Lincolnshire
Locator map for the English administrative region of Lincolnshire.
County of eastern England.
Area
5,890 sq km/2,274 sq mi
Towns and cities
Lincoln (administrative headquarters), Skegness, Boston, Stamford
Physical
hills of Lincoln Edge and the Wolds; marshy coastline; the Fens in the southeast; rivers Trent, Welland, Witham
Features
Belton House (1685), a Restoration mansion; Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
Agriculture
cattle, sheep, horses; cereals (mainly barley); flower bulbs (largest bulb-growing industry in the UK, around Spalding); vegetables
Population
(2001) 646,650
Famous people
Isaac Newton (English physicist), Alfred Tennyson (English poet), Margaret Thatcher (British politician), John Wesley (English founder of Methodism)
Topography Lincolnshire is bounded on the east by the North Sea and the Wash; to the north by Northeast Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire; to the west by Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Rutland; and to the south by Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. The coastline, though mostly marshy, has long stretches of sand. Inland it is generally flat, a considerable part being marshes. Lincoln Edge (also known as the Heights, or the Cliff) runs from Grantham to Lincoln, and on to the River Humber; the Wolds run from Spilsby to Barton-upon-Humber. |
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