Gypsies in Lincolnshire, c.1850-1939

Schedule

Thu Mar 05 2026 at 02:00 pm to 03:15 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Lincoln Central Library | Lincoln, EN

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Afternoon talk by Dr Andrew Walker
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Gypsies in Lincolnshire, c.1850-1939

Using a variety of sources, including census enumerators’ books, place names and newspaper accounts, the talk explores the economic and social lives of gypsies in Lincolnshire and how they have been variously represented, sometimes negatively and, on other occasions, in exoticised and romanticised terms.

Dr Andrew Walker is currently Chair of the Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology. He has a longstanding interest in the history of the county and has published widely. He taught history at the University of Lincoln before becoming Vice Principal of Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance between 2010 and 2020.

This event is organised by the Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology (SLHA) in conjunction with Lincoln Central Library.


Event Photos

Image: ‘A rest by the way’ (Photo: Fred Shaw), in George Hall, The Gypsy’s Parson, 1915, p. 62.

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Lincoln Central Library, Free School Lane, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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