Lincolnshire
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Country | United Kingdom | |
Part of the country | England | |
region | East Midlands | |
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status | Ceremonial and Administrative County | |
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Ceremonial county | ||
surface | 6,959 km² | |
Residents | 1,087,659 | |
was standing | June 30, 2018 | |
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Administrative county | ||
Administrative authority | Lincolnshire County Council | |
Administrative headquarters | Lincoln | |
ISO-3166-2 | GB-LIN | |
surface | 5,921 km² | |
Residents | 755.833 | |
was standing | June 30, 2018 | |
ONS code | 32 | |
GSS code | E10000019 | |
NUTS code | UKF30 | |
Website | www.lincolnshire.gov.uk | |
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Lincolnshire [ ˈlɪŋkənʃɪə ] is a county in the East Midlands in England . It borders Norfolk , Cambridgeshire , Rutland , Leicestershire , Nottinghamshire , South Yorkshire , East Riding of Yorkshire and Northamptonshire for a length of 19 meters . The administrative seat is Lincoln .
The largely agricultural county stretches from the southern border with Norfolk to the Humber in the north, on the border with Yorkshire. The county stretches from flat marshland to the hilly heathland of the Lincolnshire Wolds to the lowlands near the fishing port of Grimsby .
history
Lincolnshire was created by uniting the territories of the former Kingdom of Lindsey with the Borough of Stamford , which was part of Danelag . For some time the entire county of Lindsey was named, as such it is also recorded in the Domesday Book . Later only the northern core Lindsey around Lincoln was called Lindsey and thus became one of the three parts of Lincolnshire along with parts of Holland in the southeast and Kesteven in the southwest.
In 1888, a county council was established in Lindsey, Holland and Kesteven. It stayed that way until 1974, when Holland, Kesteven and most of Lindsey were united as Lincolnshire, while the northern part, with Scunthorpe and Grimsby, came to the newly formed county of Humberside .
Through a further municipal reform, Humberside was separated from Lincolnshire in 1996 and with the parts of the area lying south of the Humber it became two independent city districts ( Unitary Authorities ), namely North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire . These are now part of Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes only; the county has no police force there.
The remaining districts of Lincolnshire are Boston , East Lindsey , Lincoln , South Holland , South Kesteven , North Kesteven, and West Lindsey .
towns and places
- Alford , Alkborough
- Billinghay , Boston , Bourne , Brandon , Branston , Burgh le Marsh
- Caistor , Chapel St. Leonards , Cherry Willingham , Colsterworth , Coningsby , Croft , Crowland
- Deeping St. James
- Folkingham
- Gainsborough , Grimsby , Grantham
- Heckington , Holbeach , Horncastle
- Ingoldmells
- Leasingham , Lincoln , Long Sutton , Louth
- Mablethorpe , Market Deeping , Market Lawn , Marston , Martin
- Navenby , Nettleham , Normanton , North Thoresby
- Pinchbeck
- Reepham , Rothwell
- Saltfleet , Scopwick , Sibsey , Skegness , Sleaford , Spalding , Spilsby , Stamford , Sutton Bridge
- Twenty
- Whitton , Woodhall Spa , Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir , Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
Famous people
- Henry IV (1366 / 67–1413), King of England
- Jim Broadbent (born 1949), English actor and Oscar winner.
- William Byrd (probably 1543–1623), English composer and organist
- Colin Dexter (1930-2017), writer
- Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), explorer
- John Franklin (1786-1847), polar explorer
- Isaac Newton (1643-1727), scientist
- Alfred Piccaver (1884–1958), opera singer
- Jennifer Saunders (* 1958), actress and comedian
- George Spencer-Brown (1923–2016), mathematician and logician
- Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), poet
- Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), Prime Minister
- Charles Wesley (1707–1788), Methodist co-founder
- Bram Tchaikovsky (* 1950), singer and guitarist
- Guy Martin (* 1981), motorcycle racer
Attractions
- Alford Manor House
- Alford Windmill
- Alkborough Turf Maze
- Ayscoughfee Hall
- Belton House
- Cadwell Park
- Cogglesford watermill
- Croyland Abbey
- Doddington Hall
- East Lighthouse, Sutton Bridge - former home of Sir Peter Markham Scott
- Gainsthorpe
- Grimsthorpe Castle
- Harlaxton Manor
- Heckington Windmill - also Pocklington's mill (owner at the beginning of the 20th century), the only Dutch windmill in Europe with eight blades
- Lincoln Castle
- Lincoln Cathedral
- Normanby Hall
- Sibsey Trader Windmill
- Tolethorpe Hall
- Gibraltar Point
- Ancholme River
- The Wash
Others
Near Donington on Bain is the Belmont transmission tower , at 351 m the second highest structure in the EU.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 53 ° 7 ′ N , 0 ° 16 ′ W