North Lincolnshire

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North Lincolnshire
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 (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 102nd 157,100 186 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.5% White 1.6% S.Asian
Politics
North Lincolnshire Council http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Ian Cawsey, Shona McIsaac, Elliot Morley

North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England.

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.

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.

Contents 1 Towns and villages 2 Places of interest 3 Politics 4 Economy

[edit] Towns and villages

• Alkborough, Althorpe, 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, Garden Village, 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, Wrawby, Wressle
• Yaddlethorpe

[edit] 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,

[edit] Politics

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 [1], from the Liberal Democrats. This victory eliminated the possibility of a hung council.

[edit] 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	Regional Gross Value Added[1]	Agriculture[2]	Industry[3]	Services[4]
1995	3,512	82	1,701	1,729
2000	3,861	60	1,805	1,997
2003	4,569	62	1,896	2,611

1. ^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
2. ^ includes hunting and forestry
3. ^ includes energy and construction
4. ^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured