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This article is about the English county. For the Illinois village, see Lincolnshire.)
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Lincolnshire is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county on the east coast of England. It borders the traditional counties of Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Norfolk, and is the second largest traditional county after Yorkshire. The county town is Lincoln.
Mainly agricultural, it stretches from the southern border with Norfolk at the Wash to the Humber in the north where it meets Yorkshire. Thus, it is a region of many contrasts, going from flat, marshy land (much of it reclaimed from the sea) via the rolling Lincolnshire Wolds in the middle of the county to another flat low-lying area near the major fishing port of Grimsby.
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Administration
Lincolnshire is traditionally divided into the three areas, called "Parts": Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland. These areas served as administrative county councils from 1888 to 1974. The reorganisation of 1974 incorporated the northern part of the county around Scunthorpe and Grimsby in the new administrative county of Humberside, and the remainder of the county was reorganised into a single county council.
This arrangement proved unpopular and short-lived, and in 1996 two new unitary authorities were formed: North Lincolnshire (around Scunthorpe) and North East Lincolnshire (around Grimsby) as separately administered unitary authority areas. These areas were reunited with the rest of Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes such as the Lord-Lieutenancy.
The current administrative county borders North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, and is divided into the districts of Boston, East Lindsey, Lincoln, North Kesteven, South Holland, South Kesteven and West Lindsey.
Towns and villages
- Alford
- Billinghay, Boston, Bourne, Brandon, Branston, Burgh le Marsh
- Caistor, Chapel St. Leonards, 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, Metheringham, Martin, Horncastle
- Normanton, North Thoresby
- Pinchbeck
- Rothwell
- Saltfleet, Scopwick, Sibsey, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding, Spilsby, Stamford, Sutton Bridge
- Twenty
- Woodhall Spa, Woolsthorpe, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
Places of interest
- Alford Manor House
- Alford Windmill
- Ayscoughfee Hall
- Belton House
- Cogglesford Watermill
- Crowland Abbey
- Doddington Hall
- East Lighthouse, Sutton Bridge - former home of Sir Peter Scott
- Grimsthorpe Castle
- Harlaxton Manor
- Heckington Windmill
- Normanby Hall
- Tolethorpe Hall
- Gibraltar Point
- River Ancholme
- The Wash
External link
- Lincolnshire County Council (http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/)
