New book explores Lincoln’s sports grounds
A new book - Sporting Sites in Lincoln: A History of the City’s Sports Grounds - is being launched this Saturday, December 6,
Two of the book's three editors are well-known authors of books examining the history of Lincoln City Football Club, Donald and Ian Nannestad with the third being Andrew Walker of the title’s publishers, The Survey of Lincoln.
Twelve authors in 26 brief chapters explore a wide range of sporting provision in the city over time – from medieval cockfighting to games more familiar to today’s sports enthusiasts including football, cricket, bowls, tennis, table tennis and water-based sports such as swimming, rowing and canoeing. Chapters are also dedicated to fives, pigeon fancying and horseracing.
The book looks especially at the sites in the city where these sports have been played and the bodies organising these activities ranging from educational institutions and employers to private providers and the local authority. Both male and female sporting provision is featured,
Contributors to the volume are talking about their chapters at a launch event on Saturday at St Hugh’s Church Hall on Monks Road from 9.30am, where the book will be available at a special launch price.
It will also be available for sale from December 6 at Steep Hill Bookshop and Lindum Books, Bailgate, priced £10.95.
For more details, please contact The Survey of Lincoln’s series editor, Andrew Walker at
