Lincolnshire and the Fens

acres agricultural alluvial alluvium Ancholme artificial bank Barnetby borders Boston Boulder Clay Brocklesby Cathedral cattle centre century Chalk church Cleethorpes coal coast considerable crops deposits district Domesday drainage drained east economic engineering England erosion escarpment especially estuary factor famous farm farmers favourable feet Fenland Fens fish flood Gainsborough glacial Grantham gravel Grimsby Heath hill Horncastle horse houses Humber Immingham important industry inland ironstone Isle of Axholme John land limestone Lincoln Louth lower mainly market town marl Marsh Marshland mediæval miles mills North Lincolnshire North Sea North Wolds Oolite parish pasture peat population port potatoes produce railway region ridge river salt sand Scunthorpe settlement sheep ships shire silt slope soil South Spalding Spilsby springs Stamford stone streams stretch supply Tennyson Tetney tide tion to-day tower trade trawlers Trent uplands valleys villages Wash wheat wild-fowling Witham Withern woad wool