Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire [ lɪŋkənʃɪə ] is a county in the East Midlands in England, the second largest after Yorkshire. Lincolnshire borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, and ( only for 19 meters - Shortest England border) on Northamptonshire. The council is based in Lincoln.
The main regional agricultural county extends from the southern border with Norfolk to the Humber in the north, on the border of Yorkshire. From flat marshland of the hilly moorland of the Lincolnshire Wolds, the county pulls up to the lowlands near the fishing port of Grimsby.
History
Lincolnshire formed by the union of the territories of the former Kingdom of Lindsey with the Borough Stamford, which belonged to the Danelaw. Some time the entire county was called Lindsey, as such, it is also recorded in the Domesday Book. Later, the northern core Lindsey was only called to Lincoln around Lindsey and was so beside parts of Holland in the south-east and Kesteven in the south west of the three parts of Lincolnshire.
1888 each have a County Council was set up in Lindsey, Holland and Kesteven. There the matter rested until 1974 Holland, Kesteven, and most of Lindsey were unified as Lincolnshire, while the northern part, came with Scunthorpe and Grimsby to the newly formed county of Humberside.
By a further local government reform Humberside was removed in 1996 from Lincolnshire and to the south of the Humber area lying parts to two separate city districts ( unitary authorities ), namely, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. These are only for ceremonial purposes part of Lincolnshire; the county has there but no police violence.
The remaining districts of Lincolnshire are Boston, East Lindsey, Lincoln, South Holland, South Kesteven, North Kesteven and West Lindsey.
Cities and towns
- 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, Grantham
- Heckington, Holbeach, Horncastle
- Ingoldmells
- Leasingham, Lincoln, Long Sutton, Louth
- Mablethorpe, Market Deeping, Market Rasen, 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
- Colin Dexter (* 1930), 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 ( b. 1958 ), actress and comedienne
- George Spencer - Brown ( b. 1923 ), mathematician and logician
- Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), poet
- Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), Prime Minister
- Charles Wesley (1707-1788), co- founder of the Methodist
Attractions
- Alford Manor House
- Alford Windmill
- Alkborough Turf Maze
- Ayscoughfee Hall
- Belton House
- Cadwell Park
- Cogglesford watermill
- Crowland Abbey
- Doddington Hall
- East Lighthouse, Sutton Bridge - former residence of Sir Peter Markham Scott
- Gain Thorpe
- Grimsthorpe Castle
- Harlaxton Manor
- Heckington Windmill - also Pocklingtons mill ( owner of the early 20th century ), Europe's only Dutch windmill with eight wings
- Lincoln Castle
- Lincoln Cathedral
- Normanby Hall
- Tolethorpe Hall
- Gibraltar Point
- River Ancholme
- The Wash
Others
In the near Donington on Bain is the transmission tower Belmont, with 385 m the tallest structure in the EU.