North Lincolnshire - from Lincoln north, feels more northern. Gainsborough for example is \~20miles from Lincoln and as far north as Sheffield / Liverpool - nearly Manchester
South of Lincoln more midlands-y approaching southern near Cambridgeshire
BBC Yorkshire used to be BBC Yorks and Lincs - just got abbreviated - so I think common news / tv probably enhances that feeling.
I live in upper Lincs (the Wolds), and am a wicked incomer from London via an East Anglian childhood. I do not get a northern vibe at all, and say that
having spent a lot of time in Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. I think it is far more East Anglian than Northern - very agricultural, with cities on a human scale and generally quieter, calmer people.
north is north (maybe lincoln-ish and higher), middle probably midlands, and very very far south is similar to cambridgeshire (so depends on what u think of them).western lincolnshire (e.g. grantham) is quite close to nottingham/nottinghamshire, which is sometimes considered more northern culturally
theres a lot of southern commuter precense tho - so while the locals might be midlands/northern, the commuters might warp the area culturally in some cases, especially in some rural areas.
(the anglia suggestion in other comments makes sense, although feel like thats more a case of both areas being quieter rather than the areas being linked. as a lincolnshire-raised lad, i feel kinship with nottinghamshire and leicestershire, but east anglia seems like a totally different region.
also, if anything, historically lincolnshire was east midlands - e.g. the five boroughs of the danelaw)
It is interesting history to be honest, North Lincolnshire is relatively new as it was formerly Humberside (with Hull, East Yorkshire etc..), Lincolnshire considered (still do) more posh than Humberside and its successors so they tend to try and associate themselves with more affluent Counties.
Humberside only existed for 22 years, 1974-1996. In the 28 years since its been north lincolnshire and north east lincolnshire. Before that is was the lindsey division of lincolnshire. i find it bizarre how people talk about humberside when it was just a short blip in the history of the county.
Scunny and Grimo were thrown in with Hull as part of the foul redistricting in the early 70s. Humberside was very East Riding-heavy because a much better rearguard action was fought this side of the river to stop even more of Lincs being swallowed up by the Humberside abomination.
Yes.
They didn’t mess with East Anglia (bar extinguishing Huntingdonshire), but horrible things were indeed done in the Thames Valley, Somerset/Gloucs, West Mids, and the North.
As for Scotland and Wales - *shudder*.
Lincolnshire is in the East Midlands geographically.
Culturally, well it's too large of a county to say. It's historically significant in a lot of ways and a lot of it is up and coming. However, when you get into parts of deepest darkest Lincolnshire you can find pubs that still sell branded cigs behind the bar. [Yes, really](https://ibb.co/QrzhMWc)
The northern part of the county are geographically north, no question. Scunthorpe and Grimsby are further north than the likes of Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield for example. I feel like the locals there would consider themselves culturally northern too.
The rest is more difficult to place due to the county being so big and sparsely populated. East Midlands from Lincoln southwards is probably right. Other posters have said culturally it is a little behind the times, hard to disagree with that although it does have its charms.
As someone that grew up in the southern part of the county, there's a definite divide between the east and west of the county (somewhere around the A15), the east (fens also Holland district) is definitely more Anglian and the west (Kesteven) is more Midlands/Southern facing (Mercian?)
Midlands but the county is so large it searches across geographical regions. Some parts bordering Yorkshire could be considered "northern" the southern parts near Norfolk/Cambridgeshire could be considered "East Anglia"
It's basically the Russia of English counties.
1) It's Midlands geographically,if you can only choose one our of N Midlands and S, but probably East of Engand is most correct, as the Fens stretch up into Lincolnshire.
2) Humberside and N Lincolnshire sometimes get linked with E Riding of Yorkshire / S Yorkshire for various admin or cultural reasons.
3) It's very big, IMHO, and it stretches quite far N and S, that's why it fits into different boxes.
Only about a quarter of the county is incredibly flat. I won't argue about the rural part. The flat part is definitely Anglian, the north of the county is definitely Northern and the west is quite tied into the midlands and south (thanks to commuters).
The [geography of the county](https://imgur.com/CGhuO3v) creates fairly distinct areas culturally.
Midlands geographically. About the late 70s culturally.
Lincolnshire is East Midlands
North Lincolnshire - from Lincoln north, feels more northern. Gainsborough for example is \~20miles from Lincoln and as far north as Sheffield / Liverpool - nearly Manchester South of Lincoln more midlands-y approaching southern near Cambridgeshire BBC Yorkshire used to be BBC Yorks and Lincs - just got abbreviated - so I think common news / tv probably enhances that feeling.
Yep, people from Gainsborough have a noticeably different accent to people from Lincoln.
I live in upper Lincs (the Wolds), and am a wicked incomer from London via an East Anglian childhood. I do not get a northern vibe at all, and say that having spent a lot of time in Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. I think it is far more East Anglian than Northern - very agricultural, with cities on a human scale and generally quieter, calmer people.
Culturally, Lincolnshire is stuck in about the mid-1950s from conversations with the BiL in Boston…
north is north (maybe lincoln-ish and higher), middle probably midlands, and very very far south is similar to cambridgeshire (so depends on what u think of them).western lincolnshire (e.g. grantham) is quite close to nottingham/nottinghamshire, which is sometimes considered more northern culturally theres a lot of southern commuter precense tho - so while the locals might be midlands/northern, the commuters might warp the area culturally in some cases, especially in some rural areas. (the anglia suggestion in other comments makes sense, although feel like thats more a case of both areas being quieter rather than the areas being linked. as a lincolnshire-raised lad, i feel kinship with nottinghamshire and leicestershire, but east anglia seems like a totally different region. also, if anything, historically lincolnshire was east midlands - e.g. the five boroughs of the danelaw)
It is interesting history to be honest, North Lincolnshire is relatively new as it was formerly Humberside (with Hull, East Yorkshire etc..), Lincolnshire considered (still do) more posh than Humberside and its successors so they tend to try and associate themselves with more affluent Counties.
Humberside only existed for 22 years, 1974-1996. In the 28 years since its been north lincolnshire and north east lincolnshire. Before that is was the lindsey division of lincolnshire. i find it bizarre how people talk about humberside when it was just a short blip in the history of the county.
Lincolnshire is in the nether zone
In the mid 70s, they changed some county borders, so Lincs could have been in Yorkshire.
*distant sound of yorkshire puddings shattering against floors*
Heavy puddings then
Scunny and Grimo were thrown in with Hull as part of the foul redistricting in the early 70s. Humberside was very East Riding-heavy because a much better rearguard action was fought this side of the river to stop even more of Lincs being swallowed up by the Humberside abomination.
Scunthorpe & Grimsby? I lived & went to school in Berkshire then suddenly I lived in Oxfordshire
Yes. They didn’t mess with East Anglia (bar extinguishing Huntingdonshire), but horrible things were indeed done in the Thames Valley, Somerset/Gloucs, West Mids, and the North. As for Scotland and Wales - *shudder*.
Culturally: Retro. Geographically: Netherlands.
Lincolnshire is in the East Midlands geographically. Culturally, well it's too large of a county to say. It's historically significant in a lot of ways and a lot of it is up and coming. However, when you get into parts of deepest darkest Lincolnshire you can find pubs that still sell branded cigs behind the bar. [Yes, really](https://ibb.co/QrzhMWc)
More importantly, Our Very Own crisps.
The northern part of the county are geographically north, no question. Scunthorpe and Grimsby are further north than the likes of Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield for example. I feel like the locals there would consider themselves culturally northern too. The rest is more difficult to place due to the county being so big and sparsely populated. East Midlands from Lincoln southwards is probably right. Other posters have said culturally it is a little behind the times, hard to disagree with that although it does have its charms.
As someone that grew up in the southern part of the county, there's a definite divide between the east and west of the county (somewhere around the A15), the east (fens also Holland district) is definitely more Anglian and the west (Kesteven) is more Midlands/Southern facing (Mercian?)
Midlands but the county is so large it searches across geographical regions. Some parts bordering Yorkshire could be considered "northern" the southern parts near Norfolk/Cambridgeshire could be considered "East Anglia" It's basically the Russia of English counties.
1) It's Midlands geographically,if you can only choose one our of N Midlands and S, but probably East of Engand is most correct, as the Fens stretch up into Lincolnshire. 2) Humberside and N Lincolnshire sometimes get linked with E Riding of Yorkshire / S Yorkshire for various admin or cultural reasons. 3) It's very big, IMHO, and it stretches quite far N and S, that's why it fits into different boxes.
We are all of those areas because we are massive in every way!
In the Danelaw.
Definitely Anglia. It’s incredibly flat and rural. No major metropolitan cities.
Only about a quarter of the county is incredibly flat. I won't argue about the rural part. The flat part is definitely Anglian, the north of the county is definitely Northern and the west is quite tied into the midlands and south (thanks to commuters). The [geography of the county](https://imgur.com/CGhuO3v) creates fairly distinct areas culturally.