North Lincolnshire
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| North Lincolnshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Ceremonial County: | Lincolnshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 41st 846.31 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Scunthorpe |
| ONS code: | 00FD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total () - Density | Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.5% White 1.6% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| North Lincolnshire Council http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | Ian Cawsey, Shona McIsaac, Elliot Morley |
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in England, established in April 1996, one of the first unitary councils. The council is currently controlled by the Conservative Party with 22 councillors with 21 Labour Party councillors. In December 2005 local byelection, the Conservative Party hold the Ridge Ward seat by just 52 votes more than the next candidate [link], from the Liberal Democrats. This victory eliminated the possibility of a hung council.
The 846 km² council area lies on the south side of the Humber estuary and consists mainly of agricultural land, including land on either side of the River Trent. It borders onto North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire. For ceremonial purposes it is treated as part of Lincolnshire, and is in the governmental region of Yorkshire and the Humber.
Until April 1, 1996, the area had been part of Humberside. The district was formed by a merger of the boroughs of Glanford and Scunthorpe, and southern Boothferry.
Historically, it is part of The Kingdom of Lindsey
There are three significant towns: Scunthorpe (the administrative centre), Brigg and Barton-upon-Humber.
Towns and villages
- Alkborough, Amcotts, Appleby
- Barrow Haven, Barrow upon Humber, Barnetby-Le-Wold, Barton on Humber, Bonby, Bottesford, Brigg, Broughton, Burringham, Burton upon Stather
- Cadney, Coleby, Crowle, Croxton
- Ealand, East Butterwick, East Halton, Eastoft, Elsham, Epworth, Epworth Turbary
- Flixborough, Fockerby
- Gainsthorpe Garthorpe, Goxhill, Gunness
- Hibaldstow, Howsham
- Keadby, Kingsforth, Kirmington, Kirton in Lindsey
- Manton, Melton Ross, Messingham, Mill Place
- New Holland, North Killingholme
- Redbourne
- Sandtoft, Santon, Saxby All Saints, Scawby, Scunthorpe, South End, South Killingholme, Sturton
- Thornton Curtis
- Ulceby, Ulceby Skitter
- Walcot, West Butterwick, West Halton, Whitton, Winteringham, Winterton, Wootton, Worlaby, Wressle
- Yaddlethorpe
Places of interest
- Elsham Hall
- Normanby Hall
- Thornton Abbey
- Mount Pleasant Mill, a windmill at Kirton in Lindsey
- Wrawby Postmill, a windmill
- Alkborough Turf Maze
- Stainforth & Keadby Canal
- Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society, a heritage railway
- Viking Way, a long distance footpath
- Humber Bridge
- Gainsthorpe Deserted Medieval Village,
Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of North and North East Lincolnshire at current basic prices [published] (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.| Year | ||||
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| 1995 | '''3,512 | 82 | 1,701 | 1,729 |
| 2000 | '''3,861 | 60 | 1,805 | 1,997 |
| 2003 | '''4,569 | 62 | 1,896 | 2,611 |
Note 1: includes hunting and forestry
Note 2: includes energy and construction
Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
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