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Date of photo: 2007	© Copyright Dave Hitchborne and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
The Abbey Inn was situated at 83 Monks Road.
From 1863-1899 (and possibly before and after this period) it was known as the Monks Abbey Inn or just Abbey Inn. In 1954 an observant reader wrote to the Lincolnshire Echo pointing out that the old name 'Abbey Inn' was still visible on the outside wall of the pub, just below the guttering – said at the time to be "an echo of the past".  In 1975 it was again trading as the Monks Abbey Inn. By the 1990s the hotel was owned by Wards Brewery of Sheffield.
LICENSEES OF THE MONKS ABBEY INN / ABBEY INN / ABBEY HOTEL, 83 MONKS ROAD, LINCOLN 1867-1990s: 1867: Mrs Cargill (Lincoln Directory) 1872: Levi Ostler (White's Directory) 1879-1881: Fredrick and Sarah Clark (1881 Census) 1884-1887: John James Burnett (Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury) 1889-1903: John Duckmanton and his wife Clara Duckmanton. John Duckmanton died "suddenly" at the hotel in 1903, aged 55, of heart complications. Prior to taking over the hotel he had worked as a butler for Bishop Wordsworth at Riseholme Palace. (Lincolnshire Echo) 1903-1932: His brother George Duckmanton. George was a native of Branston Booths. Prior to taking over as licensee of the Monks Abbey Hotel he had previously been a painter and decorator, specialising in decorating church and cathedral interiors. This work had taken him all over the country. (Lincolnshire Echo/Lincolnshire Chronicle) 1921-1932: George's son John Sidney ('Sidney') Duckmanton became a joint licensee of the hotel. The two ran the hotel together until George Duckmanton died at his home, Ferndale on Monks Road, in 1932, aged 74. (Lincoln Leader & County Advertiser) ??1930s or 1940s??: The landlady was Mrs Gladys Richardson. One of her interests was horseracing. One of the highlights of her life was when she met jockey Lester Piggott. She donated any money she won on the horses to the Racing for the Disabled charity. She left the pub when she married a soldier and they moved to Leicester. She died in 1997, aged 75. 1932-1934: Mr and Mrs Thomas Stephenson. In 1934 they moved to the Star & Garter Inn at Metheringham. (Lincolnshire Echo) 1934-1935: George Frederick White (Lincolnshire Echo) 1935-1951: Herbert Henry Ravenscroft and his wife Emily Elizabeth Ravenscroft. Herbert Ravenscroft had previously been landlord of the Lord Nelson Hotel in Bulwell, Notts. During WWII their daughter Gladys Ravenscroft was a private in the ATS. Their nephew was once a goalkeeper for Lincoln City FC. Herbert Ravenscroft died in 1960, aged 77. His widow Emily Ravenscroft passed away in 1992, aged 100. 1952-late 1950s: Former Corinthians, Lincoln City and Carlisle player John William Cliffe. He died in 1982, aged 70. 1954: An observant reader wrote to the Lincolnshire Echo pointing out that the name 'Abbey Inn' was still legible on the outside of the pub below the guttering – said at the time to be "an echo of the past". (Lincolnshire Echo) Until 1956: A Horace and Lily Percival were either running, or possibly just staying at, the Monks Abbey Hotel. 1957: The Burma Star Association used to meet there. 1957: Mr Sidney Willows took over. He had previously been the landlord of the Woodman Inn at Louth. 1961: Frederick Hesman took over as landlord. Licensees until 1964: Mr and Mrs K Simpson. In 1964 they bought a house in Willingham-by-Stow nr Gainsborough and the pub's licence was transferred to Jack Chambers. 1965: Jack Chambers was the licensee together with [presumably family members] Bet and Jean. In 1966 Mr Chambers was convicted of receiving 12 bottles of whisky, knowing them to have been stolen from a warehouse belonging to Lincoln wine merchants Whitton & Ashley. Fined £20 with costs. 1967: Landlords Pat and Helen [not further identified]. From 1973-1979 Keith and Pamela Langdale-Brown were tenant landlords.They always kept a collection box on the bar for Lincolnshire Society for Mentally Handicapped Children. The pub's darts teams also raised money for the Society. 1979: ??Mr J A Frecklington?? 1994-1995 (for six months): Nicholas and Karen Crowston. In 1995 they moved to the Nag's Head at Great Hale nr Heckington.
John Stephenson (June 2025)
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