Old Blighty. Lincoln

Lincoln Cathedral from Lincoln Castle

 

 Lincoln was one of those places I couldn't find a hostel, so I had to stay in an expensive guest house.

One advantage of this guest house was it was at the top of Lincoln hill, so I didn't have to walk far to the Cathedral, the castle or the medieval steep hill.

 

         The medieval steep hill the goes from the main part of the town to Lincoln Cathedral

       A better view of The Jew's House on Steep hill. One of the oldest town house's in Britain.
Continuously occupied since it was built in the mid twelfth century.

Another view of Steep Hill Lincoln

       Lincoln was every thing I hoped to see in a medieval town. Cobbled streets, ancient homes and buildings, castles and one of the worlds great medieval Cathedrals. For 238 years Lincoln Cathedral was the tallest building on earth, even taller that the Pyramid of Giza, that held the record for 4000 years.

Lincoln Cathedral Imp

 

Lincoln Cathedral Cloisters

 

       I took a guided tour of the Cathedral which included a tour of the inside of the vaulted roof.
Ever wondered whats inside a Cathedral ceiling?

Inside the ceiling of Lincoln Cathedral

 

This is whats on top of those beautiful tiled vaulted cathedral ceilings.

From above the vaulted ceiling looks, literally, just like a pile of dirt.

 

The view from the roof of Lincoln Cathedral

 

View from Lincoln Cathedral

 

From Lincoln Cathedral

 

            I wish I could say this was some fabulous castle keep. But its just Lincoln water tower

 

Exchequer gate and Lincoln Castle from the roof of Lincoln Cathedral

 

My next top was Lincoln Castle. Home to one of the copies of the Magna Carta.

Built by William the Conqueror in the late eleventh century to control the local Danes.

And like so many castles, became a prison in modern times.

 

Lincoln Cathedral from Lincoln Castle

 

Lincoln Castle from the Cathedral

 

A close up of same

 

An even closer up of same

 

From the other direction

 

Along Lincoln Castle walls

 

The peasant dewllings below the castle walls

View from the castle walls

Lucy tower Lincoln Castle

 

Inside Lucy tower

 

And in down town Linclon. Stokes High Bridge Cafe.

The bridge was built in about 1160 and the building in the 16th century