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This list of museums in Lincolnshire, England, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Trent is a suburb [3] [failed verification] and ward [4] of Gainsborough in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It covers the town centre and southern portion of Gainsborough near the River Trent and its border with the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire .
Lincoln Museum has existed since 2005. It is a merger between the Usher Gallery, which was established in 1927, and the City and County Museum, founded in 1906.The first curator of the Lincoln City and County Museum was Arthur Smith (1869–1947), who was born in Leicester and raised in Grimsby, and who was interested in natural history. [2]
James Ward Usher was born in Lincoln on 1 January 1845. [1] He was a son of James Usher, who founded a jeweller and watchmakers' business in 1837 on the Lincoln High Street. Usher left school and joined his father's business, Usher and Son, after 1874. He painted pictures of his collections to illustrate his inventory.
Newton on Trent is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 389. [1] The village is situated east of the River Trent, and is 10 miles (16 km) south of Gainsborough, 10 miles (16 km) west of Lincoln, and at the junction of the A57 running east to west, and the A1133 running north to south.
The Lincoln Cliff or Lincoln Edge is a portion of a major escarpment that runs north–south through the historic divisions of Lindsey and Kesteven in central Lincolnshire and is a prominent landscape feature in a generally flat portion of the county. [1] Towards its northern end, near Scunthorpe, it is sometimes referred to as the Trent Cliff. [2]
Walkerith is a hamlet within the civil parish of East Stockwith, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.It lies on the east bank of the River Trent, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north-west from Gainsborough and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south from East Stockwith.
The Foss Dyke, or Fossdyke, connects the River Trent at Torksey to Lincoln, the county town of Lincolnshire, and may be the oldest canal in England that is still in use. It is usually thought to have been built around AD 120 by the Romans, but there is no consensus among authors.