LINCOLNSHIRE

Lincolnshire is an eastern county of England. It covers almost 6,000 square kilometres and has Lincoln as its county town. The county is steeped in history - Lincoln Cathedral was once the tallest building in the world. Lincoln Castle displays a copy of the Magna Carta.
Traditionally Lincolnshire is divided into 3 'parts' - Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland. In the north, Lindsey is higher, very open, farmland with few trees and large fields. Lincoln and Louth are each on higher limestone ridges. In the south, Holland is the fen country - drained marshland which is rich and fertile. Here Spalding was once the home of the market gardening industry. To the south and west, Kesteven is a country of complex little hills and folds, more wooded and more old-fashioned, punctuated at the south by Stamford, 'the finest stone town in England'.