Riseholme

Riseholme Hall is an early 18th-century country house in Riseholme, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It was designed by William Railton and is a grade II listed buildingFrom about 1840 until 1887, it served as the official residence for the Bishop of Lincoln, and subsequently was privately owned. After World War II, the building was occupied by the Lindsey College of Agriculture, now known as Riseholme College, part of Bishop Burton College.Riseholme Park and Riseholme Hall have been owned by the University of Lincoln since 1994. Riseholme College is independent of the University of Lincoln, although the college shares some facilities on the estate. It was the birthplace of English travel writer, novelist and explorer, Rosita Forbes, née Joan Rosita Torr (16 January 1890 – 30 June 1967). The grounds of the hall are also grade II listed.

Riseholme College is a Further and Higher Education college in Lincolnshire, specialising in land-based subjects such as Agriculture, Equine and Animal Management. It is a part of Bishop Burton College and is based across two campuses - the Riseholme Park campus and the Showground campus, both near Lincoln. It was known as the Lincolnshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture alongside its sister site of Caythorpe Court near Grantham, before being renamed in 2007. After which the two site were merged and Caythorpe was closed.

St John the Baptist is a Church of England parish church on the Ermine Estate in the city of Lincoln, England. Designed by Sam Scorer and consecrated in 1963, it is a Grade II* listed building.

Ermine is an inner-city suburb and housing estate of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. Located to the north of the city, it is named after Ermine Street. The area is one of the city's largest suburbs and was at one point the roughest area of Lincoln.

Lincoln Castle Academy is a secondary school with academy status located on the north side of the historic city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated a couple of miles due north of Lincoln Castle, and just west of the Ermine Street Roman road heading north out of Lincoln towards the Humber estuary.

Grange de Lings is a civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) north from the city centre of the county town of Lincoln. Grange de Lings is often quoted as the address for the Lincolnshire Showground, just off the west of the A15, but the parish actually lies entirely east of the A15, and the Lincolnshire Showground is in the parish of North Carlton. The parish is sometimes hyphenated as Grange-de-Lings. The north-western corner of the parish is at the A1500 junction with the A15, at a roundabout. The boundary follows Horncastle Lane eastwards where it neighbours Welton, to the north. At Dunholme, it follows southwards across the old runways of RAF Dunholme Lodge, of which the western end was in Grange de Lings. It briefly meets Scothern, and a small section of the parish extends between Scothern and Nettleham, to meet the A46, which it follows for around 200 metres. The boundary with Nettleham passes westwards, then south-west across Hall Lane, then meets Riseholme, where it follows a line due west to the A15 (Ermine Street), meeting South Carlton just south of the pylons across the A15. The western boundary of the parish is the A15, and just north of Watering Dyke Houses, it meets North Carlton at the perimeter fence of the Lincolnshire Showground (wholly outside the parish). There is an oil well in the north of the parish, next to the boundary with Welton, part of the East Midlands Oil Province. The parish has no parish church, but is part of the St Mary's church in the Riseholme with Grange de Lings parish, looked after by Nettleham parish, where the vicar is based. Grange-de-Lings in this respect is known as an extra-parochial district. For statistical and administrative purposes, it is joined with Riseholme (similar to the religious parish)

Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) is one of two public universities in the city of Lincoln, England (the other being the University of Lincoln). BGU was established as a teacher training college for the Diocese of Lincoln in 1862. It gained taught degree awarding powers in 2012, applied for full university status, and was granted on 3 December 2012. It has around 2,300 full-time students enrolled on a variety of programmes and courses.

St. Giles Estate is an inner city area and housing estate of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. It is located to the northeast of the city bordering the Ermine Estate to the north and west. It is one of the most deprived areas of the city.

Captain Guy Patrick Spence Reid (18 May 1897 – 16 October 1917) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.

Lindum Sports Club Ground is a cricket ground in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1861, when Lincolnshire played an All-England Eleven. Lincolnshire played their first Minor Counties Championship match at the ground in 1907 against Staffordshire. Lincolnshire used the ground during a number of periods during the 21st century, playing their final Minor Counties Championship match at the ground in 2000 against Cumberland. The first MCCA Knockout Trophy watch played the ground saw Lincolnshire play Bedfordshire in 1996. From 1996 to 2007, the ground held 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, with the final match played on the ground to date against Lincolnshire and Staffordshire.The ground has held a single first-class match, when a combined Minor Counties team played the touring New Zealanders in 1969.The ground has also held a single List-A matches. The first List-A match came in the 1974 Gillette Cup when Lincolnshire played Surrey. In 1979, Minor Counties North used the ground as a home venue against Kent in the Benson and Hedges Cup. From 1974 to 2004, the ground hosted 6 List-A matches. The final List-A match held on the ground came in the 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy when Lincolnshire played Glamorgan.In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Lindum Cricket Club who play in the Lincolnshire Cricket Board Premier League.In the summer of 2013 Lindum Sports Club gained funding from Sport England and England Hockey to put down an all weather astro-turf pitch. With this new facility in place Lincoln Hockey Club moved to play their matches at the ground, as they used to up to the 1980s when the game of field hockey was played on grass. In 2015, this club merged with Lincoln Roses Hockey Club to form Lindum Hockey Club, another club based at the Lindum Sports Ground, and this new club is now based here.

Lincoln Christ's Hospital School is an English state secondary school with academy status located in Wragby Road in Lincoln. It was established in 1974, taking over the pupils and many of the staff of the older Lincoln Grammar School and Christ's Hospital Girls' High School (established in 1893), and two 20th-century secondary modern schools, St Giles's and Myle Cross.

The Bromhead Institution for Nurses and the Bromhead Nursing Home (1867 to 1950), was a healthcare facility in Lincoln.