Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county
Lincoln Cathedral; Grimsby Dock Tower; Skegness Pier
Motto(s):  "Land and God"
Lincolnshire within England
Coordinates: 53°06′N 0°12′W / 53.1°N 0.2°W / 53.1; -0.2
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Divided between East Midlands & Yorkshire and the Humber
Established	April 1996
Established by	1990s local government reform
Preceded by	Humberside (North East Lincolnshire & North Lincolnshire) & Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire County Council)
Origin	Parts of Lincolnshire (Grimsby County Borough, Holland, Kesteven, Lincoln County Borough & Lindsey)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Members of Parliament	Gareth Davies (Con) Holly Mumby-Croft (Con) John Henry Hayes (Con) Edward Leigh (Con) Karl McCartney (Con) Lia Nici (Con) Andrew Percy (Con) Caroline Johnson (Con) Matt Warman (Con) Victoria Atkins (Con) Martin Vickers (Con)
Police	Humberside Police (North East Lincolnshire & North Lincolnshire Areas) & Lincolnshire Police (Lincolnshire County Council Area)
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant	Toby Dennis
High Sheriff	Michael Scott[1] (2020–21)
Area	6,959 km2 (2,687 sq mi)
• Ranked	2nd of 48
Population (2022)	1,087,659
• Ranked	18th of 48
Density	156/km2 (400/sq mi)
Non-metropolitan county
County council	Lincolnshire County Council
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	Lincoln
Area	5,937 km2 (2,292 sq mi)
• Ranked	2nd of 21
Population	775,524
• Ranked	13th of 21
Density	131/km2 (340/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-LIN
ONS code	32
ITL	UKF30
Website	lincolnshire.gov.uk
Districts
Districts of Lincolnshire   Unitary   County council area
Districts	Lincoln North Kesteven South Kesteven South Holland Boston East Lindsey West Lindsey North Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to the north, the North Sea to the east, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland to the south, and Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire to the west. The county town is the city of Lincoln. Lincolnshire is the second largest county in England after North Yorkshire.

The county is predominantly rural, with an area of 6,959 km² (2,687 sq mi) and a population of 1,095,010. After Lincoln (104,565), the largest towns are Grimsby (85,911) and Scunthorpe (81,286).^[2] For local government purposes Lincolnshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with seven districts, and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The last two areas are part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region, and the rest of the county is in the East Midlands.

Lincolnshire is the second-largest ceremonial county and has a varied geography, including the chalk hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds AONB, the wetlands of the Lincolnshire Fens, the Lincoln Cliff escarpment, and the Lincolnshire Marsh.

Lincolnshire has had a comparatively quiet history, being a rural county which was not heavily industrialised and faced little threat of invasion. In the Roman era Lincoln was a major settlement, called Lindum Colonia. In the fifth century what would become the county was settled by the invading Angles, who established the Kingdom of Lindsey in the north of the region. Lincoln became the centre of a diocese in 1072, and Lincoln Cathedral was built over the following centuries. The late Middle Ages were a particularly prosperous period, when wealth from wool trade facilitated the building of grand churches such as St Botolph's Church, Boston. During the Second World War the relatively flat topography of the county made it an important base for the Royal Air Force, which built several airfields and based two bomber squadrons in the area.