Dr John Lingard DTh
(1771-1851)

Died aged 80

John Lingard (5 February 1771 – 17 July 1851) was an English Roman Catholic priest and historian, the author of The History of England, From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII, an eight-volume work published in 1819. Lingard was a teacher at the English College at Douai, and at the seminary at Crook Hall, and later St. Cuthbert's College. In 1811 he retired to Hornby in Lancashire to continue work on his writing.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Home of Dr. John Lingard, Catholic priest & historian 1811 - 1851

60 Main Street, Hornby, United Kingdom where they lived

John Lingard D.D. Historian, hymnwriter, catholic priest, was born in this house 5th February. 1771

1a St Thomas Street, Winchester, United Kingdom where they was born (1771)