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Thornton Abbey Gatehouse, North LincolnshireThornton Abbey Gatehouse, North Lincolnshire
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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.

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, LincolnSteep 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.

Towns in Lincolnshire

  1. Lincoln - county town

  2. Boston
  3. Cleethorpes
  4. Gainsborough
  5. Grantham
  6. Grimsby
  7. Louth
  8. Market Rasen
  9. Scunthorpe
  10. Skegness
  11. Stamford

Sights in Lincolnshire

  1. Alford Manor House

  2. Alford Windmill

  3. Alkborough Turf Maza

  4. Ayscoughfee Hall

  5. Baldocks Mill

  6. Belmont Mast

  7. Belton House

  8. Bolingbroke Castle

  9. Boston Stump

  10. Bourne Abbey

  11. Boultham Park

  12. Branston Hall

  13. Burghley House

  14. Church Farm Museum, Skegness

  15. Crowland Abbey

  16. Cogglesford Mill Museum

  17. Dambusters Inn and Heritage Centre Museum

  18. Doddington Hall

  19. Dogdyke Engine Museum

  20. Donna Nook

  21. Dunston Pillar

  22. East Lighthouse, Sutton Bridge

  23. Ellis Mill

  24. Fantasy Island, Ingoldmells Theme Park

  25. Gainsborough Old Hall

  26. Gainsthorpe Deserted Medieval Village

  27. Gibraltar Point

  28. Gordon Boswell Romany Museum Museum

  29. Grantham Museum Museum

  30. Grimsby Dock Tower

  31. Grimsthorpe Castle

  32. Gunby Hall

  33. Hartsholme Country Park Country

  34. Harlaxton Manor

  35. Heckington Windmill

  36. Kesteven Forest Forestry commission

  37. Lincoln Castle

  38. Lincoln Cathedral

  39. Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Museum

  40. Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

  41. Maud Foster Windmill, Skirbeck, Boston

  42. Metheringham Windmill

  43. Mount Pleasant Mill, Kirton in Lindsey

  44. Mrs Smith's Cottage, Navenby Museum

  45. National Fishing Heritage Centre Museum

  46. Natureland Seal Sanctuary

  47. Normanby Hall

  48. Pelham's Pillar

  49. Pinchbeck Engine and museum of Land Drainage Museum

  50. Pleasure Island, Cleethorpes Theme Park

  51. River Ancholme

  52. Snipe Dales Country

  53. St. James Church, Louth

  54. St. Peter's Church, Barton upon Humber

  55. Sibsey Trader Mill

  56. Somerton Castle

  57. Stamford Meadows

  58. Stamford Museum Museum

  59. Stow Minster AP

  60. Tattershall Castle

  61. Tattershall College

  62. The Humber Bridge

  63. The Lincolnshire Wolds

  64. The Museum of Lincolnshire Life Museum

  65. The South Common, Lincoln

  66. The Usher Art Gallery

  67. The Wash

  68. The West Common, Lincoln

  69. Thornton Abbey

  70. Waltham Windmill

  71. Whisby Nature Park

  72. Woolsthorpe Manor


All Saints Church in Bracebridge, LincolnAll 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 LincolnshireBurghley House near Stamford in Lincolnshire
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Map of Ceremonial Counties of England

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