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”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Lincoln Cathedral and Lincoln Castle.

Lincoln Cathedral

Church

Lincoln Cathedral

Photo: DrMoschi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, and… Lincoln Cathedral is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Guildhall and Stonebow.

Lincoln Castle

Photo: Dmitrij M, CC BY 3.0.

Lincoln Castle is a major medieval castle constructed… Lincoln Castle is situated 2,100 feet north of Guildhall and Stonebow.

New Theatre Royal Lincoln

Theater building

New Theatre Royal Lincoln

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The New Theatre Royal Lincoln is a theatre in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. 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 a city in the East Midlands of England and…

St Catherine’s, Lincoln

Neighborhood

St Catherine's is an inner-city area of Lincoln…

Swanpool

Suburb

Swanpool is a suburb of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

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″ north

Longitude

-0.54045° or 0° 32′ 26″ west

Established

1520

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9C5X6FH5+MR

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

historic=city_gate

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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In Other Languages

“Guildhall and Stonebow” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Guildhall and Stonebow”

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Highlights: Saltergate and High Street.

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