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Lincolnshire - This article is about the English administrative county. For the Illinois village, see Lincolnshire, Illinois; for the Kentucky city, see Lincolnshire, Kentucky.
| olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Lincolnshire | | olspan=2 align=center| | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography | | idth="45%"|Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County | | egion: | East Midlands, except North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire which are in Yorkshire and the Humber | a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area | Ranked 2nd
6,959 km²
Ranked 4th
5,921 km² | | dmin HQ: | Lincoln | | SO 3166-2: | GB-LIN | | a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code: | 32 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Nomenclature-of-Territorial-Units-for-Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">NUTS 3: | UKF30 | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics | a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop. | Ranked 19th
969,569
139 / km²
Ranked 15th
657,843 | | thnicity: | 98.5% White | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics | olspan=2 align=center|Lincolnshire County Council
http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ | | xecutive: | Conservative | | olspan=2 align=center|Members of Parliament | | olspan=2|Ian Cawsey, Quentin Davies, John Hayes, Douglas Hogg, Edward Leigh, Shona McIsaac, Gillian Merron, Austin Mitchell, Elliot Morley, Mark Simmonds, Peter Tapsell | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Districts | olspan=2| - Lincoln
- North Kesteven
- South Kesteven
- South Holland
- Boston
- East Lindsey
- West Lindsey
- North Lincolnshire (Unitary)
- North East Lincolnshire (Unitary)
| 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. Its county town is the city of Lincoln. Geography Main article: Geography of Lincolnshire The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire (composed of the 'administrative' counties of Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North-East Lincolnshire) is the second largest of the English counties and one that is predominantly agricultural in character. For the purposes of a general geographical classification the county can be broken down into a number of sub-regions including: the Lincolnshire Fens, the Lincolnshire Wolds, and the industrial Humber Estuary and North Sea coast around Grimsby and Scunthorpe. Towns and villages The county of Lincolnshire appears to be experiencing a resurrection of old village and hamlet placenames and, in some instances, the creation of new placenames. This makes the compilation of a definitive list of Lincolnshire villages an especially open-ended task. For a full list of Lincolnshire towns and villages see the Lincolnshire villages page. 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 Lincolnshire is relatively unusual in terms of the composition of its population, being one of the least ethnically diverse counties of the United Kingdom (98.5 percent of the population is white). Over recent years inward migration by people from ethnic minority communities has increased (particularly to population centres such as Lincoln) but the absolute number of non-white Lincolnshire residents remains very low. Over recent years, the county has also witnessed a growing trend towards an in-migration of retired persons from other parts of the United Kingdom, particularly those from the southern counties of England attracted by the generally lower property prices and generally slower and more relaxed pace of life. Those born in Lincolnshire are sometimes given the slighly comic nickname of 'Yellow Bellies' (often spelt 'Yeller Bellies', to reflect the pronunciation of the phrase by the 'typical Lincolnshire farmer'). The origins of this phrase are much speculated upon but remain unclear. Culture The unofficial anthem of the county is the traditional folksong, 'The Lincolnshire Poacher', which dates from around 1776. A version of the song was the theme to BBC Radio Lincolnshire for many years. 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 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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