North Lincolnshire Totally Explained

Everything about North Lincolnshire totally explained

North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England.
   The 846 km² council area lies on the south side of the Humber estuary and consists mainly of agricultural land, including land on either side of the River Trent. It borders onto North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. For ceremonial purposes it's treated as part of Lincolnshire.
   Until April 1, 1996, the area had been part of Humberside. The district was formed by a merger of the boroughs of Glanford and Scunthorpe, and southern Boothferry. Before the creation of Humberside in 1974, it was part of Lincolnshire, only becoming North Lincolnshire in 1996 on the abolition of Humberside.
   Historically, it's part of The Kingdom of Lindsey There are three significant towns: Scunthorpe (the administrative centre), Brigg and Barton-upon-Humber.

Towns and villages

Alkborough, Althorpe, Amcotts, Appleby
Barrow Haven, Barrow upon Humber, Barnetby-Le-Wold, Barton on Humber, Bonby, Bottesford, Brigg, Broughton, Burringham, Burton upon Stather
Cadney, Coleby, Crowle, Croxton
Dragonby
Ealand, East Butterwick, East Halton, Eastoft, Elsham, Epworth, Epworth Turbary
Flixborough, Fockerby
Gainsthorpe, Garden Village, Garthorpe, Goxhill, Gunness
Hibaldstow, Howsham
Keadby, Kingsforth, Kirmington, Kirton in Lindsey
Manton, Melton Ross, Messingham, Mill Place
New Holland, North Killingholme
Owston Ferry
Redbourne
Sandtoft, Santon , Saxby All Saints, Scawby, Scunthorpe, Scotter, South End, South Killingholme, Sturton
Thornton Curtis
Ulceby, Ulceby Skitter
Walcot, West Butterwick, West Halton, Whitton, Winteringham, Winterton, Wootton, Worlaby, Wrawby, Wressle
Yaddlethorpe

Places of interest

Elsham Hall

Normanby Hall

Thornton Abbey

Mount Pleasant Mill, a windmill at Kirton in Lindsey

Wrawby Postmill, a windmill

Alkborough Turf Maze

Stainforth & Keadby Canal

Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society, a heritage railway

Viking Way, a long distance footpath

Humber Bridge

Gainsthorpe Deserted Medieval Village,

Politics

As of the 2007 election the council is currently controlled by the Labour Party with 22 councillors (External Link

). The Conservative Party holds 18 seats, The Liberal Democrats hold 1 seat and Independents hold two seats.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of North and North East Lincolnshire at current basic prices published

(pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added	Agriculture	Industry	Services
1995	3,512	82	1,701	1,729
2000	3,861	60	1,805	1,997
2003	4,569	62	1,896	2,611

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