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I feel an urge to link to my own Lincolnshire town's church, too, because it has the third highest spire in England. A significant feat for such a small town's
by petercooper 4y ago
I feel an urge to link to my own Lincolnshire town's church, too, because it has the third highest spire in England. A significant feat for such a small town's church: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27_Church,_Louth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27_Church,_Louth
There is, of course, the "stump" at Boston too which inspired one of Yale's towers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Botolph%27s_Church,_Boston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Botolph%27s_Church,_Boston
- rcarr 4y agoI’m from Grimsby and I stumbled upon your newsletters a few years ago when learning to code and was shocked when I noticed that they were made by someone in Louth! And now I’ve stumbled upon the man behind the emails on HN!
- sourceless 4y agoSt Wulfram's in Grantham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Wulfram%27s_Church,_Grantham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Wulfram%27s_Church,_Grantha...) is just a little shorter than St James, and still has its original chained library (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Trigge_Chained_Library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Trigge_Chained_Library), which has been claimed to be the oldest public library in the UK!
- jlarcombe 4y agoThis is a wonderful, wonderful book, and the Louth church is of course in it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifty-English-Steeples-Medieval-England/dp/0500343144 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifty-English-Steeples-Medieval-Eng...