St Giles Estate, Lincoln

St Giles Estate
Lamb Gardens, St. Giles Estate, Lincoln
St Giles Estate Location within Lincolnshire
District	Lincoln
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lincoln
Postcode district	LN2
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Lincoln
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°14′44″N0°31′08″W / 53.245455°N 0.518898°W / 53.245455; -0.518898

St Giles Church, Lincoln

St. Giles Estate is an inner city area ^[1] and housing estate of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. It is located to the northeast of the city bordering the Ermine Estate to the north and west. The estate was developed largely in the 1920s and 1930s, although some extensions were undertaken immediately after World War II. ^[2] The design and layout of the estate was influenced by the Garden city movement, and covered around 65 acres, providing some 500 council house units. ^[3] In addition, a church, St Giles, was erected on the estate in 1936, ^{[4] [5]} and a secondary modern school, now incorporated into Lincoln Christ's Hospital School, was built to provide education. ^[6]

St Giles is among the most deprived areas of the city. ^[7] The council has sought to address this through investment and in 2020 five new council houses were developed on the site of a former community hall on the estate. ^[8]

References

1. "St Giles's Estate, Lincoln". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
2. Jackson 2015, p. 117.
3. Jackson 2015, p. 118.
4. Historic England. "Church of St Giles (Grade II) (1388614)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 February 2025.
5. "St Giles". achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
6. Harrod 2012, p. 1.
7. Griffin, Joe (29 November 2022). "Life in one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the city". Lincolnshire Live. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
8. Whitelam, Paul (11 December 2020). "New council houses built in Lincoln 100 years on from the city's first social housing". Lincolnshire Live. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

Sources

• Harrod, Peter (2012). The St Giles Secondary Schools: The Story of the Schools as told by the Log Books (PDF). Lincoln Christ's Hospital School.
• Jackson, Andrew J. H. (2015). "The history and heritage of Lincoln's council estates, Local history and critical public history in practice" (PDF). The Local Historian. 45 (2). Bishop Grosseteste University: 115–125. Retrieved 20 February 2025.