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Lincolnshire produces more fresh produce than any other county in Britain, with food production and farming providing around a billion pounds annually to the local economy. There are many important architectural places to visit such as Burghley House and Grimsthorpe Castle , plus its many restored windmills such as Waltham Windmill and Sibsey Trader Mill. First recorded in as Lincolnescire.
The Brittonic origin of the county town is Lindon, meaning a lake Ilyn. The Romans later named the place colonia; meaning a colony or settlement for retired soldiers. The local English condensed the name Lindum colonia to make Lincoln.
Horncastle is also the last major settlement southwest of the Lincolnshire Wolds, so could be a tasteful place to stay while you take in the beautiful scenery in this hilly region. An good old-fashioned day at the seaside awaits you in Skegness, which had its heyday in the earlyth century after taking off towards the end of the s.
This is when it got its pier, which through bad weather and accidents has suffered damage down the years but is in good condition today at almost metres in length. So any trip to Grimsby should involve the Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre, an immersive museum that puts you on board the Ross Tiger, a trawler from the s, to see for yourself the rough conditions that trawlermen had to cope with.
On the River Trent, which empties in the Humber more than 50 miles to the north, Gainsborough remains the most inland port in England. For history of a more courtly kind, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the most complete medieval manors in England, completed in Unlike many towns in England, Louth has kept its traditional shopping amenities like butchers, bakeries and greengrocers.
The centre has few modern buildings; instead there are dignified red brick townhouses from the 18th and 19th century. If horseracing is your thing there are meetings year-round at Market Rasen Racecourse, at Market Rasen Golf Club has been open for more than a century and has very affordable green fees.
The bucolic splendour of the Wolds is on the doorstep, as is the village of Tealby, often voted as the most beautiful in Lincolnshire. The most spectacular property in Spalding has to be Ayscoughfee Hall, a 15th century house that looks just as it did when it was built and is conserved as a museum in delightful formal gardens.
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