"The premier land-based college in the UK’s most important agricultural county. Situated in the centre of Lincolnshire, just three miles north of Lincoln, Riseholme College specialises in agriculture, horticulture, and animal / equine training and education.Our programmes, both full-time and work-based, have been developed to meet the demands of the rapidly changing rural economy." Riseholme has had a place in history for hundreds of years. There are signs of Roman and early English settlements, and the remains of a medieval village, parts of which have been excavated.The Chaplin family, who purchased the estate in 1721, completed the Riseholme Hall in 1744. The family subsequently sold it to the ecclesiastical commissioners in 1840, and it became the Palace of the Bishop of Lincoln.