TIMELINE: Lincolnshire

120 The Fossdyke canal, connecting the River Trent to Lincoln, is thought to have been first constructed around this period of time.

1536 The Lincolnshire Rising begins after Rev Thomas Kendall’s sermon in St James Church, Louth, excites a huge crowd to confront the King’s Commissioners. Kendall is hanged the following year.

1780 John Wesley, the founder of Methodism along with his brother Charles, born in Epworth, Lincolnshire, preaches for the first time in Lincoln.

1846 The Midland Railway opens the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, stopping at the city’s first terminus – St Marks railway station. The station closes in 1985.

1878 Debtors held at Lincoln Castle are moved to a new prison on the outskirts of the city. The disused cells will for a time house the county archives.

1888 Lindsey, Holland and Kesteven become county councils. In 1974 they are unified into Lincolnshire.

1908 The first version of John Hassall’s world-famous ‘Skegness is So Bracing’ poster, featuring the Jolly Fisherman, is printed.

1918 The RAF’s association with Scampton village in Lincolnshire begins when a Royal Flying Corps landing field is established at Brattleby. The site is abandoned after the First World War, before reopening as RAF Scampton in 1936.

2017 The Domesday Book is loaned to Lincoln Castle as part of a major summer exhibition. It is displayed in the Magna Carta Vault.