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The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

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LINCOLNSHIRE. 231<br />

In <strong>its</strong> onward course the Witham washes the city of Lincoln, superblj' seated<br />

on a lofty ridge <strong>and</strong> the slopes of a hill which comm<strong>and</strong>s a view of the Fens. It<br />

is the Lindiim of the Komaus, by whom the " foss-dyke," which joins <strong>its</strong> crowded<br />

Fig. 113.— LiNCOLK.<br />

From the Ordnance JInp. Scale 1 : 63,3<br />

harbour to the Trent, was dug out, <strong>and</strong> Ermine Street, which traverses the city<br />

from north to south, constructed. A gateway <strong>and</strong> portions of the Eoman wall<br />

survive, <strong>and</strong> there is a castle built by "William the Conqueror, <strong>and</strong> now used as a<br />

gaol <strong>and</strong> assize hall, but all other buildings are overshadowed by the superb cathe-

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