Timeline
1470
Lincolnshire Rebellion
1536
Lincolnshire Rising
1563
John Foxe publishes his
Book of Martyrs
1605
Twigmoor Hall near Brigg is one of several meeting points for the conspiritors of the Gunpowder plot
1620
The Mayflower sets sail on its iconic voyage.
1629
St. Boltoph's Church in Boston becomes the focul point to settle a colony in the New World.
1633
The notorious radical preacher Matthew Cotton leaves England to preach in massachusetts.
1636 - 1638
Ann Hutchinson and the Antinomian Controversy takes place.
1642 – 1651
English Civil War Period
1660
The Quaker Mary Dyer is executed for her religious beliefs.
1689
Lincoln Quakers begin construction of their meeting house - the first religious Nonconformist building in the county.
1762
Thomas Paine relocates to Lincolnshire, first arriving in Grantham and then moving to Alford.
1970
The Broadbent Theatre opens.
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