SLEAFORD ...... My Home Town.
Boxing day Meet of the Blankney hunt in Sleaford market Place 2011.
Where is it !
Sleaford is a town in the North kesteven district of Lincolnshire England. It
is located 14 miles northeast of
Grantham, 17 miles (27 km) west of Boston, and 18 south of Lincoln and had a
total resident population of around 14,500 in 6,167 households at the time of
the 2001 census.
The name Sleaford
is from the Old English esla+forde, meaning "ford over a muddy stream"
(now known as the River Slea). In 852 the name first appears as Slioford
whilst in the 1086 Domesday bookit is recorded as
Eslaforde'.The
river was the main trade route for the town for many years. In 1794, the Slea
was canalised, known as the Sleaford Navigation it operated until superseded by
the railways in the mid 1850s.
Until changes in the 1970s, Sleaford was primarily an agricultural
town, supporting a cattle market and famous seed companies such as Hubbard and
Phillips, and Sharpes International Seeds. More recently, Sleaford is
developing as a tourist and craft destination.
I started my own Photography Business back in Sleaford 1988 and soon became pretty well known for taking images for all the local newspapers, Sleaford Standard , Lincolnshire Echo, Sleaford Target, Sleaford Advertiser . I have recently started to scan in some of the images I took while working for the local papers and will be posting them on my facebook page , so please go have a look and see if you remember the faces in the images or the event it was taken at.
Thanks
Richard .
is located 14 miles northeast of
Grantham, 17 miles (27 km) west of Boston, and 18 south of Lincoln and had a
total resident population of around 14,500 in 6,167 households at the time of
the 2001 census.
The name Sleaford
is from the Old English esla+forde, meaning "ford over a muddy stream"
(now known as the River Slea). In 852 the name first appears as Slioford
whilst in the 1086 Domesday bookit is recorded as
Eslaforde'.The
river was the main trade route for the town for many years. In 1794, the Slea
was canalised, known as the Sleaford Navigation it operated until superseded by
the railways in the mid 1850s.
Until changes in the 1970s, Sleaford was primarily an agricultural
town, supporting a cattle market and famous seed companies such as Hubbard and
Phillips, and Sharpes International Seeds. More recently, Sleaford is
developing as a tourist and craft destination.
I started my own Photography Business back in Sleaford 1988 and soon became pretty well known for taking images for all the local newspapers, Sleaford Standard , Lincolnshire Echo, Sleaford Target, Sleaford Advertiser . I have recently started to scan in some of the images I took while working for the local papers and will be posting them on my facebook page , so please go have a look and see if you remember the faces in the images or the event it was taken at.
Thanks
Richard .
