Counties of the UK: Lincolnshire

 

This is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

Location – In the East Midlands.  Borders with 7 other counties. It is the second largest English ceremonial county.

Pronounciation – Lin + con + sheer

 

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County seat – Lincoln

 

County titbit - A Lincolnshire tradition was that front doors were used for only three things: a new baby, a bride, and a coffin

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 Flower – Common dog-violet

 

 

Signature foods – Stuffed chine, Pork pies, Batemans Ales, Lincolnshire sausages, Yellowbelly cheese

 

Famous places to visit – Woolsthorpe Manor, Bolingbroke Castle, Humber Bridge, Thornton Abbey

 

Famous people from Lincolnshire – Sir Isaac Newton, William Cecil (QEI), John & Charles Wesley (Methodists), Alfred Lord Tennyson (poet), Margaret Thatcher, Bernie Taupin, Jennifer Saunders, Joan Plowright

 

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