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Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892),
English poet often regarded as the chief
Representative of the Victorian age in Lincolnshire History
Lincolnshire was formed by the merging of the territory of the ancient
Kingdom of
Lindsey with that controlled by the Danelaw ( from the Old English Dena lagu ) which was an area of
under the administrative control of the Vikings, (Danes or Norsemen). The
territory of
Lindsey is recorded in the Domesday Book. Lindsey, later only applied as the northern part around Lincoln, emerged as one of the three portions of ‘Lincolnshire', with the other areas of Holland and Kesteven.
When county councils were set up in 1888, Lindsey, Holland and Kesteven and most of Lindsey were formed into the
County of
Lincolnshire .
In 1996 a local government reform abolished Humberside, and parts south of the Humber became the North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire authorities.These areas became part of Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes , but are not covered by the
Lincolnshire police. These two authorities are in the Yorkshire and the
Humber region.
The remaining districts of Lincolnshire are Boston, East all part of the East Midlands region.Lindsey, Lincoln, South Holland,
South Kesteven , North
Kesteven and West Lindsey.They are
Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892),
English poet often regarded as the chief
representative of the Victorian age in Lincolnshire History
Lincolnshire was formed by the merging of the territory of the ancient
Kingdom of
Lindsey with that controlled by the Danelaw ( from the Old English Dena lagu ) which was an area of
under the administrative control of the Vikings, (Danes or Norsemen). The
territory of
Lindsey is recorded in the Domesday Book. Lindsey, later only applied as the northern part around Lincoln, emerged as one of the three portions of ‘Lincolnshire', with the other areas of Holland and Kesteven.
When county councils were set up in 1888, Lindsey, Holland and Kesteven and most of Lindsey were formed into the
County of
Lincolnshire .
In 1996 a local government reform abolished Humberside, and parts south of the Humber became the North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire authorities.These areas became part of Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes , but are not covered by the
Lincolnshire police. These two authorities are in the Yorkshire and the
Humber region.
The remaining districts of Lincolnshire are Boston, East all part of the East Midlands region.Lindsey, Lincoln, South Holland,
South Kesteven , North
Kesteven and West Lindsey.They are
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Famous scientist, Mathematician and Physicist,
Born at Woolsthorpe near Grantham in
Lincolnshire each received their own separate councils. Then in 1974, Holland, Kesteven,
Lincolnshire History
Lincolnshire was formed by the merging of the territory of the ancient
Kingdom of
Lindsey with that controlled by the Danelaw ( from the Old English Dena lagu ) which was an area of
under the administrative control of the Vikings, (Danes or Norsemen). The
territory of
Lindsey is recorded in the Domesday Book. Lindsey, later only applied as the northern part around Lincoln, emerged as one of the three portions of ‘Lincolnshire', with the other areas of Holland and Kesteven.
When county councils were set up in 1888, Lindsey, Holland and Kesteven and most of Lindsey were formed into the
County of
Lincolnshire .
In 1996 a local government reform abolished Humberside, and parts south of the Humber became the North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire authorities.These areas became part of Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes , but are not covered by the
Lincolnshire police. These two authorities are in the Yorkshire and the
Humber region.
The remaining districts of Lincolnshire are Boston, East Lindsey, Lincoln, South Holland, South Kesteven, North Kesteven and West Lindsey.They are all part of the East Midlands region.
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Famous scientist, Mathematician and Physicist,
Born at Woolsthorpe near Grantham in
Lincolnshire each received their own separate councils. Then in 1974,
Holland , Kesteven,
poetry. Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth
as Poet Laureate in 1850.
Dr George Bass, (1771-1803)
British naval surgeon and explorer of ,
Was born at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford
Lincolnshire and was educated at
Boston
Grammar School. He arrived in
Sydney in
New South Wales on the ship ‘Reliance’.
Sir John Franklin, (1786-1847)
Born in Spilsby,
Lincolnshire . An English explorer,
led several expeditions to the Arctic region.
Although he took part in the great sea battle of
Trafalgar, he is best remembered for his surveys
Of the
Arctic . He lost his life during an expedition
To find the
Northwest Passage , a northern water
Route across
North America .
Peregrine Bertie,(1714-1778)
General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.
(Lord Willoughby de Eresby) He gained the
Rank of General on 25 May 1772. Soldier &
Governor of Berwick – The family still live
At
Grimsthorpe
Castle .
George Boole, father of modern algebra - born in
Lincoln
Captain John Smith, Governor of Virginia - born in
Willoughby
Henry Winn, prolific writer
And recorder of village history - born in Fulletby
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