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=== Lincoln Imp === {{Main|Lincoln Imp}} [[File:Lincoln imp.jpg|thumb|The Lincoln Imp]] A carving in the Angel Choir is known as the Lincoln Imp, and since the late nineteenth century it has become the symbol of the city.<ref>{{cite web|last=Santos|first=Cory|title=Tracking the mysterious origins of the Lincoln Imp|url=http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2013/04/the-mysterious-origins-of-the-lincoln-imp/|publisher=The Lincolnite|accessdate=7 July 2013|date=19 April 2013|quote=the imp has come to represent Lincoln as its mischievous mascot.|archive-date=24 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524145026/http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2013/04/the-mysterious-origins-of-the-lincoln-imp/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="L2">{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Phil|title=A History of the Lincoln Imp|url=http://lincolncathedral.com/2011/12/a-history-of-the-lincoln-imp/|accessdate=7 July 2013|publisher=Lincoln Cathedral|date=16 December 2011|quote=Lincoln’s imp is a well known emblem of the Cathedral and the city, to the extent it has been adopted as the symbol of Lincoln|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528004554/http://lincolncathedral.com/2011/12/a-history-of-the-lincoln-imp/|archivedate=28 May 2012}}</ref> The carving dates from the 13th century<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ribapix.com/lincoln-cathedral-the-angel-choir_riba91991| title = Lincoln Cathedral: the Angel Choir| publisher = RIBA| access-date = 19 April 2024}}</ref> but received little attention until the late 19th century, when it figured in Arnold Frost's poem, "The Ballad of the Wind, the Devil and Lincoln Minster".<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |first= Arnold |date=1898 |title=The Ballad of the Wind, the Devil and Lincoln Minster: A Lincolnshire Legend |url=https://archive.org/details/balladwinddevil00frosgoog |location=Lincoln |publisher=Boots Limited}}</ref>
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