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  2. Lincoln Imp - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln Imp The Lincoln Imp is located at the bottom of the upper V. The Lincoln Imp is a grotesque on a wall inside Lincoln Cathedral, England, and it has become the symbol of the city of Lincoln. [1] [2] The carving is situated high on the north side of the Angel Choir and is not conspicuous.

  3. Lincoln Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, [2] and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lincoln and is the mother church of the diocese of Lincoln .

  4. List of urban legends - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln Imp is a folklore legend that tells of a creature sent to England's Lincoln Cathedral by Satan, only to be turned into stone by an angel. Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend is a list of coincidences that appeared in the mainstream American press in 1964, a year after the assassination of John F. Kennedy .

  5. Lincolnshire - Wikipedia

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    The flag of the historic county of Lincolnshire The Lincoln Imp high above the choir on the southern side of Lincoln Cathedral. The unofficial anthem of the county is the traditional folk song, "The Lincolnshire Poacher", which dates from around 1776. A version of the song was the theme for BBC Radio Lincolnshire for many years.

  6. Imp - Wikipedia

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    A statue of the Lincoln Imp inside the medieval Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England.It has now become a symbol of the city. A legend in Lincolnshire dating to the 14th-century recounts that the devil, being annoyed with the completion of the cathedral, paid a visit, accompanied by two imps who proceeded to wreak havoc in the building.

  7. Lincoln, England - Wikipedia

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    Lincoln (/ ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ə n /) is a cathedral city and district in Lincolnshire, England, of which it is the county town.In the 2021 Census, the city's district had a population of 103,813. [4]

  8. Grimsby Minster - Wikipedia

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    The Grimsby Imp In the south aisle at the top of a column supporting the bell tower can be found the 12th-century stone carving known as the Grimsby Imp. The legend associates the imp with the Lincoln Imp , claiming that both were sent by the Devil to torment the parishioners of Lincoln Cathedral where they broke tables and chairs and tripped ...

  9. Petrifaction in mythology and fiction - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln Imp is a grotesque on a wall inside Lincoln Cathedral, England, and it has become the symbol of the city of Lincoln. [10] [11] A legend tells of it being a creature sent to the cathedral by Satan, only to be turned into stone by an angel.