The Nymphs of the Pavement : Sin, Scandal and Vice in Victorian Lincolnshire
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In 1842 the mayor lamented, 'There is more debauchery in Lincoln than in any other town of its size in the kingdom.' Lincoln Races was a magnet for vice: by 1828, one newspaper reported up to 500 'thieves, prostitutes and gamblers' on the course. But as the century progressed, market towns such as L
