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Lincolnshire: This is a large county of eastern England,
occupying some 2,300 square
miles between the Humber and the Wash. It is divided into three
administrative counties: Lindsey, the largest, in the north, much of which was
lost to the new county of Humberside; Kesteven in the south-west; and Holland
in the south-east. Lincolnshire is predominantly lowland, but is traversed
from north to south by the limestone Lincoln Edge and the chalk hills of the
Wolds to the east. Much of the land is highly fertile and 72 per cent is
devoted to arable crops. One quarter of the county produces wheat, a seventh
barley, and onetwelfth potatoes. It has the largest acreage in the country for
potatoes and is the second for acreage of sugar-beet. In the lowlying fenland
of Holland, vegetables, flowers and glasshouse crops form specialised
activities. The fields of flowers resemble those of the Netherlands, and in
this specialised type of agriculture Lincolnshire leads the country. Although
Lincolnshire is a large county,
the population, mostly rural, is not very large.
The main urban centres are the city of Lincoln, Grantham, Boston,
Spalding, and the resort town of Skegness.
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