Lincolnshire Folk Tales Project

A project exploring the origins, legacies, connections and futures of folk tales in Lincolnshire, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (2/2024-7/2025) and hosted at Nottingham Trent University.



Get the project anthology, Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined, published in March 2025 and featuring many of Lincolnshire’s finest writers reimagining local folk tales.

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  • Fabulous Coffee

    What happens when folk tales and coffee come together? Rory Waterman finds out by talking to Seven Districts Coffee founder Ben Southall.

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  • The Anthology Spotlight Series

    One of the exciting outputs of the Lincolnshire Folk Tales project is an anthology of poetry and literary fiction celebrating Lincolnshire Folk Tales. Throughout this…

  • Walking with Folk Tales: 5 Nature Walks for the Summer Holidays

    Walking with Folk Tales: 5 Nature Walks for the Summer Holidays

    With the School Summer Holidays just around the corner, the countryside has finally shaken off the pall of rain and is a pleasure to be…

  • The Soldier and the Dog

    After his death in his nineties, the soldier has been rumoured to walk to Hubbards Hills with a small dog at his side. Other dog…

  • Gunby Hall Ghost

    A path running past the pond on the grounds is known as the Ghost Walk, on account of a gruesome murder the allegedly took place…

About the project

‘Lincolnshire Folk Tales: Origins, Legacies, Connections, Futures’ is a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (grant number AH/Y003225/1), and is led by Dr Rory Waterman and the Research Fellow Dr Anna Milon in the School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University. The project explores the origins, legacies, intertextual and social connections and futures of Lincolnshire folk tales (LFTs), and is intended to facilitate wider engagement with this heritage from writers, the general public, and scholars.

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