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A RARE “Breeches Bible” over 350 years old, has been presented to St. Clement’s Church, Skegness, and it is planned to exhibit the volume in a special case in the church.
The Bible, which was given anonymously, was printed in London in 1599, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England “by the Deputies of [...]

The Skegness Fellowship of Christian Churches celebrated Easter by holding a Good Friday parade. The parade began at St Matthew’s Church in Skegness, marching down to Roman Bank, along Lumley Road and around the Clock Tower before finishing outside Hildred’s shopping centre for a open air service.

St Matthew’s Church
Architect’s Report on the Structure 1901
The Church Building Committee a few weeks since engaged Messrs. W. and C. A. Bassett-Smith, architects of London, to examine and report upon the condition of St. Matthew’s Church with a view to its completion. The following is their report which was received by the Rector (Rev, W. [...]

The Church at Skegness is a low mean building, presenting nothing worthy of observation in its exterior. It consists of a nave and chancel, with a tower at the west end. The walls are of stone, except in those parts of the body of the church where it has been repaired with brick. The chancel [...]

Bishop Edward Steere
This article in the Skegness Herald tells us of a memorial window which was to be placed in the ‘old church’ (St Clements).
The window was to remember the late Bishop who formerly officiated at the church.
Monies raised at the time of going to press was £8 16s 6d.
This is another valuable clue to [...]

First Methodist Church Marriage
RECALLED BY DEATH OF Mrs. S. BLADES
This story gives account of the first marriage ceremony to be performed in the Methodist Church, Roman Bank, Skegness.
The article was published in 1942 as a flashback.
Source: Skegness News 1942
The death of Mrs. Susan Blades, aged 71 years, brings back old memories.
About 60 years ago the [...]

Living History
The English Civil War era was re-enacted by the Living History group, Sealed Knot at Skegness Church Farm Heritage Museum recently.
The two-day event included an authentic battle and children’s toys, as well as displays of traditional crafts such as lace-making, woodwork, braiding and spinning wool.
Please enter the password ’skegness’ to view the videos on [...]

Can YOU guess these mystery objects?
Friends of the Skegness Church Farm Museum hosted a History Quiz night this evening at the Imperial Cafe North Parade Skegness.
Senior and junior teams of four or less pitted their wits against each other in a quiz that tested their memories about a slide show of happenings and places.
A selection [...]

Medieval Re-enactment Church Farm Heritage Museum SkegnessThe Medieval Re-enactment Weekend at Church Farm Heritage Museum recently, proved to be a great day out for all!
The re-enactment group donned 14th centuary clothing and performed activities like archery and tournaments as they would have been in Medieval Times.
Lady Joan (alias Jane Asquithward) told us that the group [...]

Grain from corn has many uses including making bread, beer and feeding to animals. But first, the grain has to be extracted from the straw and chaff, This is called ‘threshing’.
Hundreds of years ago, people used to thresh corn by beating by hand. This was a very time consuming and tiring job.
During the reign of [...]