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Newport, LINCOLN, LN1 3XY

Pub sign of the now-closed Turks Head http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1300108

Now home to BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Mirror Image hair & beauty and Jackson's dry cleaners on Newport. The Radion cinema by architect W.J.King, was the last Lincoln cinema built before the war opening on March 27th 1939 with all 850 seats occupied to watch Barry K. Barnes and Valerie Hobson in 'This Man is News' and Gracie Fields in 'We’re Going to be Rich'. It closed as a cinema in July 1960 and after a spell as a supermarket, BBC Lincolnshire opened in November 1980

BBC Lincolnshire, Mirror Image salon and Jackson's dry cleaners in the former Radion Cinema on Newport. The Radion cinema by architect W.J.King, was the last Lincoln cinema built before the war opening on March 27th 1939 with all 850 seats occupied to watch Barry K. Barnes and Valerie Hobson in 'This Man is News' and Gracie Fields in 'We’re Going to be Rich'. It closed as a cinema in July 1960 and after a spell as a supermarket, BBC Lincolnshire opened in November 1980

Built on the site of Staunton House it was opened by Councillor H Wilcock JP Mayor on 27th of March 1939. The last of the inter-war cinemas to be built it was by architect W J King FRIBA. The first film was ‘We’re Going to be Rich’ starring Gracie Fields but that wasn’t going to be the case to start with as it was quickly requisitioned by the military for the duration of the war as a base for the Pioneer Corps. After the war Emery Cinema Circuit Ltd of Fylde had a lot of work to restore it, reducing capacity from 850 to 782 and making it arguably the most spacious cinema in Lincoln. A popular cinema, during the 1950s it was again fully refurbished including new projectors and sound equipment. The frontage shops may have been added in 1949. Going the way of most cinemas with the rise of TV ownership, the last film shown was ‘The Five Pennies’ starring Dany Kaye on 16th July 1960. Used in 1962 as a unit plant cleaning shop, and marking and packing depot by Clarks of Retford. It spent some time as a supermarket and then became the studios of BBC Radio Lincolnshire that launched on 11th November 1980.

Former Crown Prosecution Service offices on Newport, recently converted to student accommodation.

The cemetery of the original High Medieval Era Church of St Nicholas. The two churches of St. Nicholas and St. John Baptist date from the 12th century, being granted by King Henry I. St Nicholas' church was rebuilt in approximately 1280. The church was destroyed in 1643 during the Civil War although in 1602 the chancel was recorded as in a state of decay. The benefice of St Nicholas was preserved by the preaching of an annual sermon in the churchyard and parish business was carried out in the local public house "The Turk's Head". The Lincolnshire Advertiser wrote in 1835 about the need to provide churches and subsequently the foundation stone of the new St Nicholas' was laid in April 1839, and the building was consecrated on 24th November, 1840 by Bishop John Kay. Not far north of the new church is Wilsons Cottages built in the early 18th century out of reclaimed church materials. The south boundary of the cemetery was moved north when church lane was widened in 1826 but the present boundary wall is made of reused medieval masonry. According to Venables the wall of the graveyard was constructed from the remains of the church in 1757. The north-east corner of the churchyard appears to have been encroached upon by No.1 Church Lane.

Site of the old St.Nicholas' church, pulled down and replaced by the new church in 1838, only a few gravestones remain.

The medieval church of St. Nicholas, Newport was badly damaged in the Civil War and eventually completely demolished. This small open space is its churchyard. In 1839 a new St. Nicholas was built on a site about 500 metres to the north.

The medieval church of St. Nicholas, Newport was badly damaged in the Civil War and eventually completely demolished. This small open space is its churchyard. In 1839 a new St. Nicholas was built on a site about 500 metres to the north.

After a long period of disrepair, St.Nicholas church was demolished in 1839 when the new church opened http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2801662 only the churchyard with a few headstones remains http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2234618