Spilsby

Halton road
Ashby road

5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (C Company)
ds 'B' Squadron Lincolnshire Yeomanry

Kelly, 1896, refers to the Armoury on Ashby road.

Kelly, 1913, records: ‘5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (C Co.); Drill hall & armoury, Halton road.’

‘The drill Hall, in Halton road, erected in 1899, at a cost of £1,700, is a structure of red brick with stone dressings, and has sergeant-instructor’s quarters attached.’ (Kelly 1913)

The Drill Hall has been refurbished and was re-opened as the Franklin Hall in 2001. It is used as a civic hall.

Spilsby’s website, www.spilsby.info, refers to its opening by “Miss T. M. Maddison MBE, a descendent of Sir John Franklin. Miss Maddison spoke about Sir John and about the Hall which was originally known as the Drill Hall. When she was a little girl the Hall was used as a hospital during the First World War; she went with her mother to see the wounded soldiers.”
Halton road drill hall and adjoining house, Spilsby
Halton road drill hall and adjoining house


Halton road drill hall, Spilsby
Halton road drill hall


Front elevation 1 - Halton road drill hall, Spilsby
Halton road drill hall


Front elevation 2 - Halton road drill hall, Spilsby
Halton road drill hall
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