Lincolnshire
(This article is about the English administrative county. For the Illinois village, see Lincolnshire.)
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Lincolnshire is a administrative county of England - it is also the second largest traditional county after Yorkshire. It borders onto the administrative counties of North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Peterborough, Rutland, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire. 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. Thus, it is a region of many 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.
A reorganisation in 1974 split off the areas of Scunthorpe and Grimsby to be incorporated in the newly-formed Humberside. This arrangement proved short-lived and in 1996 new unitary authorities were formed: North Lincolnshire (including Scunthorpe) and North East Lincolnshire (including Grimsby) as separately administered unitary authority areas, these areas are again part of Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes such as the Lord-Lieutenancy
The remaining districts of Lincolnshire are Boston, East Lindsey, Lincoln, South Holland, South Kesteven, North Kesteven and West Lindsey.
Lincolnshire is traditionally divided into the three districts of Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland
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