A Maze of Industry

A walk around the industrial landscape of the Sincil Bank. The area to the east of the Lower High Street is dominated by 19th and 20th century gridded streets known as ‘The Maze’. The area had previously been pasture and water meadow, draining into the Sincil Dyke, that in turn flowed into the Witham.

The land was owned and developed by Reverend Francis Swan from the 1860s onwards and its growth was fuelled by the expansion of Lincoln’s factories and an increased demand for workers. That said, it is an area that also supported numerous small businesses and attracted considerable attention from the authorities and religious groups

A circular walk of approximately 2.5 miles that can be completed in 60 – 75 minutes.

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Archive Images

Lincoln City Football Club at John O'Gaunts football ground in 1895. Photographer unknown.

Sincil St West from Elvin l 1979 Lincoln as it was volume 3.