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2 days ago · The name Lincoln may come from this period, when the settlement is thought to have been named in the Brittonic language of Iron Age Britain's Celtic inhabitants as Lindon, "The Pool", [8] presumably referring to Brayford Pool (compare the etymology of Dublin, from the Gaelic dubh linn "black pool"). The extent of the original settlement is ...
3 days ago · Viking invasions and settlements. Small scattered Viking raids began in the last years of the 8th century; in the 9th century large-scale plundering incursions were made in Britain and in the Frankish empire as well.
3 days ago · The areas the Viking settled in were known as Danelaw. It covered an area roughly east of a line on a map joining London and Chester. The Saxons lived south of the line. We can tell where the Vikings settled by place names of towns and villages today.
3 days ago · The River Witham flows through Grantham, Lincolnshire, playing a significant role in the town’s history, landscape, and ecology. As one of the major rivers in Lincolnshire, the Witham stretches approximately 132 miles (212 kilometers) from its source in the Lincolnshire Wolds to its mouth at The Haven near Boston, where it empties into The Wash.
2 days ago · It is subdivided into the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire (excluding areas in the Tees Valley of North East England), South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, and North East Lincolnshire.
3 days ago · The oldest sedimentary rocks and some igneous rocks (in isolated hills of granite) are in Cornwall and Devon on the southwestern peninsula, ancient volcanic rocks underlie parts of the Cumbrian Mountains, and the most recent alluvial soils cover the Fens of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Norfolk. Between these regions lie bands of sandstones ...
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5 days ago · United Kingdom, island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. It comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. Its capital is London.
