High Street, Lincoln

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The High Street of Lincoln, UK, (road number B1262) is a long shopping high street. The street runs from south to north, starting at St. Catherines, Lincoln roundabout and ending approximately 1.5 miles north at The Strait (in effect a continuation of the High Street).

Contents 1 Lincoln's High Street 2 Incomplete list of property occupants on Lincoln's High Street 3 Western side - south to north 4 Eastern Side - north to south 5 References 6 Local Business and Trade

[edit] Lincoln's High Street

Lincoln's High Street is unusual, in the fact that the numbering system is not standard to that expected in the rest of the UK. Number One, High Street, starts with the first building (The Riverside Cafe), at the southern end and on the western side of the street. The neighbouring property is Number Two (I C Electronics), followed by Number Three (M J Baldwin Plumbing & Heating), etc. This numbering pattern continues northwards and uphill until the High Street meets The Strait. The sequential numbering system then continues southward, back down the High Street on the eastern side, until reaching a car dealership at Number 471-480, which has the highest number, and is opposite Number One, High Street.

The High Street is punctuated by a number of pubs, restaurants, local shops, private homes, offices, car dealerships, department stores, chain stores, churches, a school, memorials, the River Witham, level crossing and Sincil Bank drains. The street itself forms one of the busiest road access routes into the city centre of Lincoln.

[edit] Incomplete list of property occupants on Lincoln's High Street

[edit] Western side - south to north

1) The Riverside Cafe
2) I C Electronics
3) M J Baldwin Plumbing & Heating
4) Wright's Butchers
?) Tote Bookmakers
7) Golden Fryer (chippy)
Reindeer Hotel public house
Bus Stop
?) Unoccupied business premises (formerly GMB Trade Union)
14-16) Lincolnshire Co-operative Late Shop
17) South Park News
17a) New Taste Chinese & Szechuan Cuisine
18) Lincolnshire Co-operative Chemists
18a-20) Pheonix Cantonese Restaurant
21) Golden Eagle public house [[1]]
21a) Ink-Mate
22) Private house
23) Private house
St. Botolph's Court (sheltered accommodation)
37) Beckside Ltd - builders
39b) IMP art Community Arts
39) Victor Paterson menswear
40) Shakespeare public house
41) Vacant
45) Lincoln ADHD Support Group
45a) A D Associates accountants
46) Fausto Italian Barber Shop
47) George Tokarski
51-52) Instant Cash
58) Select Records
59) Richardson's car dealership
70) Lloyds TSB Bank plc
71) Naturally Gifted
72) Simply Pleasure - Lincoln
84) The Lincolnshire Kitchen Co
?) Shop - household goods and pet food
85) St. Peter at Gowts Bridge Post Office
88) The Millers Arms public house
89) Unknown
90) A W Curtis & Sons Ltd
92-93) Franks Barbers
94-95) Internet Ready P C S Ltd
96) Unknown
97) Transport & General Workers Union
98a) Unknown
100) George & Dragon public house
101) Hobbins Models
102 Unknown
?) Coral (betting shop)
105) City Vaults public house
106) The Salvation Army church
107-108) Ashby Sales & Exchange Dlrs
109) Crazy Nails
110) Planet Of Sound
111) C & K E Dring Antique Dealers
111a) The City Music Workshop
112) Linbrew
113) Calibre Crafts
114) Bang & Olufsen
115a) Equinox Hydroponics
115b) Capelli Stylists
115c) Guns 'n' Stuff
115d) Mowgli Indian Takeaway
116) CMF Custom Made Furniture
118) Royal Tandoori
120) Swinton Colonnade
121) The Swan Cantonese Restaurant
122) Regal Takeaway
123) Central Methodist Church
125-126) GH Shaw Limited
127) Flowers by Suzanne
128) Magic Wok
129-130) Istanbul Restaurant
131) Topakapi Kebab House
133) The Blue Anchor public house
134) Portico
137) EYG Windows Centres
138) Lincoln Learning Shop
139-140) Speedframe - Bluestone Art Ltd
141) Venetian Blind Centre
142) Fascia Mania
142b) Unknown
142c) Unknown
143-147) Ritz public house
151) Argos
152) Phones 4 U
153) Coffee Club
154-155) Ringrose Law Criminal Defence
155) Panasonic (Lee Sound & Vision Ltd)
156) John Anthony Fine Shoes
157) St. Marks Dental Laboratory
158) JD Sports
161) Fox's Music
163) A.W Curtis & Sons Ltd Butchers
166) Shoe Zone
167-169) Peacocks Stores
170) Music Zone
172) Amusement Arcade
173) Treaty of Commerce public house
174) Shoefayre
175) Green's Health Food
179) Superdrug
179a) The Sleep Shop

Railway Level Crossing
188) The Baker's Oven
189) Skipton Building Society
190-191) River Island: Shop originally built as Peacock and Willson's Bank, designed by Lincoln architect William Watkins. The frontage is faced with terracotta by Doulton's of Lambeth
192) Dollond & Aitchison
193) Timpsons Ltd/Minit Uk Plc
194) E R Dixon Ltd
195) Monsoon
196-199) Bhs Ltd
200) Norwich & Peterborough Building Society
202) Lloyds TSB Bank plc: 1901. Designed by Lincoln architects WE Mortimer & Son and built for the Capital and Counties Bank Ltd,. whose name is engraved over the entrance (now Lloyds TSB Bank).
St Benedict's Church. 13th-early 14th-century church severely damaged in the English Civil War; the tower was dismantled and rebuilt against the chancel; restored in 1931. Fronting on to High Street, the war memorial of 1922.[2]
203) Cheltenham & Gloucester Plc
St. Benedicts Church and war memorial
204) Marks & Spencer
207, 209-210) Shops on High Bridge dating from the 16th century and restored in 1902, supervised by Lincoln architect William Watkins. The bridge over the river Witham dates from the 12th-century, with additions in the 13th, 16th and 19th centuries. One of only three bridges in England with shops on them, the others being Pulteney Bridge in Bath and Frome Bridge, Somerset, but certainly the oldest.[3]
210) Tie Rack
211) Phones 4 U
214-215) The Clarks Shop
221) HSBC Bank Plc
The Stonebow and Guildhall. Town gate with guildhall above, dating from the 15th century and restored in 1885-7. The figures in the niches are (left) the Archangel Gabriel and (right) the Virgin Mary, patron saint of the city and cathedral. In the centre are the royal coat of arms of James I, dated 1605. It replaced an earlier gate, possibly Norman, but conceivably the south gate of the Roman city.[4]
225) NatWest Bank Plc
226-231) House Of Fraser
233-237) The Officers Club
233-237) The Walkabout Inn
238) Bar LN2
245) Justin Schoolwear Centre
257) Gere
262, 262A), Garmston House House of the later 17th century incorporating an arch of the later 12th century in its north wall. The frontage is 18th-century with shop fronts of 1980. From 1911-1960 it was the entrance foyer of the Grand Cinema.[5]

[edit] Eastern Side - north to south

268) Cardinals Hat. House with an elaborate timber framed 16th-century front range and earlier stone range behind. It was used as an inn in the 16th-17th centuries. Restored 1952/3, with brick underbuild, by the St John's Ambulance.[6]
269) Pizza Express
271a) Super Fi
272-273) Dogma - pub
274-277) Yates Wine Lodge
278) Solution
280) White
280-281) Po Na Na - night club
292-293) Woolwich
297) Anee Summers
297) Waterstones (formerly Ottakers)
302) Accessorize
303) Burtons - menswear/Dorothy Perkins - womenswear
304) Currys.Digital
305 and 306) c.1900 Shop and offices by Lincoln architect William Watkins.[7]
311-312) Boots The Chemists
?) Starbucks Coffee
?) Mr Shoe
Tourist Information Centre
316) Barclays Bank PLC
323) HMV (Originally the Queen Hotel dating from the 1820s or 1830s.)[8]
325) Nationwide Building Society
St Mary le Wigford church (and fountain))
Railway Level Crossing
326) Bradford & Bingley
327) Cooplands (Doncaster) Ltd
329) Jessops
329) British Heart Foundation
332) Cash Converters
399) Blandings public house
348) Inward Treasure
349) Rix Bathrooms
350-352) Yeomans
350-352) Armed Forces Career Information Office
353) Remax
355) Sony Centre
Magistrates and County Court
The Round House Takeaway
361) Tile Trend
361a) Applebys World Travel
362) Provident Personal Credit Ltd
364a) A Taste of India
365) One Stop Community Stores
366) BSM
366-366a) MIND
367) Prontaprint
368) Mico Hair and Beauty
369) Staff Line Recruitment
369a) Lincoln Civil Defence Club
370) Modern Tandoori Restaurant
371) Reflect - menswear
372) Lindum Financial Services
373) Lincoln Cash Centre
374) Saskull Ltd
375) Listening Ears Bereavement
375a) LCMC Counselling Services
376) Mylos
376a) Gabby's Greek Restaurant
380) Wilsons Delicatessen/High Street Food Bar
381a) The Cat's Protection
381b) County Cars
382) Fast Tan Studios
383-384) Cycle Sport Ltd
385) Lincoln Civic Trust
390) Lincoln Credit Union Ltd
391) Specialist Lettings & Management Service
393) R J's Florist
394) Lincoln Vac Centre
395) Beverley Ann's
396) Bycka Sport
397) Golden Bowl
398) Footie Shop/Cyril Sports
398) Golden Leaf
400) Lincoln P V C U Specialists Ltd
405) Cartridge World
406) Conundrum Ltd
407) Gowts Bridge Domestic Appliances
408) Howard Felton Ltd
408 - 410A) Andrew Machin Motocycles
409-410) Blockbuster Video
411) Mings Kitchen
413) KFC
415) Papa John's
416b) The Local
417-418) Tattersalls
431) Golden Cross public house
450) Belvoir Property Management
452) Strut Charity Shop
453) The Music Cabin
St. Botolph's church
467) Tony Eaden (electricals)
471-480) Car dealership

[edit] References

1. http://www.lincoln.gov.uk/tourism_det.asp?id=5498&sec_id=1899 2. http://www.lincoln.gov.uk/tourism_det.asp?id=5498&sec_id=1899 3. http://www.lincoln.gov.uk/tourism_det.asp?id=5498&sec_id=1899 4. http://www.lincoln.gov.uk/tourism_det.asp?id=5498&sec_id=1899 5. http://www.lincoln.gov.uk/tourism_det.asp?id=5498&sec_id=1899 6. http://www.lincoln.gov.uk/tourism_det.asp?id=5498&sec_id=1899 7. http://www.lincoln.gov.uk/tourism_det.asp?id=5498&sec_id=1899 8. http://www.lincoln.gov.uk/tourism_det.asp?id=5498&sec_id=1899

[edit] Local Business and Trade

• Chamber of Commerce
• Lincolnshire Echo, the county's best known newspaper is based in Lincoln