Guildhall and Stonebow
The Guildhall and Stonebow, Lincoln, has been the meeting place of Lincoln City Council from medieval times to the present. The term Stonebow, which is derived from the Danish word stennibogi, indicates a stone archway that visitors entering the city from the south, along the High Street, would have passed through.Photo: Richard Nevell (WMUK), CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Grade I listed building in Lincoln, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Guildhall and Stonebow, Lincoln”, “Lincoln Guildhall and Stonebow”, “Stone Bow”, “Stonebow and Guildhall”, and “The Stonebow”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lincoln Cathedral and Lincoln Castle.
Lincoln Cathedral
Church
Photo: DrMoschi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England. Lincoln Cathedral is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Guildhall and Stonebow.
Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle is a major medieval castle constructed in Lincoln, England, during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. Lincoln Castle is situated 2,100 feet north of Guildhall and Stonebow.
New Theatre Royal Lincoln
Theater building
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The New Theatre Royal Lincoln is a theatre in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The present theatre, initially called the New Theatre Royal, was built in 1893 to the designs of Bertie Crewe and W. New Theatre Royal Lincoln is situated 630 feet northeast of Guildhall and Stonebow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lincoln and St Catherine’s, Lincoln.
Lincoln
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lincoln is the county town of Lincolnshire, with a population of 97,541 in 2019. It has a well-preserved medieval centre, with a cathedral and castle atop its cobbled Steep Hill.
St Catherine’s, Lincoln
Neighborhood
St Catherine's is an inner-city area of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England at the southern end of the High Street, and centred on a roundabout at its junction with the A15, B1190 and South Park Avenue.
Swanpool
Suburb
Swanpool is a suburb of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It was built in the interwar period as a garden suburb. Architect C H James…
Guildhall and Stonebow
- Categories: guild house, building, tourism, city gate, and historic site
- Location: Lincoln District, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.22923° or 53° 13′ 45″ northLongitude
-0.54045° or 0° 32′ 26″ westInception
1520Open location code
9C5X6FH5+MROpenStreetMap ID
way 279984462OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q17526638
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In Other Languages
“Guildhall and Stonebow” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Guildhall and Stonebow”
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