- This article is about the English administrative county. For the Illinois village, see Lincolnshire, Illinois; for the Kentucky city, see Lincolnshire, Kentucky.
| Lincolnshire |
 |
| Geography |
| Status: |
Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County |
| Region: |
East Midlands |
Area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area |
Ranked
2nd
6,959 kmē
Ranked 4th
5,921 kmē |
| Admin HQ: |
Lincoln |
| ISO 3166-2: |
GB-LIN |
| ONS code: |
32 |
| NUTS 3: |
UKF30 |
| Demographics |
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop. |
Ranked 19th
969,569
139 / kmē
Ranked 15th
657,843 |
| Ethnicity: |
98.5% White |
| Politics |
Lincolnshire County Council
http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ |
| Executive: |
Conservative |
| Members of Parliament |
| Ian Cawsey, Quentin Davies, John Hayes,
Douglas Hogg, Edward
Leigh, Shona McIsaac, Gillian Merron, Austin Mitchell, Elliot Morley, Mark Simmonds, Peter Tapsell |
| Districts |
- Lincoln
- North Kesteven
- South Kesteven
- South Holland
- Boston
- East Lindsey
- West Lindsey
- North Lincolnshire (Unitary)
- North East Lincolnshire (Unitary)
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Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East
Midlands of England, traditionally the second largest after Yorkshire. It borders onto Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and (for just 19 metres, England's
shortest county boundary) with Northamptonshire. 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.
It is a county of 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.
History
Main article: History of Lincolnshire.
Lincolnshire derived from the merging of the territory of the ancient Kingdom of Lindsey with that controlled by the Danelaw
borough Stamford. For some time the entire county was called 'Lindsey', and it is recorded as such in the
Domesday Book. Later, Lindsey
was applied only the northern core, around Lincoln, and emerged as one of the three
Parts of Lincolnshire, along with the Parts of Holland
in the south-east and Kesteven in the south west.
In 1888 when county councils
were set up, Lindsey, Holland and Kesteven each received their own separate one. These survived until 1974, when Holland, Kesteven, and most of Lindsey were unified into Lincolnshire, and the northern part, with Scunthorpe and Grimsby, going to the newly
formed administrative county of
Humberside, along with most of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
A further local government reform in 1996 abolished Humberside, and the parts south of
the Humber became the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. These areas became part of Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes such as
the Lord-Lieutenancy, but are not covered by the Lincolnshire police.
These two authorities are in the Yorkshire and the
Humber region.
The remaining districts of Lincolnshire are Boston, East Lindsey, Lincoln, South Holland,
South Kesteven, North Kesteven and West Lindsey. They are part of the
East Midlands region.
People
Residents of Lincolnshire are nicknamed 'Yeller Bellies' (a play on the pronunciation of 'Yellow Bellies' by the typical
Lincolnshire farmer). The origins of this phrase remains unclear. However, a number of theories exist:
- The uniforms of the old Lincolnshire Regiment were green with yellow facings. The fastenings of the uniform tunic, which were
known as frogs, were also yellow.
- Opium extracted from poppy heads and taken to relieve malaria that was prevalent in the fens in earlier centuries turned the
skin a shade of yellow.
- Sheep grazing in mustard fields were dusted by pollen from the blossom that turned their undersides yellow. Alternatively,
the long under wool of sheep grazing in the Lincolnshire Wolds became discoloured by the yellow clay.
- Women traders on street markets in past times are reputed to have worn a leather apron with two pockets, one for copper and
silver and one for gold. At the end of a good day they would say they had "a yellow belly" meaning they had taken a large number
of gold sovereigns.
- The expression is based on the old belief that if a person born in Lincolnshire placed a shilling on their abdomen on
retiring to bed and slept flat on their back all night, then the next morning the shilling would have turned into a gold
sovereign.
- The stage coaches that operated in Lincolnshire in times past had yellow body work.
- The term originated from Elloe, the name of the rural deanery that serves the fen area of the Lincoln Diocese. This in turn
took its name from the Saxon Wapentake which was referred to as Ye Elloe Bellie - Elloe meaning out of the morass while bel was
the Celtic word for hole or hollow.
Towns and villages
- Aby, Addlethorpe, Aisthorpe, Alford, Algakirk, Alkborough, Althorpe, Alvingham, Ancaster, Anderby, Anwick, Apley, Appleby, Asgarby, Ashby by Partney, Ashby cum Fenby, Ashby De La Launde, Ashby Puerorum, Aslackby, Asterby, Aswarby, Aswardby, Atterby, Aubourn, Aunsby, Authorpe, Aysleby
- Bag Enderby, Bardney, Barholme, Barkston,
Barlings, Barnetby, Barnoldby le Beck, Barrow on Humber, Barrowby, Barton on Humber, Bassingham, Bassingthorpe, Baston, Baumber, Beckingham, Beelsby, Beesby, Belchford, Belleau, Belton, Benniworth,
Bicker, Bigby, Billingborough, Billinghay, Bilsby, Binbrook, Birthorpe, Biscathorpe, Bishop Norton, Bitchfield, Blankney, Bloxholm, Blyborough, Blyton, Bonby, Boothby Graffoe, Boothby Pagnall, Boston, Bottesford, Bourne, Braceborough, Bracebridge, Bracebridge Heath, Braceby, Brackenham, Brampton, Branston, Brant Broughton, Bratoft, Brattleby, Brauncwel, Brigsley, Brinkhill, Brocklesby, Brothertoft Fen, Broxholme, Bucknall, Bulby, Bullington, Burgh le Marsh, Burgh on Bain, Burton, Burton
Coggles, Burton
Pedwardine, Burwell, Buslingthorpe, Butterwick, Byards Leap
- Cabourne, Cadeby, Cadney, Caenby, Caistor, Calcethorpe,
Calecby, Cammeringham, Candlesby, Canwick, Careby, Carlton le Moorland,
Carlton Scroop, Carrington, Castle Carlton, Caucwell, Cawthorpe, Caythorpe with
Frieston, Cherry
Willingham, Claxby, Claxby Pluckacre, Claypole, Claythorpe, Cleethorpes, Clixby,
Cold Hanworth, Coleby, Colsterworth, Coningsby, Conisham, Corringham, Covenham St
Bartholemew, Covenham St
Mary, Cowbit, Cranwell, Creeton,
Croft, Crowland, Crowle, Croxby, Croxton, Culverthorpe, Cumberworth, Cuxwold
- Dalby, Dalderby, Deeping
Fen, Deeping St James, Dembleby, Denton, Digby, Doddington, Dogdyke, Donna Nook, Donington on Bain, Dorrington, Dowsby, Driby, Dry Doddington, Dunholme, Dunsby, Dunston
- Eagle, Eagle Hall, Eagle
Wood, East Allington,
East Barkwith, East Ferry, East Halton, East Keal, East Kirkby, East
Wykeham, Easton, Eastville,
Edenham, Edlington, Epworth, Evedon, Ewerby
- Faldingworth, Farforth, Farlsthorpe, Fenton, Ferriby, Fillingham, Firsby, Fishtoft, Fiskerton, Fleet, Fleet
Hargate, Flixborough, Folkingham, Fosdyke near Holbeach,
Fossdyke, Fotherby, Frampton, Freiston
Shore, Friesthorpe, Friskney, Frithville, Frodingham, Fulbeck, Fulletby, Fulnetby, Fulstow
- Gainsborough, Gate Burton, Gautby, Gayton Le
Wold, Gedney, Gedney Church, Gedney Drove End, Gedney Hill, Glentham, Glentworth,
Goltho, Gosberton, Goulceby, Goxhill, Grainsby, Grainthorpe, Grantham, Grasby, Grayingham, Great Carlton, Great Coates, Great Gonerby, Great Hale, Great Ponton, Great Steeping, Great Sturton, Greatford, Greetham, Greetwell, Grimblethorpe, Grimoldby, Gunby, Haceby, Hackthorne, Haconby, Haddington, Hagnaby,
Hagsworth, Hagworthingham, Hainton, Hallington, Haltham on Bain, Halton Holgate, Hameringham, Harbrough, Hareby, Harlaxton, Harmston, Harpswell,
Harrington, Harrowby, Harts
Ground, Hatcliffe, Hatton, Haughham, Haverholme Priory, Haxey, Haydor, Healing, Heapham, Heckington, Heighington, Helpringham, Hemingby,
Hemswell, Hibaldstow, Holbeach, Holton cum Beckering, Holton le Clay, Holton Le Moor, Honington, Horbling, Horkstow, Horncastle, Horsington, Hough on the Hill, Hougham, Howell, Hundleby, Huttoft
- Immingham, Ingham, Ingleby, Ingoldmells, Ingoldsby, Irby, Irnham
- Keddington, Keelby, Keisby, Kelby, Kelstern, Kettlethorpe, Kexby, Kiesby, Kingerby, Kirkby Green, Kirkby le Thorpe, Kirkby on Bain, Kirkby Underwood, Kirkstead, Kirmington, Kirton, Kirton in Lindsey, Knaith
- Laceby, Langrickville, Langtoft near Deeping,
Langton by Spilsby,
Langton by Wragby,
Langton near
Horncastle, Langworth, Laughton, Lavington, Lea, Leadenham, Leake, Leasingham, Legsby, Leverton, Limba Magna, Limber Parva, Linwood, Lissington, Little
Bytham, Little Carlton,
Little Coates, Little Gonerby, Little Hale, Little Humby, Little Ponton, Little Steeping, Londonthorpe, Long Bennington, Long Sutton, Louth, Ludborough, Luddington, Ludford
Magna, Ludford Parvo,
Lusby, Lutton
- Mablethorpe, Maltby Le Marsh, Manby, Manthorpe, Mareham le Fen, Mareham on the Hill,
Markby, Market Deeping, Market Rasen, Marston, Martin, Marton,
Mavis Enderby, Mere, Messingham, Metheringham, Midville, Miningsby,
Minting, Misson, Moorby, Morton, Morton near Eagle, Moulton near Holbeach, Muckton, Mumby, Muston
- Navenby, Nettleham, Nettleton, New
Bolingbroke, Newton by
Toft, Newton on Trent,
Nocton, Normanby by Spital, Normanby Le Wold, Normanton, North 40 Foot Bank, North Carlton, North Coates, North Cockeringham, North Elkington, North Hykeham, North Kelsey, North Killingholme, North Kyme, North Ormsby, North Owersby, North Rauceby, North Reston, North Scarle, North Somercoates, North Stoke, North Willingham, North Witham, Northorpe, Norton Disney
- Old Bolingbroke, Orby, Osbournby, Osgodby, Owmby by Spital, Owston, Oxcomb
- Panton, Partney, Pelhams Land, Pickthorpe, Pickworth, Pinchbeck, Pointon, Potterhanworth
- Quadring Eaudyke,
Quarrington
- Raithby, Ranby, Rand,
Reepham, Revesby, Riby, Rigsby, Rippingale, Riseholme,
Ropsley, Rothwell, Roughton,
Rowlands Marsh, Rowston, Roxby, Roxholme, Ruckland, Ruskington
- Saleby, Salmonby, Saltfleet, Saltfleetby, Sandilands, Sapperton,
Sausthorpe, Saxby, Saxilby, Scamblesby, Scampton, Scartho, Scopwick, Scothern, Scotter, Scotton, Scrafield, Scredington, Scremby, Scrivelsby, Searby, Sedgebrook, Sempringham, Sibsey,
Silk Willoughby, Sixhills, Skegness, Skellingthorpe, Skendleby, Skidbrook,
Skillington, Skinnand, Skirbeck, Sleaford, Snarford,
Snellend, Snitterby, Somerby, Somersby, Sotby, South Carlton, South Coates, South Cockeringham, South Elkington, South Hykeham, South Kelsey, South Killingholme, South Kyme, South Ormsby, South Owersby, South Rauceby, South Reston, South Somercoates, South Stoke, South Willingham, South Witham, Spalding, Spanby, Spilsby, Spittlegate,
Spridlington, Springthorpe, Stainby, Stainfield, Stainton, Stainton by Langworth, Stainton Le Vale, Stallingborough, Stamford, Stainby, Stapleford, Stenigot, Stewton, Stickford, Stickney, Stixwould,
Stoke Rochford, Stow, Stowe, Stragglethorpe, Stroxton, Strubby, Stubton, Sudbrook, Surfleet, Sutterby, Sutterton, Sutton Le Marsh, Sutton St James, Sutton St Nicholas, Swaby, Swallow, Swarby, Swaton, Swayfield, Swinderby, Swineshead, Syston
- Tallington, Tathwell, Tattershall, Tealby, Temple Bruer, Tetford,
Tetney, Theddlethorpe, Thimbleby, Thoresby,
Thorganby, Thornton, Thornton le Fen, Thorpe,
Thorpe on the Hill,
Thorpe St Peter, Thorpe Tattershall, Thorpe Tilney, Thoresway, Threckingham, Thurlby, Thurlby near Deeping,
Timberland, Toft next Newton, Torksey, Torrington, Tothill, Toynton, Toynton All Saints, Toynton St Peter, Trusthorpe, Tumby Woodside, Tupholme, Twenty,
Twyford, Tydd St Mary
- Uffington, Ulceby, Upton, Ussleby, Utterby
- Waddingham, Waddington, Waddingworth, Wainfleet, Walcott, Walesby, Walmsgate, Washingborough, Welbourn, Welby, Wellingore,
Welton, Welton le Marsh, Welton Le Wold, West Halton, West Allington, West
Ashby, West Barkwith,
West Deeping, West Keal, West Rasen, Westborough, Weston, Westville, Whaplode, Whaplode Drove, Whisby, Whitton,Wickenby, Wigtoft, Wildsworth, Wilksby, Willingham by Stow, Willoughby, Willoughton, Wilsford, Wilsthorpe, Winceby, Winteringham, Winterton, Winthorpe, Wispington,
Witham St Hughs, Withcall, Wold Newton, Wood
Enderby, Woodhall Sp*a,
Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Wooton, Worlaby, Worlsby, Wragby, Wrangle, Wrawby, Wroot, Wyberton, Wyham, Wyville with
Hungerton
- Yarborough
Education
Lincolnshire is one of the few counties within the UK that still uses the Eleven plus to decide who is able to attend Grammar school.
Skegness Grammar School in Lincolnshire is notable as the first school in Great Britain to apply for, and to receive,
grant-maintained status.
Places of interest
References
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