THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY THOMAS ALLEN, Author of the History of Yorkshire, Survey of London, History of Lambeth, &c. &c. JOHN SAUNDERS, BOND-STREET; JOSEPH NOBLE, 23, MARKET-PLACE, HULL. SOLD BY SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONERS' COURT, AND SHERWOOD, GILBERT AND PIPER, MDCCCXXX. HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN. BOOK I. GENERAL HISTORY. CHAPTER I. SITUATION, EXTENT, POPULATION, AND HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN. Situation. The county of Lincoln, in extent and population, is undoubtedly the most important agri- CHAP. 1. cultural district in the kingdom. It is in form an irregular oblong, of about one hundred and sixty miles in circumference, containing an area of about 2888 square miles.* Its geographical situation is between the parallels of 52° 33" and 53° 39′′ north latitude, and between 0° 53" of west and 0° 34" of east longitude, from Greenwich. On the north and east sides its boundary is distinctly defined by the river Humber and the German Ocean; on the west and south sides the boundaries are merely conventional, being indicated by no natural feature of the country, with the exception of the river Trent, which partly separates it from Nottinghamshire. The remaining counties to which it adjoins are Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Rutlandshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. • According to the Trigonometrical survey of the kingdom, this county contains 1,758,720 acres. Mr. Young, in his survey published by the Board of Agriculture, estimates the contents of the county in the following manner: |