Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is situated in Eastern England and covers 2,662 square miles. It has a population of nearly 600,000 and the county seat is Lincoln.

Industry

Great Grimsby is a fishing port, and the county's industries include engineering and steel making. Lincolnshire is an important agricultural area; potatoes, vegetables, and sugar beets are the main products. The area also profits from tourism.

Geography

The county is low and flat, with very extensive marsh areas along the coast. It is drained by a series of dikes and canals, some of which, such as the Carr and Fosse Dykes, date back to Roman times.

History

The Romans built a town known as Lindum Colonia which became modern Lincoln. It was the capital of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey and Lincolnshire derived from the merging of the territory of the ancient Kingdom of Lindsey with that controlled by the Danelaw borough of Stamford. For some time the entire county was called 'Lindsey', and it is recorded as such in the Domesday Book. In later Anglo-Saxon times, Lincolnshire was sometimes part of the Kingdom of Mercia and sometimes under the control of the Kingdom of Northumbria. Lindsey was a County until 1974 when the council was abolished and the area was merged with Lincolnshire. The name Lindsey still exists in the north part of Lincolnshire.

Lincolnshire County Flag