Lincolnshire

The county of Lincolnshire is located in the East Midlands of England, beside the North Sea. It shares boundaries with the counties of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the northwest, and Leicestershire and Rutland to the north. It shares a short boundary with Northamptonshire to the south, at only 20 yards (19m), making it England's shortest county. Lincoln serves as both county seat and seat of government.

Lincolnshire is both the non-metropolitan county and the region covered by the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, making up the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire. The ceremonial county is located in both the East Midlands and the Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. The county is the second largest in terms of land area among England's ceremonial counties. Because North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire are considered separate unitary administrations, the county is actually the fourth largest of the two-tier counties.

Lincolnshire is divided into several distinct regions, including the chalk hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds, the flatlands of the Lincolnshire Fens in the county's southeast, the hilly limestone uplands of South Kesteven in the county's southwest, and the industrial Humber Estuary and North Sea coast around Grimsby and Scunthorpe.

Geography

Lincolnshire has a large geography, split by many rivers and miles of rolling terrain. Where the rivers Ouse and Trent converge, north of the Humber, is where the county proper begins, on the Isle of Axholme. From there, the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are separated by the southern bank of the Humber estuary. The ports of Immingham, New Holland, and Grimsby are located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, near where the Humber Bridge spans the estuary in Barton upon Humber. Cleethorpes, Mablethorpe, and Skegness are the other towns that make up the Lincolnshire Coast on the southern side. The Wash marks the sea boundary and border between Norfolk and Lincolnshire, which is formed by the rest of the Lincolnshire coastline beyond Skegness. At that point, the seashore in Boston is where the rivers Welland and Haven converge.

Sutton Bridge marks the beginning of the Nene River, which separates Cambridgeshire from Norfolk at the coast of the North Sea. Crowland, Market Deeping, and Stamford, located on the county's southern border with Peterborough, Rutland, and briefly Northamptonshire, mark the beginning of Cambridgeshire's border with Lincolnshire. Sleaford, Grantham, Lincoln, and Gainsborough mark the start of the boundary with Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Bordering South Yorkshire from Gainsborough's Haxey and Epworth, then looping back to the county's original north near Scunthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire's Isle of Axholme and Goole form the county's original northern border.

Lincolnshire is located in the East Midlands, and its bedrock consists of Jurassic limestone (near Lincoln) and Cretaceous chalk (north-east). Granular and sandy soils predominate in the region surrounding Woodhall Spa and Kirkby on Bain.

Most fossils found in Lincolnshire are of marine invertebrates, as the county was covered by tropical seas for a large portion of its prehistoric history. Other creatures from the sea, such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs, have also been discovered.

Wolds Top (168 m, 551 ft), located in Normanby le Wold, is Lincolnshire's highest point. It's possible that the Fens go down to sea level in some spots. Derbyshire is home to the nearest mountains.

Lincolnshire's two major rivers are the Witham, which begins in Lincolnshire at South Witham and flows for 132 km (82 miles) through the middle of the county before emptying into the North Sea at The Wash (from Staffordshire) and the Trent, which runs northwards from Staffordshire up the western edge of the county to the Humber estuary. On Lincolnshire's northern border is the estuary of the Humber, which is supplied by the River Ouse. Welland, Nene, and Great Ouse all empty into the Wash.

Economy

Growing vast quantities of wheat, barley, sugar beet, and oilseed rape is a mainstay in Lincolnshire, which has historically been a farming center. South Lincolnshire is known for its fertile soil, which is used to grow a wide variety of vegetables. The agricultural yields of Lincolnshire farmers regularly set new world records. Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research conducts research for the British potato industry and is one of the top agricultural experiment stations in the UK. It is run by the Potato Council and is located in South Lincolnshire.

The Lincoln Longwool is an extremely rare sheep breed that takes its name from the area it was produced in. The Lincoln Longwool was bred for its wool and mutton beginning at least 500 years ago.

A traditional breed of beef cow, the Lincoln Red can be traced back to the county of its namesake. Due to cheap wool imports, economies of scale, and the drier ground on the eastern side of England, most farms in Lincolnshire shifted away from mixed farming to specialize in arable cropping in the middle of the twentieth century.

After 1900, mechanization dramatically reduced the need for labor on the county's relatively large farms, and the percentage of the workforce engaged in agriculture saw a dramatic decline. Lincoln, Gainsborough, and Grantham saw the rise of several significant engineering firms to facilitate these transformations. Fosters of Lincoln, who constructed the first tank, and Richard Hornsby & Sons of Grantham were two of these companies. During the economic shifts of the late 20th century, several of these manufacturing giants up and left.

An increasing share of the seasonal agricultural workforce today comes from immigrant workers, particularly those from new EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe, who are concentrated in the south of the country. Small vegetables and cut flowers, which require more human labor, are grown here. In a county that had previously been unused to large-scale immigration, this seasonal surge of migrant labor can occasionally lead to tension between the migrant workforce and local inhabitants. Training in agriculture is available at Riseholme College, and in 2016, the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology opened at the University of Lincoln.

England, UK Description

England is the UK's largest constituent unit, occupying more than half of the island. Despite its political, economic, and cultural legacy, England is no longer a governmental or political unit. 

With its rich soil and crisscrossing network of rivers and streams, England has been and remains a thriving agricultural economy. England became the epicenter of the global Industrial Revolution in the early 1800s, quickly rising to the top of the global industrialization rankings. Manufacturing industries in Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool turned raw materials into finished goods for export. London, the country's capital, became one of the world's most important cities, a hub for a global political economy. The London metropolitan area continues to be Europe's financial center and a hotbed of innovation, particularly in the fields of popular culture.

At the same time, the UK is a place with a very developed tourism industry. The culture and scenery of the UK attract a lot of tourists to come for vacation all year round. If you also want to travel to the UK or have been there and want to leave some traces of your visit, you can try to customize Custom Keyrings with a UK theme, such as the British flag, Buckingham Palace, etc.  Customized keychains can be carried with you and retain beautiful travel memories.

One of the most fundamental features of the English language is its diversity within a limited compass. Even England's most remote regions are accessible by car or train within a day's drive or train ride of London. Many English people identify with the regions or shires from which they are descended—for example, Yorkshire, the West Country, or the Midlands—and maintain strong ties to those regions even if they live in other parts of the country. Some differences exist, but many more, especially as England transitioned from a rural to an urban society, began to fade after 1945. The country's island location has shaped the English character, which values social harmony, social harmony, and good manners that ensure orderly relations in a densely populated landscape, among other characteristics.

During the dismantling of Britain's vast overseas empire in the mid-20th century, England suffered an identity crisis, and much attention has been paid to discussions of "Englishness"—that is, what it means to be English in a country that now has large immigrant populations from many former colonies and is far more cosmopolitan than insular. Although influenced by other cultures, English culture is distinct and difficult to define. The Lion and the Unicorn by George Orwell, a self-described "revolutionary patriot" who chronicled politics and society in the 1930s and 1940s, makes this observation. 

Geographical Description of England

Except for Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire in the east, England's topography is low-lying but rarely flat. The area has many rolling hillsides, with the highest elevations in the north, north-west, and southwest. Intricate underlying structures have resulted in intricate patterns in the landscape. The oldest sedimentary rocks and some igneous rocks (found in isolated granite hills) are found in Cornwall and Devon, while the most recent alluvial soils are found in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Norfolk. Both the sandstone and limestone bands that separate these two regions date from prehistoric times when large sections of central and southern England were submerged under warm seas. Geological forces lifted and folded some of these rocks, forming northern England's spine. Scafell Pike, England's highest point, stands at 3,210 feet (978 metres) and is part of the world's highest mountain range. The northern mountains are mostly slate, while the southern mountains are mostly lava flows. Mountain ranges have developed from the North Downs at 965 feet (294 meters) to the Cotswolds at 1,083 feet (330 meters).

The Chiltern Hills, North Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds, and Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds were rounded into distinctive plateaus with west-facing escarpments during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago). A land bridge connecting Britain to the rest of Europe was engulfed as the last glacial sheet melted. The retreating glaciers left behind gravel, sand, and glacial mud, further altering the land surface. Rain, rivers, and tides, as well as subsidence, have shaped the hills and coastline of eastern England. Limestone, gritstone, and carboniferous strata plateaus are associated with major coalfields, some visible as surface outcrops.

A great example of England's geologic complexity is its cliff structure. The chalk cliffs of Dover are made up of a series of sedimentary rocks of varying ages that start at Land's End in the far southwest and end at the Isle of Wight. The English coastline is dotted with cliffs, bays, and river estuaries that add to the overall beauty of the landscape. 

England's weather is as varied as its topography. The average temperature in England, like other temperate maritime zones, is moderate, ranging from around 35 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) in January to 72 degrees Fahrenheit (22 degrees Celsius) in July in the Thames river valley (32 degrees Celsius). Tacitus, the Roman historian, described it as "unpleasant" with "frequent rains and mists but no extreme cold." However, the higher elevations of England receive snow for roughly 50 days out of the year. In fact, the northwest and southwest of England are particularly "wet". These areas receive less than 30 inches (750 mm) of rain per year and are frequently subject to severe drought. Rainfall averages only 20 inches in parts of the southeast (500 mm). The weather has influenced English art and literature not only seasonally but also day-to-day and even hour-to-hour. The bumbershoot's moniker as the stereotypical English gentleman's walking stick is not accidental.

The Economy of England

In the 18th and 19th centuries, England's economy was primarily agricultural until the Industrial Revolution transformed it into a highly urbanized and industrialized region as a result of the Industrial Revolution. A result of the close proximity of coal and iron ore deposits, heavy industries (iron and steel, textiles, and shipbuilding) sprang up in the north-eastern counties, and they continue to thrive today. During the 1930s, the Great Depression and foreign competition both contributed to a decline in manufactured goods production and an increase in unemployment in the industrial north, which contributed to the Great Depression. Residents of these northern counties who were out of work were forced to relocate south to London and its environs. Because of urbanization and industrialization, the southeast has become dominated by industries such as automotive, chemical, electrical, and machine tool manufacturing. Despite the fact that population growth and urbanization significantly reduced farmland in England during the twentieth century, the geographical counties of Cornwall, Devon, Kent, Lincolnshire, Somerset, and North Yorkshire have retained a significant proportion of their agricultural land.

Another period of industrial decline occurred in the late twentieth century, during which coal mining was virtually phased out and job losses in industries such as iron and steel production, shipbuilding, and textile manufacturing were particularly severe. The decline of these industries had a disproportionately negative impact on the economies of the north and the Midlands, while the economies of the south remained relatively prosperous. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the service sector had taken over as the dominant sector of the English economy, with banking and other financial services, retail, distribution, media and entertainment, education, health care, and hotels and restaurants among the leading sectors.