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Bailgate in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Street running from Castle Hill to Newport. Earliest reference as Ballium aronud 1146-61 referring to whole area of upper town. In 1667 "the streete called the Bayle". Bail on Padley 1819-1830 map, but "High Street" on lease plans 1817-1830. From 1830 it was renamed Ermine/Hermine/Hermin Street, by the Lighting and Paving Commissioners, but Bailgate seems to have been the norm from 1850.
Pigots 1835 directory has Bail and Hermin Street used apparently randomly for the street. A series of metalled limestone/mortar surfaces 1.5m-1.0m below modern street level, found in 1997 during the installation of traffic calming measures, may be medieval in date. Other surfaces were recorded in 1992/3 during trenching operations and in 2010 during the Bailgate Restored project.
Bailgate curves away eastwards and back to the line of the Roman street, on the stretches both north and south of Westgate. The street was widened at Eastgate in 1885 and at Chapel Lane in 1897. Major programme of restoration of road surfaces and pavements January -July 2010 called Bailgate Restored. Carriageway removed to depth of 0.4m and new tarmac, sand and stone setts laid, together with new water drainage and widening of pavements and new curbing.
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Bailgate in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Street running from Castle Hill to Newport. Earliest reference as Ballium aronud 1146-61 referring to whole area of upper town. In 1667 "the streete called the Bayle". Bail on Padley 1819-1830 map, but "High Street" on lease plans 1817-1830. From 1830 it was renamed Ermine/Hermine/Hermin Street, by the Lighting and Paving Commissioners, but Bailgate seems to have been the norm from 1850.
Pigots 1835 directory has Bail and Hermin Street used apparently randomly for the street. A series of metalled limestone/mortar surfaces 1.5m-1.0m below modern street level, found in 1997 during the installation of traffic calming measures, may be medieval in date. Other surfaces were recorded in 1992/3 during trenching operations and in 2010 during the Bailgate Restored project.
Bailgate curves away eastwards and back to the line of the Roman street, on the stretches both north and south of Westgate. The street was widened at Eastgate in 1885 and at Chapel Lane in 1897. Major programme of restoration of road surfaces and pavements January -July 2010 called Bailgate Restored. Carriageway removed to depth of 0.4m and new tarmac, sand and stone setts laid, together with new water drainage and widening of pavements and new curbing.
Information Source:
www.heritageconnectlincoln.com/character-area/bailgate-an...