Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the region of central . There are many historic sites in Lincolnshire that date from a range of periods with some such as Lincoln Cathedral dating back nearly 1,000 years.
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is a city in the of and the county town of Lincolnshire, with a population of 97,541 in 2019. It has a well-preserved medieval centre, with the cathedral, once the tallest building in the world, and castle atop its cobbled Steep Hill.

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is a fishing port in Lincolnshire, standing on the south bank of the mouth of the River Humber, with a population in 2021 of 86,000. It merges into the seaside town of , and this conurbation and rural hinterland comprise the unitary Local Authority of North East Lincolnshire, also called Great .

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is a market town in Lincolnshire, , with a population of 70,500 in 2021. 's most notable landmark is St Botolph's Church, which is visible from miles away across the flat lands of Lincolnshire.

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is a market town at the south-west corner of Lincolnshire, with a population of about 21,000. It's a charming place with a well-preserved Georgian centre, and with opulent Burghley House just south.

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is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, and the county's third most populous settlement after and , with a population of 81,286 in 2021.

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is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the banks of the and bounded to the west by the A1 road; it lies 23 miles south of and 22 miles east of .

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is a seaside town in Lincolnshire. It has many visitors on a regular basis, mostly to Butlins . It's “so bracing”, according to the famous “Jolly Fisherman” Edwardian travel poster.

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is a market town and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population was 20,842 at the 2011 census, and estimated at 23,243 in 2019.

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is a market town on the River Welland in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire. has been long famous as a centre of the flower bulb industry. In 2017, it was home to 34,000 people.

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is a market town and civil parish in the district of Lincolnshire, England. On the edge of the Fenlands, it is 11 miles north-east of , 16 mi west of , and 17 mi south of .

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is a seaside resort on the Lincolnshire coast of England, south bank of the estuary of the River Humber, with a population in 2021 of 30,000.

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is a market town in Lincolnshire, with a population of 18,000 in 2021. There are 71 listed buildings in the parish of , the most important being Abbey and the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, which is scheduled Grade I.

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is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. serves as an important town for a large rural area of eastern Lincolnshire.

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is a town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire. It is situated on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, and at the end of the Humber Bridge.

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is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds, which form an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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is a market town in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. It is home to the ruins of Bolingbroke Castle.

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is a seaside town in the civil parish of , in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population including nearby was 12,531 at the 2011 census and estimated at 12,633 in 2019.

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is a large village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, . The population was 5600 in 2011.

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is in Lincolnshire. Village historic sites include the church of the Holy Trinity, a buttercross, Castle, Collegiate College, and Tom Thumb's house and grave.

Lincolnshire

Latitude of center
53.1844° or 53° 11′ 4″ north
Longitude of center
-0.2786° or 0° 16′ 43″ west
Population
1,070,000
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Geo­Names ID
11609040
Wiki­data ID
Q23090
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lincolnshire” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lincolnshire”
  • Albanian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Arabic: “لنكنشير”
  • Arabic: “لنكولنشاير”
  • Arabic: “لنكولنشير”
  • Arabic: “لينكولنشير”
  • Arabic: “لينكونشير”
  • Armenian: “Լինկոլնշիր”
  • Armenian: “Լինքոլնշիր”
  • Asturian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Azerbaijani: “Linkolnşir qraflığı”
  • Balinese: “Lincolnshire”
  • Basque: “Lincolnshire”
  • Belarusian: “графства Лінкальншыр”
  • Belarusian: “Лінкальншыр (графства)”
  • Belarusian: “Лінкальншыр”
  • Bengali: “লিংকনশায়ার”
  • Bengali: “লিঙ্কোনশায়ার”
  • Breton: “Lincolnshire”
  • Bulgarian: “Линкълншър”
  • Catalan: “Lincolnshire”
  • Cebuano: “Lincolnshire”
  • Chechen: “Линкольншир”
  • Chinese: “Lincolnshire”
  • Chinese: “斯皮爾斯比”
  • Chinese: “林肯郡”
  • Cornish: “Lincolnshire”
  • Croatian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Czech: “Lincolnshire”
  • Danish: “Lincolnshire”
  • Dutch: “Lincolnshire”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لنكولنشاير”
  • Esperanto: “Lincolnshire”
  • Esperanto: “Linkolnŝiro”
  • Estonian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Finnish: “Lincolnshire”
  • French: “Lincolnshire”
  • Galician: “Lincolnshire”
  • Georgian: “ლინკოლნშირი”
  • German: “Lincolnshire”
  • Greek: “Λινκολνσάιρ”
  • Greek: “Λίνκολνσιρ”
  • Gujarati: “લિંકનશાયર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Lincolnshire”
  • Hebrew: “לינקולנשייר”
  • Hindi: “लिंकनशायर”
  • Hungarian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Icelandic: “Lincolnshire”
  • Ido: “Lincolnshire”
  • Indonesian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Interlingua: “Lincolnshire”
  • Irish: “Lincolnshire”
  • Italian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Japanese: “リンカンシャー”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಂಕನ್ಷೈರ್”
  • Kashmiri: “لِنٛکَنشایر”
  • Korean: “링컨셔주”
  • Kurdish: “Lincolnshire”
  • Ladin: “Lincolnshire”
  • Latin: “Lincolniensis comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Linkolnšīra”
  • Lithuanian: “Linkolnšyras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lincolnshire”
  • Macedonian: “Линколншир”
  • Manx: “Lincolnshire”
  • Marathi: “लिंकनशायर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lincolnshire”
  • Nepali: “लिङकनसायर”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lincolnshire”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lincolnshire”
  • Norwegian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lincolnshire”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lincolnscīr”
  • Ossetian: “Линкольншир”
  • Persian: “لینکلن‌شر”
  • Persian: “لینکولن‌شایر”
  • Polish: “Lincolnshire”
  • Portuguese: “Lincolnshire”
  • Romanian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Russian: “Линкольншир”
  • Scots: “Lincolnshire”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Lincoln”
  • Serbian: “Линколншир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Slovak: “Lincolnshire”
  • Slovenian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Spanish: “Lincolnshire”
  • Swedish: “Lincolnshire”
  • Tajik: “Линколншир”
  • Tamil: “லிண்கான்ஷிர்”
  • Telugu: “లింకన్షైర్”
  • Thai: “ลิงคอล์นเชอร์”
  • Turkish: “Lincolnshire”
  • Turkish: “Törensel Lincolnshire Kontluğu”
  • Ukrainian: “Лінкольншир”
  • Urdu: “لنکنشائر”
  • Venetian: “contea de Lincoln”
  • Vietnamese: “Lincolnshire”
  • Volapük: “Lincolnshire”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lincolnshire”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Lincoln”
  • Western Frisian: “Lincolnshire”
  • Western Panjabi: “لنکنشائر”
  • Wu Chinese: “林肯郡”
  • Yiddish: “לינקאנשיר”
  • Yue Chinese: “林肯郡”

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