Editing Lincolnshire (section)

==History==
{{main|History of Lincolnshire}}
[[File:Lincolnia nottinghamia Atlas.jpg|thumb|250px|Hand-drawn map of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire from 1576.]]
During pre-Roman times, most of Lincolnshire was inhabited by the [[Corieltauvi]] people.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} The language of the area at that time would have been [[Common Brittonic]], the precursor to modern Welsh. The name ''Lincoln'' was derived from [[Lindum Colonia]].{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Large numbers of Germanic speakers from continental Europe settled in the region following the withdrawal of the Romans. Though these were later identified as [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]], it is unlikely that they migrated as part of an organized tribal group.<ref>Toby F. Martin, ''The Cruciform Brooch and Anglo-Saxon England'', Boydell and Brewer Press (2015), pp. 174–178</ref><ref>Catherine Hills, ''The Anglo-Saxon migration to Britain: an archaeological perspective'' (2016)</ref> Thus, the main language of the region quickly became [[Old English]]. However, it is possible that Brittonic continued to be spoken in some communities as late as the eighth century.<ref>Caitlin Green, ''The Origins of Louth: Archaeology and History in East Lincolnshire, 400,000 BC–AD 1086'' (2014), pp. 66–67</ref>

Modern-day Lincolnshire is derived from the merging of the territory of the [[Kingdom of Lindsey]] with that controlled by the [[Danelaw]] [[borough]] of [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]]. For some time the entire county was called "Lindsey", and it is recorded as such in the 11th-century ''[[Domesday Book]].'' Later, the name [[Lindsey (government district)|Lindsey]] was applied to the northern core, around Lincoln. This emerged as one of the three [[Parts of Lincolnshire]], along with the Parts of [[Holland, Lincolnshire|Holland]] in the south-east, and the Parts of [[Kesteven]] in the south-west, which each had separate [[Quarter Sessions]] as their county administrations. Lindsay was traditionally split between the [[North Riding of Lindsey|North]], [[South Riding of Lindsey|South]] and [[West Riding of Lindsey|West Ridings of Lindsey]].

The area was shaken by 27 February [[2008 Lincolnshire earthquake]], reaching between 4.7 and 5.3 on the [[Richter magnitude scale]]; it was one of the largest earthquakes to affect Britain in recent years.<!-- Damage? -->

Lincolnshire is home to [[Woolsthorpe Manor]], birthplace and home of Sir [[Isaac Newton]]. He attended [[The King's School, Grantham]]. Its library has preserved his signature, carved into a window sill when he was a youth.
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File: Belton House 2006 Giano.jpg|[[Belton House]]
File: Stump&Ingram.jpeg|[[St Botolph's Church, Boston|Boston Stump]]
File: Gainsborough Old Hall.jpg|[[Gainsborough Old Hall]]
File:Gunby Hall - geograph.org.uk - 919245.jpg|[[Gunby Hall]]
File: Harlaxton manor.jpg|[[Harlaxton Manor]]
File: Normanby Hall, Lincs (geograph 56340).jpg|[[Normanby Hall]]
File: Tattershall Castle, 2006.jpg|[[Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire|Tattershall Castle]]
File: Thornton Abbey Gatehouse1.jpg|[[Thornton Abbey]]
File:Louth Church in 2021.jpg|[[St James' Church, Louth]]
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