High Street in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England extends from the St Catherine's roundabout and ends approximately 1.2 miles further north at The Strait.
South of the railway station there are fewer listed buildings the street is a busy urban road numbered the B1262.
From the 11th century Wigford developed as a suburb for "substantial elite residences" with six parish churches, of which two survive, and stretched from High Bridge to the Sincil Dyke.
A clear change occurs after it passes the railway level crossing at St Mary’s Street and leaves the city centre.
It involved restoring heritage buildings and renewing shop fronts to future proof them, attract more businesses and showcase its interesting history.
During the construction of the former Boots the Chemist on the eastern side of the High Street at its junction with Clasketgate in 1924, the remains of a Roman building, now a scheduled monument, were uncovered including a hypocaust, which is on display in the basement.
The St Peter at Gowt's conservation area, towards the southern end of High Street, was designated in 1975.
The figures in the niches are (left) the Archangel Gabriel and (right) the Virgin Mary, patron saint of the city and cathedral.
[15] Two contrasting places of worship, almost opposite each other on the lower High Street are the plain Unitarian Chapel of 1725,[16] and the more flamboyant Central Methodist Church of 1905.
The earliest, which may date from around 1800 by Henry Hall, shows the cobbled streets lined with buildings of the Georgian period, most of which have now disappeared.
Some fifty years later the sporting artist John E. Ferneley I shows the change brought about by the coming of the railway, with a level crossing cutting across the street.
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