h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Robin Hood got his tights from this neck of the woods, and it's home to towns that are much nicer than the names suggest - Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Skegness... But what else do you now about Lincolnshire? Tell all!

Paully

I'd have to disagree on those three though

Well, you do of course have Grantham, which gave us Isaac Newton. And the first female policeperson, and the first person to be imprisoned for the polltax.

Heavily influenced by the danes (hence all the -by endings. Corby Northants actually got its name from Corby Lincolnshire. Corby Lincolnshire then had to change its name to Corby Glen. As recently as the late 80's/early 90s the road signs on the A1 still said 'Corby' and you'd get the occaisional artic lorry turning up asking for the steelworks - Corby Glen is a small farming village).

Erm. What else. Oh, some politician came from Grantham as well, but the residents try not to mention it.

Then there's the historic scrap for Hull with yorkshire (I think), with the boundaries changing all the time.

Heck, there's a lot to go ont his, and that's just one little innocuous county!

I believe it has one of the highest densities of manors and estates/castles due to the fertile farming land.

Scunthorpe is certainly not more interesting that it sounds.

Hull has always been Yorkshire, but as I said elsewhere, the East Riding/North Lincolnshire/Humberside debate certainly bears further examination.

B

ah, maybe it's kingston upon hull and what you refer to that I'[m thinking of.

Kingston-upon-Hull and Hull being the same place, yes?

B

Then there's the historic scrap for Hull with yorkshire (I think)

Nah.

(Kingston-upon-Hull) Hull's over the water, never been in Lincolnshire.

I've lived in Lincolnshire all my life (so far) even when it was South Humberside which the post office *still* franks on our mail, and most computers will spew out "South Humberside" automatically when you give them a DN35 postcode.

A5964979 - Pleasure Island Family Theme Park, Cleethorpes, NE Lincolnshire

A5137283 - The Jungle, Cleethorpes, NE Lincolnshire

A642980 - Cleethorpes

Born in Cleethorpes:
Haydn Taylor (1897-1962) - channel swimmer, also the first man to swim the River Humber.

Big Daddy aka Shirley Crabtree - wrestler.

John Hurt was born in Cleethorpes - his father (The Rev. A.A. Hurt) was the Vicar at my local church St Aiden's, on Grimsby Road. He baptized me in 1955. I still have the baptism certificate signed by him.

Julie Peasgood (actress) was born in Grimsby.

The Greenwich Meridian line runs right through Cleethorpes.
http://www.cleethorpes-online.co.uk/meridian.html

Grimsby Town Football Club never play at home, their home ground is in Cleethorpes.

A806023 - Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire

A311572 - Lincoln, Lincolnshire

A139466 - Skegness, Lincolnshire

A251137 - The Magdalen College School, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire

A3052270 - Bourne, Lincolnshire (this entry isn't edited, it's currently in PeerReview

Lincolnshire have their own sausages, which are a particular favourite of the Queen.

Grimsby haddock is world-renowned

it also contains Boston, including the massively light polluting boston stump. see http://www.zyra.org.uk/stump.htm

They also have a party every year in central park boston. see the panoramic view of the park at http://web.onetel.com/~zyra/panorama.htm

"Kingston-upon-Hull and Hull being the same place"

The things you learn...!

Well, actually, Hull isn't a town/city at all, it's a river.

B

now you're just trying to confuse me!

He's right. The River Hull, is real.

The city is Kingston-upon-Hull but the locals & those who are glad they don't live there, call it Hull.



Kingston-upon-Hull is a rare city, it doesn't have a cathedral.

Maybe we should start a new conversation thread about Lincolnshire, eh?



Leave this thread to discuss Humberside perhaps?

F150575?thread=1155989 - new thread for Lincolnshire. I'll repost my posts.

Cheers, Galaxy Babe!

Paully

I'm delighted to announce that we already have two County entries in Peer Review, waiting to receive any bouquets or brickbats that people might lob in their general direction! If you're currently either working on or contributing to a County entry of your own right now, you might like to have a quick look to see how some other researchers have tackled this challenge. They are: County Fermanagh (A6092606) and Norfolk (A6108473).

Hope you enjoy reading them!

Paully

Editorial Note: This conversation has been moved from 'Challenge h2g2' to 'Lincolnshire, England, UK'.