 Lincolnshire, England
Lincolnshire is a ceremonial county on the east coast of England. Covering 6,959 sq km (2,687 sq mi), it is the second biggest county in England. Lincolnshire has a population of slightly over a million people. The county town is Lincoln.
Thornton Abbey Gatehouse, North Lincolnshire
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Lincolnshire is bordered by East Riding of Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the northwest, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire to the west, Rutland to the southwest, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire to the south and Norfolk to the southeast. The county itself comprises a number of regions including Lincolnshire Fens, the Carrs, the Lincolnshire Woods, Humber Estuary and the North Sea coast.
Lincolnshire is largely rural and depend primarily on agriculture to support its economy. Among the crops grown here include wheat, barley, sugar beet and oilseed rape. In the more fertile South Lincolnshire, farm produce include cabbages, cauliflowers and onions.
Steep Hill, Bailgate, Lincoln
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During medieval times, Lincolnshire was known as Lindsey, as part of it was once the Kingdom of Lindsey. In 1888, when county councils were set up, Lincolnshire comprised Lindsey, Holland and Kesteven. They were merged in 1974 to form Lincolnshire.
Visitors to Lincolnshire will find that the county has its own distinctive cuisine. Among the popular dishes include the Lincolnshire pork sausage, haslet (a pork loaf flavoured with sage), Lincolnshire pork pies, stuffed chine, plum bred, Grantham Gingerbread and Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese.
All Saints Church in Bracebridge, Lincoln
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Visiting Lincolnshire
You can take the East Midlands train from London St Pancras station to Lincoln. The East Coast train connects London's King's Cross station with Grantham.
The main motorways do not actually reach Lincoln, but only skirt the county. The highways connecting Lincoln to the M1 and A1(M) motorways include the A15, A46 and A57.
Burghley House near Stamford in Lincolnshire
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Towns in Lincolnshire
- Lincoln - county town
- Boston
- Cleethorpes
- Gainsborough
- Grantham
- Grimsby
- Louth
- Market Rasen
- Scunthorpe
- Skegness
- Stamford
Sights in Lincolnshire
- Alford Manor House
- Alford Windmill
- Alkborough Turf Maza
- Ayscoughfee Hall
- Baldocks Mill
- Belmont Mast
- Belton House
- Bolingbroke Castle
- Boston Stump
- Bourne Abbey
- Boultham Park
- Branston Hall
- Burghley House
- Church Farm Museum, Skegness
- Crowland Abbey
- Cogglesford Mill Museum
- Dambusters Inn and Heritage Centre Museum
- Doddington Hall
- Dogdyke Engine Museum
- Donna Nook
- Dunston Pillar
- East Lighthouse, Sutton Bridge
- Ellis Mill
- Fantasy Island, Ingoldmells Theme Park
- Gainsborough Old Hall
- Gainsthorpe Deserted Medieval Village
- Gibraltar Point
- Gordon Boswell Romany Museum Museum
- Grantham Museum Museum
- Grimsby Dock Tower
- Grimsthorpe Castle
- Gunby Hall
- Hartsholme Country Park Country
- Harlaxton Manor
- Heckington Windmill
- Kesteven Forest Forestry commission
- Lincoln Castle
- Lincoln Cathedral
- Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Museum
- Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
- Maud Foster Windmill, Skirbeck, Boston
- Metheringham Windmill
- Mount Pleasant Mill, Kirton in Lindsey
- Mrs Smith's Cottage, Navenby Museum
- National Fishing Heritage Centre Museum
- Natureland Seal Sanctuary
- Normanby Hall
- Pelham's Pillar
- Pinchbeck Engine and museum of Land Drainage Museum
- Pleasure Island, Cleethorpes Theme Park
- River Ancholme
- Snipe Dales Country
- St. James Church, Louth
- St. Peter's Church, Barton upon Humber
- Sibsey Trader Mill
- Somerton Castle
- Stamford Meadows
- Stamford Museum Museum
- Stow Minster AP
- Tattershall Castle
- Tattershall College
- The Humber Bridge
- The Lincolnshire Wolds
- The Museum of Lincolnshire Life Museum
- The South Common, Lincoln
- The Usher Art Gallery
- The Wash
- The West Common, Lincoln
- Thornton Abbey
- Waltham Windmill
- Whisby Nature Park
- Woolsthorpe Manor
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