydd which overlooks the Menai Straits.There was time when we got ba¢k for a wet walk round Bangor. On day three we took a Morning trip on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway from Porthmadog.This was followed by an afternoon in Caernarfon. On the journey back to Lincoln we visited Chirk Castle. Plans are well Local History advanced for a StudyTour to the Isle of Wight in 2025. The Local HistoryTeam sacrificed its 2024 conference to Ken Hollamby make room for the SLHA Golden Jubilèe celebration at Lincolnshire Heritage Ltd (Booksalesl Bishop Grosseteste where three m6mb8rs of the team spoke. We are presently planning our 2025 conference The Directors of Lincolnshire Heritage remain the same.The whieh is likely to be on the theme of Lincolnshire bookshop continues io make regular sales and Lincolnshire explorers and innovators. Heritage transferred £20500 to the Society. High quality We hosted the January Sunday Special at which the 2023 donations of books, both fact and fiction are still urgently needed to increase sales. Our December sales were far lower Flora Murray Award was presented to the RAFWings to than usual due to the cancellation of Christmas Market, but the Past Project and a Certificate of Excellence went to our sales at th$ Heckington Show were our highe￿ $0 far. Louth Museum for their exhibition of Louth-made clocks. As well as our scheduled Zoom and in person talks, Jean We are open from Wednesday to Saturday. We have excellent volunteers. but we are very stretched and still n&ed more so Howard and Chris Hewis arranged events for Heriiage Open Days. that we can open on more days and organis£ a bookstall at events. Our churches group had a busy year with a well-attended The shop ha5 been renamed 'Steep Hill Bookshop, and we and ieceived conference inTattershall village hall followed have a nèw ¢olourful hanging sign which is making people y a visit to the parish ohurch of HolyTrinity. Church vi$its aware ol us and bringing more customers in. pen io all members took place in Great Limber and Brocklesby in July and Scampton and Cammeringham in The North Room was also revamped with new shelving and the remov81 of the ￿ntral unit, which allovvs the Shelves to be August. Further trips of this sort are being planned. Ken seèn more easily.The new shelving has me8nt th8t we are Redmore followed his Zoom talk on Burringham church able to have far more books in the shop. with an open day there in September. As ever my thanks go to Caroline Crane for her efficien¢y We have just published another book via KOP A History of Water Supply in Lincolnshire- Grantham, the first in a series. as Minutes Secretary and to Jean Howard for leading the Churches Group. New recruits to the team This method seems very successful as it means we do not are welcome I have any significant upfront costs and just order as many as W8 require. MarkActt)n, Chaimian of the Loc81 HistoryTeam Building Recording Group IRUBL) Nl¢k & Ev8 Moore. 8ook$hop Managers TNstees TheTrustees are having a busy 2024. Our agenda has covered several important developments. A good example was the decision to begin work on 8 new website, which yvill allow us to build a highly eff8Ctive and inlormative online presence. I'd lik8 to thank all ol those people involved in this important work. Working ¢losely with the Bookshop Manager5 on the rebranding of the bookshop, with a new name and sign. is alieady proving a great success, along wilh a refresh of the shelving. Our Bookshop volunteers arè a very irnportant part of the SLHA team.. l always enjoy spending time catching up on new developments with them. W8 are beginning work, alongsidè the Executive team, on comprehensive Business Plan and strategy document, to provide us with a road map for the years ahead. A notable thallenge we are facing is that the buildings we occupy are continuing to age and deteriorate, requiring investment for the fuitJre.The Property Committee is working hard to ensure the developmenl of a programme for this, wilh the support of theTru5tee5. We regularly reviewTrustee ski15sets and consider our training needs,. this is essential il we are to provide the level of support to all in the Society that we strive to give. We would welcome the opportunity to strèngthen our scope of expertise with the addition ofTrustees experienced in Law end Accountancy.. please do get in touch if you can help in either field. and would like to join us. at stevestefaniuk@ gmail,com I would like to take this opportunity to thank my lellow This has been a busy year for RUBL with two nevv projects. We suNeyedThe Round House at Langton-by-Spilsby.This is a Cottage Orné built in the early nineteenih century.This stimulated the id83 of looking at all of the Cottages Ornés in the county. We visited the King s School Grantham to l(iok at its medieval roof which we plan to survey. Work continues at South Willingham for the RUBL elemeni ofThe Lincolnshire HearthTax volume whi¢h will be published by the Lincolll cord Society and the 8ritish Records Society.The Kirkstead and Stixwould projeet5 are coming to a conc1usion.These are part ol our contribution to the Sacred Landscapes of the Witham Valley project based at the University of Wales Lampeter. Members ol RUBL actively contribute to the Bardney Abbey working party. RUBL members continue to play a leading role in the Lincoln Local List project. The Lincoln Local List of some 400 heritage assets is scheduled lor adoption by the City Council later in 2024. Discussions are taking place with Lincolnshire County Council on a project to b8tter understand mud and stud btjildings. There have been règular Zoom meetings throughout the year. Ken Hollamby. Secretary lor David Stocker. Chaimian SLHA StudyTour to Anglesey & North Wales On this year's the StudyTour in July we visited Anglesey and North Wales.There were thirty-one on the trip. On the journey to Bangor University, where we siay8d. we visited the RAF Museum at Cosford. Our first day was tour ol prehistoric sites on Anglesey lead by Francis Lynch who had spoken to the group the evening before. www.slha.org.uk Trustees for their continuing enthusiasm and support. Our meetings are stimulating and enjoyable across the wide spectrum of challenges and opportunities that Come before us. Due to time constraints, I was unable to complete a gift aid claim in this financial year. I hope to finalise a claim this year covering two years. which is e81imated to r8$uIt in a total refund of £3,500. Steve Stefaniuk. Chair of theTwstees There was also additional expenditurè in thi5 area of £4.500 for the Annual Journal. ArchaeologyTeam Expenditure was in¢reased on building repairs on the The team again organi5ed a range of events. Among the previous year, togeiher with an increase in spend on Wednesday talks were those concerned with the project at InformatiLinTechnology. Crowland, which identified ritual use beginning as eady as the The IT expenditure increase was due to an ongoing update to late Neolithic period,. preliminary findings along the Anglian the society's computer systems. which had fallen sorne wav Water pipeline crossing the county,. and Viking ¢oins of the out-of-date, and becoming inereasingly unreliable. East Midlands. Our 2023 conference, held at Navenby, was a A reduction of the contribution from the Steep Hill Bookshop joint meeting with the Council for British Archaeology branch, on the previous year was offset by an increased Coniribution and had 8 speci81 emphasis on the Portable Antiquities project from Events. across the East Midlands region. A lurther event, held at The increased activity within the events programme ha5 not Scunthorpe Museum, focused on recent researd) in North only increased our profile amongst members, but also been Lincolnshire. Members of the team also made contributions io managed to show a surplus from the majority of events. the Jubilee Conference in April. As thè Sole owner of Jews, Court. it was agreed to include this It is notable how much arehaeological work is taking place asset within the Balance Sheel.The property was across the eounty, much of it linked to huge infrastructure independently valued at £250,000. developments. Regular items dis¢tJ5sed by theTeam includetl the Lincoln Greyfriars projeeL to whichTeam members have Chris HewisACMA, SocietyTreasurer offered their expertlS8, and the ongoing research at Norton Events & Activities Disney. It was gratifying to hear Aliee Roberts, interviewed on As requested by members, the Society continues to develop a BBC Breakfast about the latest Digging for Britain series. programme of diverse events and activities in addition to the select two Romano-British discoveries from Lincolnshire as Conferences and talks organised by the teams.These have thè highlights of th8 year.. the unsuspected settlement near to included visits to the Usher Gallery and Art-store, a guided Waddington and the remarkable dodecahedron from Norton walk around historic Caistor, a 'behind the scenes, visit io Disney, currently on display in L￿ncOln. Lincoln Museum, a visit to the North Lincolnshire Museum in Michael. J. Jones. For theAr¢haeologyTe8m Scunthorpe. and Heritage activities for families. History of Lincolnshire Committee The Society has introduced a series of Craft sessions inspired by historic and archaeological themes, which are proving The Committee continues to meet on a quarterly basis. In July popular, lor example, 'Celtic Crafts, and 'Viciorian Chiistmas.. 2024. the fourth book in the Studies of the History of The programme of talks by Zoom has included a variety of Lincolnshire series was published- Professor Andrew tDPiCS for example, '8ateman's Brewery, and 'Halls Barton Jackson's, Rural EnglandThrough War and Peace=The Literary Ropery at Barton on Humber,. Work of Lincolnshire's Bernard Samuel Gilbert, 1882-1927. The Additional events have been organised to support the Golden book is now available from Steep Hill Bookshop in both Jubilee exhibition including a number of talks, for 8xamplé paperbad( and hardba¢k editions.The Committee is 'Historic Myth-busting,. 'LincolnshireTokens' and 'Roman overseeing the ongoing production of a number of other Lincoln, in addilion io two well attended events exploring the works ranging ¢hronologi¢ally from prehistoric Lincolnshire to history and folkloie of Lincolnshire through Mu$i¢. Stories some aspects of the county s tvventieth-cenlury history. and Song. Proposals for monographs relating to aspects of the county's The Society has supported the Lincoln History Festival and history continue to be welcomed by the Committee. Heritage Open Days by arranging and hosting a number of SLHAS annual journal, Lincolnshire History & Archaeology is events and activities. also within the purview of the Cornmittee. It is pleasing to Thank you to all those to all those who helped with and report that two issues hava been published since the last supported the events and activities throughout the year. annual report as attempts are made to 'catch up'.Thanks are due particularly to Dave Siart for his work as journal editor. As Kathy Holland part of the ongoing '¢atth-up' strategy, over the nexi few years, alternate thernatic volumes are being produced, co- ordinated by guest editors. It is pleasing to note that, during the year, Martin Watkinson's 8rticle. 'Reflections on 'Closed Parishes- published in volume 53, was winner in the'long article, caiegory of the British Association for Local History Publication Awards 2024. Congratulations to Martin. Should you have any ideas regarding potential articles for inclusion in the journal, please contact Dave Start, the editor. Andrew Walker Chair of the History of Lin¢olnshire Committ88 Treasurer's Report The Society showed a loss for the year of £4,510. The 10¥0 increase in subscriptions on the previous yèar was offset by reduced income and increased expènditure within the area of Membership Services. The Golden Jubilee Exhibition at Lincoln Museum. Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, Jews, Court, 2-3 Steep Hill, Lincoln, LN2 1 LS Tel- 01522 521337 Email.. info@slha.org.LJk SOCIETY FOR LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY REGISTERED CHARITY . 1182569 FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31" MARCH 2024 CALCUL, LIMITED SOCIETY FOR LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY INDEPENOENT ExAM1NE￿s REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES ON THE UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR LINCOLNSHIRE HISTROY AND ARCHAEOLOGY l. Foith Seorston, report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31, March 2024, set out in the following pèges. RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILftlES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER As the Charity's Trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. and you consider that the audit requirement of Section 144 of the Ch3rities Act 2022 (the Act) does not apply. It Is my responsibility to examine the account5 lundeT Section 145 of the Act), and to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the general Directions given by the Charrty Commissioners under Section 145151 Ibl of the Act. whether particular matters have come to my attention. BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Comrnis5i0ner5. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosure% In the accounts and seeking of explanations from you 35 trustees concerning any such matter5. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and cortsequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEME In connection with my èxamination, no matter has come to my attention- Which 8IVe5 rne reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the Act To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting record5 and to compw with the accounting requirements of the Act Have not been met or To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper underslandin8 of the accounts to be reached. For and on behalf of Calc¥J18 Lirnited, 57 High Street, Saxilby, ￿ncOln. iNI 2HA Faith Searston 12 December 2024 CALCUL. LIMITED QL522 2394 | 07732 429 ? tstyr¢e'. LfKxx)86 CHARITY (OMMISSION | FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examine￿$ Report Report to the trusteesl members of SOCIETY FOR LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY On accounts for the year ended 3110312024 Charlty no lif any} 1182569 Set out on pages 14 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {'Ihe Trust I for the year ended 3110312024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of Ihe Charities Act 2011 I'the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carrted out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I ave followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5llb) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below "I which gives me cause to believe that in, any materia respect.. the accounting records were nol kept in accordance wilh section 130 of the Charities Act.. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did nol comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. 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