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Lincoln, city (district), administrative and historic county of Lincolnshire, England. It stands 200 feet (60 metres) above sea level on an impressive site at the point where the River Witham cuts a deep gap through the limestone escarpment of the Lincoln Edge. Lincoln is the market centre for a major arable agricultural district, and many of its industries are agriculturally based, including food processing; it also has the manufacturing of heavy machinery. The convergence of the major eastern English road and rail routes on Lincoln contributes to its importance.

Lincoln was a significant Roman town, then called Lindum, and it lay on the line of Fosse Way and Ermine Street and served as a fortress for the 9th Legion. By 71 CE it had become a colonia, Lindum Colonia, serving as a settlement for retired legionary soldiers. The town walls were first established in that period, and relics of them still remain, including Newport Arch. Exchequer Gate, Potter Gate, and Stonebow are medieval gates built much later. The many other Roman finds include a public fountain, cemeteries, baths, and kilns, and the museum has an extensive collection of Roman antiquities.

Lincoln became one of the five boroughs under Danish rule in eastern England, and by the late Middle Ages it was one of England’s major towns. Henry II gave the city its first charter in 1154, and citizens gained many privileges and a freedom somewhat similar to that of the City of London. Lincoln’s importance continued when, in 1291, it was made a staple (trading) town dealing in wool, leather, and skins, activities that contributed to its prosperity at the end of the 13th century.