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Lincoln (UK)
Industrial and cathedral city, administrative headquarters of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the River Witham, 210 km/130 mi north of London; population (2001) 85,600. Products include bricks, excavators, cranes, gas turbines, radios, vehicle components, cattle feed, matting, pharmaceuticals, power units for oil platforms, and cosmetics. Other industries include heavy engineering, iron foundries, seed milling, and food processing.
During the Roman period, Lincoln was the flourishing colony of Lindum, and in the Middle Ages it was a centre for the wool trade. Paulinus built a church here in the 7th century, and the 11th–15th-century cathedral has the earliest Gothic work in Britain. The 12th-century High Bridge is the oldest in Britain still to have buildings on it.
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